The last starfighter

DVD 2009

Alex is an 18-year old Earthling who has an extraordinary talent for video game wizardry and conquers the Starfighter game. He is then recruited by alien Centauri to be part of an elite legion of fighters. Leaving behind his trailer park existence, he heads to the outer regions of space. Alex becomes the last hope for the beleaguered Star League and hundreds of worlds, including Earth.

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Fighter pilots Fiction

Human-alien encounters Fiction

Imaginary wars and battles Fiction

Recruiting and enlistment Fiction

Video games and teenagers United States Fiction

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Edition:

Twenty-fifth anniversary edition

Description:

1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 5.1
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984
Special features: "Heroes of the screen:" all-new retrospective documentary with the cast and crew as they revisit the scripting, casting and groundbreaking computer effects; "Crossing the frontier: making The last Starfighter:" an original documentary on the creation of the film and its innovative visual effects; image gallery; feature commentary with director Nick Castle and production designer Ron Cobb
Music, Craig Safan
Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Preston
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
Audio tracks in English dialogue with French or Spanish subtitles
English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

Control Number:

2707089

UPC:

025192380754
025195053587

Other Authors:

Adelson, Gary, film producer
Betuel, Jonathan, screenwriter
Castle, Nick, film director
Denault, Edward O., film producer
Guest, Lance, 1960- actor
Lorimar Pictures, production company
O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005, actor
Preston, Robert, 1918-1987, actor
Safan, Craig, composer
Stewart, Catherine Mary, actor
Universal Pictures (Firm), production company
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher

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