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Future Tense! Dark Star

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Continues a season of films of fantasy and prediction. Tonight starring Dan O'Bannon, Brian Narelle.
Bombed-out in space with a spaced-out bomb the weary crew of the scoutship Dark Star have been voyaging for years through the galaxy, exploding unstable stars. Their Captain is dead and frozen in the hold. An elusive alien is loose in the elevator shaft. When a talking bomb gets stuck in the bomb bay, what will malfunction next -the demoralised crew members or the ultra-rational bomb? This black comedy is the first film made by John Carpenter, who went on to direct Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween and The Fog.
Screenplay by JOHN CARPENTER and DAN O'BANNON
Produced and directed by JOHN CARPENTER
• FILMS: page 31

Contributors

Unknown:
Dan O'Bannon
Unknown:
Jrian Narelle
Unknown:
John Carpenter
Unknown:
John Carpenter
Unknown:
Dan O'Bannon
Directed By:
John Carpenter
Doolittle:
Brian Narelle
Talby:
Dre Pahich
Boiler:
Cal Kuniholm
Pinback:
Dan O'Bannon
Cmdr Powell:
Joe Saunders
Mission control:
Miles Watkins
Computer:
Cookie Knapp
Source: Radio Times

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