Starcrash

Starcrash
Film poster by John Solie[1]
Directed byLuigi Cozzi
Screenplay by
  • Luigi Cozzi
  • Nat Wachsberger
  • R.A. Dillon
Produced by
  • Nat Wachsberger
  • Patrick Wachsberger
Starring
Cinematography
Edited bySergio Montanari
Music byJohn Barry
Production
companies
  • Bancom Audiovision Corporation
  • Film Enterprise Production
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 10 December 1978 (1978-12-10) (West Germany)[2][unreliable source?]
  • 3 January 1979 (1979-01-03) (Italy)
  • 9 March 1979 (1979-03-09) (U.S.)
Running time
94 minutes
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million
Box office$2,250,000[4]

Starcrash (Italian: Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione, lit. 'Starfights Beyond the Third Dimension') is a 1978 space opera film directed and co-written by Luigi Cozzi, and starring Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell and Christopher Plummer.[5][6][7][8]

Widely regarded as a "cash-in" on the unprecedented success of Star Wars,[9] the film was an international co-production between Italy and the United States.[3] Filmed at Cinecittà studios in Rome, the film was produced independently by the father-and-son duo of Nat and Patrick Wachsburger. It features a musical score composed by John Barry.

Released by New World Pictures on December 10, 1978, it received generally negative reviews from critics, but has developed a cult following.[9] The film was riffed on by Mystery Science Theater 3000 in the first reboot season.

  1. ^ Starcrash (New World, 1979). One Sheet (27" X 41") John Solie|LOT #52394|Heritage Auctions
  2. ^ Flickchart
  3. ^ a b c "Starcrash (1978)". Lumiere. European Audiovisual Observatory.
  4. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 295. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  5. ^ Wheeler, Jeremy (2007). "Star Crash (1978)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference afi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Willis 1985, pp. 340–341: "Review is of a 92 minute version viewed in Hollywood on March 7, 1979"
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference mfb-review was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ a b "American Genre Film Archive STARCRASH". www.americangenrefilm.com. Retrieved 2022-10-04.