hansen@pegasus.UUCP (Tony L. Hansen) (12/03/84)
< From: steven@ism70.UUCP < < 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) < My wife and I saw the film last night in a sneak preview. It is about an alien that decides to accept the invitation sent out on Voyager II (1977) to "Come see earth sometime" and his adventures once he arrives on Earth. Jeff Bridges plays the alien fairly believably and a trifle bit comically. Karen Allen was enjoyable to watch in her role. She goes through many emotional states through the course of the movie. (The movie IS billed as a love story.) Charles Martin Smith and Richard Jaeckel played their parts very well: Charles in the role of the questioning, dream-filled scientist and Richard in the role of a hard-nosed bureaucrat who doesn't care what gets in his way. The special affects were enjoyable (Industrial Light and Magic, who else?), but were certainly not as numerous as in other recent Sci-Fi Major Motion Picture flicks. Nor were they necessary, as the story stood up very well without them. The movie isn't the worlds greatest, but we certainly found it enjoyable. We'd rate it at a good solid 3 stars out of 4. Tony Hansen pegasus!hansen