dewey@uokvax.UUCP (11/21/84)
Has anyone heard anything about the new movie coming out december 14th called _Starman_. Supposedly, it has to do with Voyager II's invitation to all to visit the earth. and the advertisment says "get ready, company is coming". This is all that I heard or seen,(I don't get out much), any more info on this would be greatly appreciated. uokvax!dewey Dewey Coffman University of Oklahoma
boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (11/28/84)
From: uokvax!dewey (Dewey Coffman) > Has anyone heard anything about the new movie coming out > december 14th called _Starman_. Supposedly, it has to do > with Voyager II's invitation to all to visit the earth. > and the advertisment says "get ready, company is coming". > > This is all that I heard or seen,(I don't get out much), > any more info on this would be greatly appreciated. The bit about "Voyager II's invitation" is just ad hype. Basicly, the story (this info is gleaned from the January 1985 CINEFANTASTIQUE) is that an alien ship is shot down in Wisconsin. The lone occupant finds his way to a cabin inhabited by widow Jenny Hayden, played by Karen (RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK) Allen. The alien comes across a lock of hair from her dead husband, cracks the DNA code for it, and alters his body to match that of her husband, played by Jeff (TRON) Bridges. And, of course, they fall in love, etc., etc., but he has to go back to his home planet, etc., etc. The film is directed by John (THE THING) Carpenter, co-produced by Michael (ROMANCING THE STONE) Douglas, and has make-up effects by Rick (AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON) Baker and Dick (ALTERED STATES) Smith. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA
clardy@smu.UUCP (11/29/84)
SPOILER******SPOILER******SPOILER
Starman is about a bunch of aliens that find the Voyager
space probe that, among other things, invites anyone and
everyone to visit the Earth and say 'Hello...'. They decide
to take us up on our offer and send an anthroplogist down
to check us out. Some hokey science prevents their landers
from coming down just anywhere, something to do with the
Earths magnetic field. The starman is headed for a landing at
Metoer Crater (Arizona?), but gets shot down by the Air Force
while somewhere over Michigan. (I'll let you figure that one
out.) Unable to live in Eaths atmosphere, he clones the body
of a human to live in while he travels to Arizona to be picked
up by his friends. The bulk of the film revolves aaround his
his adventures during his cross country trip, and the fun he
has falling in love with an Earth girls (talk about star crossed
lovers...). The whole time the Air Force has guys out combing
the woods for him, and chasing him on his road trip. The
special effects are good, and the actings not too bad. If you
like science fiction (whether good,bad, or indifferent) then you
should do as Joe Bob says and 'Check it out'.
steven@ism70.UUCP (12/02/84)
Info from Lotusland: STARMAN Starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen. Also starring Charles Martin Smith and Richard Jaeckel. Directed by John Carpenter. Produced by Larry D. Franco. Music by Jack Nitzsche. From Columbia Pictures. (1984) Bridges plays an alien stranded on earth with only three days to get to his mothership. He must cross the U.S. to Meteorite Crater in Arizona. To make it, Bridges assumes the form of Karen Allen's dead husband. It has been widely reported that Columbia Pictures was incredibly stupid to have spent about a million dollars developing _E_._T_._ _t_h_e_ _E_x_t_r_a_t_e_r_r_e_s_t_r_i_a_l and then to have passed on the film because they thought it would only appeal to kids. What is not so widely known is that the _S_t_a_r_m_a_n property has been at Columbia since 1980. Columbia decided to do _S_t_a_r_m_a_n instead of _E_._T_. because they thought it would appeal to adults as well. Hollywood grapevine has it that the film is pretty good.
scc@mgweed.UUCP (Steve Collins) (12/05/84)
I saw Starman on Friday. It was excellent. There is a nice blend of action, romance, and comedy. I would say a definite four star movie. See it.