Starman (Full Screen Edition) | 
| Actors: Karen Allen, Russ Benning, Dirk Blocker, Jeff Bridges, Ralph Cosham
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.94
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Rating:  112 reviews
Sales Rank: 6357
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D04129D
ISBN: 0767812166
UPC: 043396041295
EAN: 9780767812160
ASIN: 0767812166
Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 1984
Release Date: August 25, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
AN ALIEN AND A YOUNG WOMAN FALL IN LOVE ON THEIR WAY TO MEET HIS SPACESHIP.
Amazon.com essential video
While most movie buffs are likely to call Halloween the best movie from John Carpenter, others--die-hard romantics and anyone who cried while watching E.T.--might vote in favor of the director's 1984 hit Starman. It's easily Carpenter's warmest and most beguiling film, and the only one that ever earned an Oscar nomination. That honor went specifically to Best Actor nominee Jeff Bridges for his performance as an alien visitor to Earth who is knocked off course and must take an interstate road trip to rendezvous with a mothership from his home planet. To complete this journey he assumes the physical form of the dead husband of a Wisconsin widow (Karen Allen) who responds first with fear, then sympathy, and finally love. Carpenter's graceful strategy is to switch the focus of this E.T.-like film from science fiction to a gentle road-movie love story, made believable by the memorable performances of Bridges and Allen. It's a bit heavy-handed with tenacious government agents who view the Starman as an alien threat (don't they always?), but Carpenter handles the action with intelligent flair, sensitivity, and lighthearted humor. If you're not choked up during the final scene, well, you just might not be human. --Jeff Shannon
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 Write to Sony for widescreen release, don't punish a beautiful movie July 3, 2009
Emily Davis (Boulder, CO USA)
You don't have to be a movie buff or a sci-fi fan to love this movie. The acting is excellent (oh heck, maybe there's not much acting going on but Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen are great anyway) and this film has a nice balance of drama and humor. I e-mailed Sony Pictures Entertainment to ask for a widescreen DVD release, and of course I got back a "form" response, but I feel better for trying - a full screen DVD is better than no DVD at all.
 2.5 stars out of 4 June 10, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
Something of a poor man's E.T., Starman has a convincingly alien performance by Jeff Bridges and is reasonably entertaining for the majority of its running length without ever being especially good; it's a fine rental if you're a scifi fan but not a great offering by Carpenter.
 Starman May 15, 2009
Lois C. Ocenosak
Thanks for having the older movies that I loved viewing with my children. We are enjoying them again with our grandchildren. Your movies have always come in a timely manner and in good shape.
Friday Fused Film Classic April 17, 2009
MajorXero (America, USA)
For this addition of the Friday Fused Classic I decided on a classic scifi date movie.
Much more info at
http://fusedfilm.com/2009/04/friday-fused-film-classic-starman/
 Full Screen???? December 9, 2008
vikkitikkitavi (Los Angeles, CA)
I love Starman and have been waiting for a wide screen version forever. What's up with this full screen nonsense? I advise people to wait and buy the DVD when the studio wises up and releases the widescreen version all the fans of this movie deserve!
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