The real stars of battle beyond the stars, though, are two young upstarts named james cameron and james horner, who both use every trick available to them to make this seem like a far grander and more expensive film than it really is cameron who was hired after impressing corman with his short film, xenogenesis does an incredible job with the limited resources available to. And though empire remains the vastly superior product, battle beyond the stars has a. Battle beyond the stars 30th anniversary special edition. Battle beyond the sun is the englishdubbed and reedited u. Buy battle beyond the stars movie posters from movie poster shop. For the few years between 1977 and 1989 cinema was filled with clones of star wars. Battle beyond the sun 1962 is an elaborate butchering of a russian film called nebo zoyvot 1960 and one of francis ford coppolas earliest screen credits. The film, intended as a magnificent seven in outer space, is a pastiche of the magnificent seven, the western remake of akira kurosawas film seven samurai.
Battle beyond the stars showtimes a battle beyond time beyond space. Battle beyond the stars is a 1980 american space opera film produced by roger corman sador of the malmori and his crew of mutants roam the galaxy in a huge spaceship armed with a stellar convertor, the most powerful weapon in the universe. A young farmer sets out to recruit mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet, which is under threat of invasion by. Films like star crash cashed in on the star wars craze, even battlestar galactica which had ralph mcquarrie did come to work on that series, and the threeparter turned into a feature, and even the effects team behind it all for me the ultimate of these was roger cormans production of battle. The highdef capabilities of the bluray format are given a good work out here as the video portion of battle beyond the stars sports excellent picture quality. Battle beyond the stars is an american 1980 science fiction film directed by jimmy t. Battle beyond the stars 2009 shad of akir richard thomas recruits a space cowboy george peppard and other warriors to defend his planet from a barbarians army. Personne ne communiquait avec personne, cetait le chaos le plus complet. Boasting quite good production values for a roger corman film, this was fun at the time but time has not been kind and the. Released by bsx records in 2011 bsxcd8888 containing music from battle beyond the stars 1980. Battle beyond the stars 30th anniversary special edition film scifi. When sador claims the peaceful farming planet of akir as a colony, young shad volunteers to take sapient ship nell and seek out. Commentary by writer john sayles and roger corman, commentary by producer gale ann hurd, theatrical trailers, production stills, widescreen. If you like second rate star wars knockoffs more than star wars itself, battle beyond the stars is the film for you.
But once again we see the xenophobia on full display. Battle beyond the stars behind the scenes, making the movie. Battle beyond the stars came out toward the end of cormans heyday as an nurturer of young talent, after the likes of francis ford coppola, peter bogdanovich, martin scorsese, jonathan demme, joe dante, and ron howard had all come and gone. Like an old pirate film with tons of cgi, gunn and cinematographers ben davis vol. James horner battle beyond the stars original motion. Battle beyond the stars blu ray 35th anniversary special edition new and factory sealed. Produced and codirected uncredited by indie master roger corman, the film was an unapologetic knockoff of akira kurosawas 1954 action classic seven samurai and its 1960 american adaptation, the magnificent 7, all set in a farfuture. The video source was the films original internegative, resulting in outstanding resolution for such a low budget feature. Film facts for the 1980 scifi movie starring richard.
Never one to leave a hollywood trend alone, producer roger corman decided to assemble his own star wars space opera cash machine with battle beyond the stars, a lowbudget of course take on lucasian matinee mayhem. Seven futuristic mercenaries are assembled to defend a helpless farm colony from an evil overlord. This was the most expensive production i had financed. Factory is proud to present new collectors editions of roger cormans most loved productions. Murakami and roger corman uncredited shout factory us dvd region 1 i guess readers below a certain age wont understand why a film like battle beyond the stars was a big deal with its target audience back when it was released in 1980. Battle beyond the stars 1980 was one of the many scifi shootemups to be released in the wake of george lucas star wars 1977. I actually had not seen it since the 1980 release and had forgotten what a nice little low budgeter it was. Battle beyond the stars, dvd, widescreen, scificontemporary, 826663116601.
Scripted by john sayles, battle beyond the stars rips off all sorts of nice genre items including a feistytalking computer and a russ meyerish valkyrie with. Battle beyond the stars 1980 official trailer youtube. We got the molefaced richard thomas, who is basically playing johnboy in space, and hes the. Battle beyond the stars is a highly ambitious bfeature that surprises by actually being somewhat engaging and funny. Aliens have literally done nothing to deserve such harsh treatment by this movie. The seventh steal battle beyond the stars 1980 usa directed by jimmy t. Battle beyond the stars movie and vintage film posters. Because battle beyond the stars is truly a bmovie extraordinaire. Battle beyond the stars 1980 full movie download full hd.
Battle beyond the stars movie trivia the 80s movies rewind. It features a whole bunch of bmovie actors, which is one of the first requirements of the truly cheesy film. Staring julia duffy, marta kristen, sam jaffee and jeff corey. Battle beyond the stars is a 1980 american space opera film produced by roger corman, directed by jimmy t. There are a lot of bigname film critics out there who while completely destroying this film for its basic lack of quality simultaneously are willing to talk about how fun, and epicfeeling, and memorable it is. From producer roger corman and written by john sayles with art direction by james cameron, the movie sets the plot of akira kurosawas seven samurai, and later the magnificent seven, in a largescale battle in outer space. Battle beyond the sun, also produced by roger corman. It tells of the space race of two future nations competing to become the first to land a spacecraft on the planet mars. Even though the film was thought of as a flop, this design of vessel is what everyone remembers best of that film. Battle beyond the stars roger cormans cult classics for. Battle beyond the stars 1980 topics science fiction.
Battle beyond the stars soundtrack from 1980, composed by james horner, alan howarth. Commissioned by known collector, and radio personality karl southcott, stephen did amazing work on this rare piece from james cameron and roger cormans battle beyond the stars. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. With a plot based on the magnificent seven and the seven samurai, this science fiction film. Battle beyond the stars widescreen on movies unlimited. Murakami, and starring richard thomas, robert vaughn, george peppard, john saxon, sybil danning and darlanne fluegel intended as a magnificent seven in outer space, and based on the magnificent seven in which vaughn also appeared, the 1960 western remake. And i believe i mentioned the costumes and the special efects already. With george peppard, robert vaughn, richard thomas, john saxon. Roger corman takes on star wars in this immensely fun, laserhappy ripoff set in a galaxy not all that far, far away from that other 70s scifi blockbuster, featuring an intergalactic farm boy played by richard thomas, aka john boy walton and his quest to recruit a gang of space mercenaries wholl. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. While gadding about europe producing movies on a shoestring, roger corman picked up the rights to several unsold european genre pictures, including what looks to have been a sober and.
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