Battle Beyond the Stars
United States
1980
103 Min
Color
English
Synopsis
With the peaceful planet of Akir in peril, seven mercenaries join forces to protect it from the plottings of an intergalactic megalomaniac (John Saxon) in this Roger Corman-produced sci-fi fantasy inspired by The Seven Samurai. With art direction from James Cameron and a score by composer James Horner — who would later reteam with Cameron to win an Oscar for Titanic — this 1980s classic stars Richard Thomas, George Peppard and Sybil Danning.
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Jimmy T. Murakami
Teruaki “Jimmy” Murakami, (村上輝明 Murakami Teruaki, born June 5, 1933 in San Jose, California), is a Japanese American animator and director with a long career working in numerous countries. Among his best-known works are the animated adaptations of the Raymond Briggs books When the Wind Blows and The Snowman. He formed Murakami-Wolf Films with Fred Wolf.
As a child, Murakami was interned with his family at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in northern California.
Murakami was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film for The Magic Pear Tree (1968). He also directed the music video for “King of the Mountain”, the single from Kate Bush’s album Aerial.
Murakami was the subject of a 2010 feature documentary film made by Irish director Sé Merry Doyle and produced by Martina Durac and Vanessa Gildea of Loopline Films. Jimmy Murakami – Non Alien was premiered in Dublin at the 2010 IFI Stranger than Fiction Film Festival. —Wikipedia read more
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Christopher Smith
24Jul12
Enjoyably cheesy B-movie knock-off from the Roger Corman factory. Pretty silly stuff, but it's fast-paced and spirited enough to be solid entertainment for cult movie fans.
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oldfilmsflicker
16Mar12
there's no such thing as guilt when it comes to films; this is just a pleasure.
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Hey Weinberg! Shout! Factory Brings BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS and DAMNATION ALLEY To Blu Summer 2011
By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
Ask and ye shall receive.The almighty Shout! factory are continuing their Roger Corman Cult Classics collection with two new additions to the Blu-ray collection this July.First off is probably one of the
Shout! Factory Details BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS Blu-ray/DVD Release
By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
A few weeks ago we posted news that Shout! Factory were planning to release Battle Beyond the Stars on Blu-ray as part of their Roger Corman Cult Classics collection, and today’s mail brought me details
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS Blu-ray Review
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
Shout! Factory:Shad (Richard Thomas) must scour the cosmos to recruit mercenaries from different planets and cultures in order to save his peaceful home planet from the threat of the evil tyrant Sador
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