Overview:
Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.| Status: | Released (1984-07-13) |
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| Awards: | 4 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $28,733,290 |
| Screen: | Jonathan R. Betuel |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures, Lorimar Film Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 16213: Lance Guest - Alex Rogan
- 40202: Robert Preston - Centauri
- 1193702: Chris Hebert - Louis Rogan
- 61702: Kay E. Kuter - Enduran
- 158655: Dan Mason - Lord Kril
- 6836: Dan O'Herlihy - Grig
- 55266: Catherine Mary Stewart - Maggie Gordon
Crews
- 14692: Nick Castle - Director - Directing
- 70835: Jonathan R. Betuel - Screenplay - Writing
- 14694: Gary Adelson - Producer - Production
- 70836: Edward O. Denault - Producer - Production
- 63923: Craig Safan - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 46008: Carroll Timothy O'Meara - Editor - Editing
- 3034943: Mark Mueller - Songs - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
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You have been recruited by The Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada. The Last Starfighter is directed by Nick Castle and written by Jonathan R. Betuel. It stars Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart, Dan O'Herlihy and Norman Snow. Musi ....
Continue reading ->JPV852
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Didn't grow up watching this, though sort of heard of it over the years, but gave it a watch and immensely liked it, even with the cheesy game-like graphics/effects. Lots of fun and liked the lead actor, Lance Guest. Definitely has some replay value down the road. **3.75/5**
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**Overall, it's a decent movie, if not a very good one.** There is no doubt that, if there is something that marked sci-fi in the 80s, it was arcade games and the popularization of information technology and the personal computer, with the potential that this allowed in everyone's ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Just think back to when you spent hours on your Atari games console playing space invaders, without realising that one day you might save the world? Well "Alex" (Lance Guest), a bored teenager living in a trailer park doing odd jobs might just prove to be just such a man. Well, at le ....
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