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The Last Starfighter (25th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] | ![The Last Starfighter (25th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ghcNsHW4L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Nick Castle
Actors: Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Barbara Bosson, Norman Snow
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $5.83
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Sales Rank: 5213
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 025192019975
UPC: 025192019975
EAN: 0025192019975
ASIN: B0025VLELQ
Release Date: August 18, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Condition: New | | • | Format: Blu-ray | | • | AC-3; Color; Dolby; DTS Surround Sound; Original recording remastered; Subtitled; Widescreen |
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Product Description
"Greetings, Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Kodan Armada." So begins an adventure of galactic proportions in The Last Starfighter. After Earthling Alex (Lance Guest) conquers the Starfighter video game, he is recruited by alien Centauri (Robert Preston) to be part of an elite legion of fighters. Leaving behind his trailer park home for the outer regions of space, Alex becomes the last hope for the beleaguered Star League and hundreds of worlds - including Earth. Loaded with out-of-this-world bonus features and digitally remastered for optimum picture quality, The Last Starfighter 25th Anniversary Edition is the ultimate video game fantasy come true! Starring: Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart, Barbara Bosson, Norman Snow Directed by: Nick Castle
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At the time of its original release in 1984, this modestly budgeted sci-fi excursion had the distinction of offering some of the first examples of purely computer-generated animation, an apt (and frugal) special-effects solution for a movie with a plot line rooted in computer games. Both the computer-generated visuals and the arcade game now look quaint, but writer-director Nick Castle's affable, good- hearted adventure holds up nicely, thanks to a clever premise--the title game is actually a test for prospective starship pilots, planted by embattled aliens under siege from an evil invader. When a restless teenager (Lance Guest) racks up an impressive score, he finds himself spirited away to the besieged planet and thrust into the midst of an intergalactic war. Apart from Castle's skill at contrasting his extraterrestrial settings with the mundane details of his hero's earthbound life, the movie gets lift-off from two thorough pros, Robert Preston, who makes the alien recruiter, Centauri, a planet-hopping cousin to The Music Man's Harold Hill, and Dan O'Herlihy, the alien copilot, who suggests a scaly Walter Brennan. Older fans will snicker, but kids and young teens will find this rite of passage absorbing, while their folks will savor Preston's brash charm. --Sam Sutherland
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