Starcrash
1978 space opera film by Luigi Cozzi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 (also credited as "Lewis Coates"),[5] and starring Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, Christopher Plummer, David Hasselhoff and Joe Spinell.[6][7][8][9]
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Directed by | Luigi Cozzi |
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Edited by | Sergio Montanari |
Music by | John Barry |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | $4 million |
Box office | $2,250,000[4] |
It is widely regarded as a "cash-in" on the unprecedented success of Star Wars.[10] Filmed at Cinecittà studios in Rome, the film was produced independently by brothers Nat and Patrick Wachsburger, and 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.[10]
Starcrash was riffed on by Mystery Science Theater 3000 in the first reboot season.