Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

Directed by

Jimmy Murakami, Roger Corman

Genre

action film, adventure film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 229 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man from a peaceful farming planet recruits a group of mercenaries to defend his home from a tyrannical warlord. They assemble a ragtag team of alien heroes each with unique skills and spaceships.

adventurousretrolightheartedfast-pacedcampynostalgicimaginative

What happens

Battle Beyond the Stars is a 1980 American space opera film directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, produced and distributed by Roger Corman's New World Pictures. It is a science fiction-themed interpretation of The Magnificent Seven (1960; itself a Western film version of Seven Samurai; 1954) in outer space. The film stars Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, John Saxon, Sybil Danning, Darlanne Fluegel, Sam Jaffe, Jeff Corey, Morgan Woodward, Earl Boen, and Lynn Carlin. In keeping with Corman's longstanding cultivation of emergent talents, the screenplay was written by John Sayles (then transitioning from an aborted literary career under the producer's aegis), with an early score from James Horner and special effects designed by nascent filmmaker James Cameron. The film was theatrically released by New World Pictures on July 25, 1980. It was a decent box office success, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics. It was nominated for five Saturn Awards, including Best Science Fiction Film and Best Special Effects, with Sybil Danning winning a special award for Outstanding Achievement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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