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Battle Beyond the Stars
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Credits
Title: Battle Beyond the Stars
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
Roger Corman [1]
Writers: John Sayles
Anne Dyer
Producers: Ed Carlin; Roger Corman; Mary Ann Fisher
Composer: James Horner
Cinematography: Daniel Lacambre
Editors: Allan Holzman; R.J. Kizer
Production
Distributed by: New World Pictures
Orion Pictures
Released: September 8th, 1980
Rating: PG
Running time: 104 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $2,000,000 [2]
Gross: $1,700,000 (US) [3]
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Battle Beyond the Stars is an independent American feature film of the science fiction and action genres. Chalk this one up as another low-budget cheezy fun-fest courtesy of the 1980s. The movie was directed by Jimmy T. Murakami and written by John Sayles with additional writing by Anne Dyer. It was produced by Roger Corman and his company New World Pictures and released through Orion Pictures. It premiered in New York City, New York on September 8th, 1980 and enjoyed limited theatrical release.

Battle Beyond the Stars stars The Walton actor Richard Thomas as the protagonist Shad with John Saxon as his antagonist foil, the warlord Sador. Other stars include Robert Vaughn as Gelt, George Peppard as a space cowboy, Darlanne Fluegel as Nanelia, Sam Jaffe as Doctor Hephaestus and Sybil Danning as the ever-buxom Saint Exmin.

Plot[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
Richard Thomas Shad
Robert Vaughn Gelt
John Saxon Sador
George Peppard Cowboy
Darlanne Fluegel Nanelia
Sybil Danning Saint Exmin
Sam Jaffe Doctor Hephaestus
Morgan Woodward Cayman
Earl Boen Nestor (I)
John Gowans Nestor (II)
Steve Davis Quopeg
Lawrence Steven Meyers Kelvin (I)
Lara Cody Kelvin (II)
Lynn Carlin Nell
Jeff Corey Zed
Marta Kristen Lux
Julia Duffy Mol
Eric Morris Fen
Doug Carleson Pok
Ron Ross Dab
Terrence E. McNally Gar
Galen Thompson Min
Whitney Rydbeck Saunders
Tom Henschel Talking android
Nate Esformes Dako
Richard Davalos Yago
Lanny Broyles Tembo
Rob Reece Kalo

Appearances[]

Characters

  • Askew
  • Cayman
  • Cush
  • Dab
  • Dako
  • Fen
  • Gar
  • Gelt
  • Hephaestus
  • Kalo
  • Kelvin
  • Kintwarna
  • Lettress
  • Lux
  • Min
  • Mol
  • Nanella
  • Nell
  • Nestor (I)
  • Nestor (II)
  • Nestor (III)
  • Nestor (IV)
  • Nestor (V)
  • Pez
  • Pok
  • Quopeg
  • Sador
  • Saint Exmin
  • Saunders
  • Shad
  • Tembo
  • Wok
  • Yago
  • Zed

Locations

  • Akir
  • Hephaestus space station

Items

  • Harmonica
  • Ray gun
  • Robot
  • Stellar converter

Vocations

Miscellaneous

Notes[]

Trivia[]

  • The tagline for this film is "Rebels. Outlaws. Mercenaries. Seven magnificent warriors join to fight the... Battle Beyond the Stars."
  • Actor Richard Thomas is best known for playing John-Boy Walton on the classic 1970s family series The Waltons.
  • James Cameron is an art director on this film along with Charles Breen. He is credited as Jim Cameron in this film. James Cameron will go on to become the director and writer on such memorable film franchise including the Terminator series, the 1986 film Aliens, and the 2009 blockbuster, Avatar.
  • Actors George Peppard and John Saxon also appeared together in the "Children of Jamestown" and "Moving Targets" episodes of The A-Team.

Recommendations[]

1980s Sci-Fi

External Links[]

References[]

  1. Roger Corman is uncredited as a co-director on this film.
  2. IMDB; Battle Beyond the Stars (1980); Box office & Business
  3. Opening weekend tallies only. Limited theatrical run.


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