Starman Movie Review 1984

An alien from an advanced civilization lands in Wisconsin. He hides beneath the guise of a grieving young widow's recently deceased husband. He then makes her drive him across country to rendezvous with his spacecraft so he can return home. Well-acted, interesting twist on the "Stranger in a Strange Land" theme. Bridges is fun as the likeable starman; Allen is lovely and earthy in her worthy follow-up to "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 115 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Alien Beings--Benign, Road Trip, Aliens Are People, Too, Culture Clash, Trains, Viva Las Vegas!, Widows & Widowers

Screenplay

Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon

Cast

Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel

Cinematography

Donald M. Morgan

Director

John Carpenter

Music

Jack Nitzsche