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"I do not belong on this mission, and I want to return to Earth!" Would a free beach ball change your mind? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they fly into John Carpenter's first film, Dark Star (1974), which was born as a student project and nurtured into a feature film by Carpenter, co-writer Dan O'Bannon, and executive producer Jack Harris. Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 187 – Dark Star (1974) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! https://youtube.com/gruesomemagazine In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong. Director: John Carpenter Writers: John Carpenter, Dan O'Bannon Music by: John Carpenter Film Editing by: Dan O'Bannon Production Design by: Dan O'Bannon Art Department: David Seal (chief carpenter) Tommy Lee Wallace (associate art director) (as Tom Wallace) Special Effects by: Dan O'Bannon (special effects supervisor) Special Effects: Ron Cobb , Bob Greenberg , Gregory Jein (as Greg Jein), Harry Walton , John C. Wash Selected cast. Brian Narelle as Lieutenant Doolittle Dan O'Bannon as Sergeant Pinback Cal Kuniholm as Boiler Andreijah "Dre" Pahich as Talby John Carpenter as Talby (voice)[7] Joe Saunders as Commander Powell John Carpenter as Commander Powell (voice)[8] Barbara "Cookie" Knapp as Computer Dan O'Bannon as Bomb #19 (credited as "Alan Sheretz") Dan O'Bannon as Bomb #20 (credited as "Adam Beckenbaugh") Miles Watkins as Mission Control Nick Castle as Alien Here's a doozy for all of you John Carpenter fans out there. And, let's not forget Dan O'Bannon and Jack Harris. This is it, John Carpenter's first directorial effort, straight out of college (literally), the sci-fi comedy, Dark Star (1974). Strong Stanley Kubrick influences abound from Dr. Strangelove… (1964) to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). You don't have to look too closel
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