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The Last Starfighter
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780783230566
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783230567
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D20519D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 08, 1999
Running Time: 101 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: July 13, 1984
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Editorial Review:
At the time of its original release in 1984, this modestly budgeted sci-fi excursion had the distinction of offering some of the first examples of purely computer-generated animation, an apt (and frugal) special-effects solution for a movie with a plot line rooted in computer games. Both the computer-generated visuals and the arcade game now look quaint, but writer-director Nick Castle's affable, good- hearted adventure holds up nicely, thanks to a clever premise--the title game is actually a test for prospective starship pilots, planted by embattled aliens under siege from an evil invader. When a restless teenager (Lance Guest) racks up an impressive score, he finds himself spirited away to the besieged planet and thrust into the midst of an intergalactic war. Apart from Castle's skill at contrasting his extraterrestrial settings with the mundane details of his hero's earthbound life, the movie gets lift-off from two thorough pros, Robert Preston, who makes the alien recruiter, Centauri, a planet-hopping cousin to The Music Man's Harold Hill, and Dan O'Herlihy, the alien copilot, who suggests a scaly Walter Brennan. Older fans will snicker, but kids and young teens will find this rite of passage absorbing, while their folks will savor Preston's brash charm. --Sam Sutherland
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Last Starfighter
Great daydream film, small town young man leaves earth becomes a hero and saves the universe from the bad guy. I have had that dream starting at the age of 10, just as any other space cadet when they started read sci-fi. Special effect still good even in this day in time.
Rating: - Greetings, Star Fighter!
It's funny how people will love one thing, and then turn on something which is almost exactly the same on a fundamental level. In a small community a boy grows up dreaming of a life of adventure. A mysterious old man and some new friends help him to save the galaxy from an evil Empire. It could be a description of the plot from Star Wars but it's also the plot from the Last Starfighter (with the addition of one cool-looking arcade game that serves a sword-in-the-stone for the protagonist and a trailer ... Read More
Rating:  - Just like old times
Growing up in the 80s my dad had a copy of this movie on vhs, and my brother and I watched this movie all the time. The plot was straight out of every boys dreams, flying a space ship against an entire army of bad guys.
The movie was awesome, at feeding my hunger to one day fly a space ship.
So when I saw the movie available on DVD I had to grab it, and all the old memories came back in a moment. But to my surprise it wasn't as good as I remembered it being. The story that ... Read More
Rating: - ONE OF THE BEST CLASSICS EVER
The Last Starfighter is an Classic. The plot is one that gets you fast into the movie. Who never dreamed of beeing a boy who would help defend the universe against the evil galactic conquerors ?
Although its Graphics are no match for sci-fi movies today it still carries quite a punch especially in the superb quality of HD-DVD.
So to very young people The Last Starfighter may not be the best available option but for the older ones theres a spot for this movie in everyones Collection.
Rating:  - sci-fi classic
A cg movie classic. The resolution's great. More extras and commentaries would've been nice but it's still a classic.
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