Battle Beyond the Stars

Battle Beyond the Stars
Theatrical release poster by Gary Meyer
Directed byJimmy T. Murakami
Screenplay byJohn Sayles

(after Akira Kurosawa Shinobu Hashimoto

Hideo Oguni)
Story byJohn Sayles
Anne Dyer
Produced byEd Carlin
Roger Corman
Starring
CinematographyDaniel Lacambre
Edited byAllan Holzman
Robert J. Kizer
Music byJames Horner
Distributed byNew World Pictures (United States)
Orion Pictures[1] (International; through Warner Bros.)
Release date
  • July 25, 1980 (1980-07-25)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[2]
Box office$11 million[3] or $3.6 million[4]

Battle Beyond the Stars is a 1980 American space opera film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Jimmy T. Murakami,[5] and starring Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn,[6][7] George Peppard, John Saxon,[8][9][10] Sybil Danning[11] and Darlanne Fluegel.[12] Intended as a futuristic "Magnificent Seven (itself a western version of Seven Samurai) in outer space",[13] the screenplay was written by John Sayles with the score by James Horner and special effects designed by filmmaker James Cameron.[5] The film was theatrically released by Corman's New World Pictures and was a moderate box office success, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics.

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  3. ^ Gray 2004, p. 148.
  4. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 294. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  5. ^ a b "Battle Beyond the Stars". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  6. ^ Evans, Greg; Pedersen, Erik (November 11, 2016). "Robert Vaughn Dies: 'Man From U.N.C.L.E' Star Was 83". Deadline Hollywood. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  7. ^ Verswijver, Leo (2003). Movies Were Always Magical: Interviews with 19 Actors, Directors and Producers from the Hollywood of the 1930s through the 1950s. New York City: McFarland & Company. p. 27. ISBN 978-0786411290.
  8. ^ Ryan 1998, p. 33.
  9. ^ Julius, Marshall (1997). Action! the Action Movie A--Z (1st ed.). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0253332448.
  10. ^ Sayles, John (1999). Diane Carson (ed.). John Sayles: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers). Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. xxxii. ISBN 978-1578061372. John Saxon – Sador.
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  12. ^ Ryan 1998, p. 23.
  13. ^ Gray 2004, p. 147.