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Dark Star (1974)

Arcata Theatre Lounge

The best in B science fictions movies, drive-in classics, psychotronic weirdness and more. A free raffle before the feature include some very cool, very strange science fiction prizes including figurines, posters, books, cards, VHS movies and more for that inner science fiction enthusiast in us all.Sponsored by Savage Henry Magazine, Scrap Humboldt, Phantom Wave Records, Daisy Drygoods,Vintage Avenger, Tin Can Mailman, The Clothing Dock, MEAT Clown Buttons, and more.

“You are false data. Therefore I shall ignore you.”

John Carpenter directed this wigged-out spoof of 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film originally began as a 45-minute U.S.C. student film project by Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon that was eventually expanded into a feature length production. The sstory takes place on the deep-space cruiser Dark Star, where a crew of laid-back astronauts are assigned the task of blowing up planets with unsuitable life forms in order to make the universe safe for the human race. The leader is Commander Powell (Joe Sanders), who is cryogenically frozen after being killed in a freak accident. Next in line is Doolittle (Brian Narelle) who tries to keep the rest of the crew in check. However, there is a lot of down time between planetary explosions and the tediousness is starting to get to everyone. However, after a series of accidents, a smart bomb –i.e. a bomb that can talk and think on its own– does not detach itself from the ship as planned and will explode within 24 minutes unless it can be cajoled into disarming itself. ~ Rottentomatoes.

 

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WHERE

• Arcata Theatre Lounge

PRICE

• $5