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Features: DVD, Anniversary Edition, English, French, Spanish, Dolby, Digital Audio
Editor's Note
Teenager Alex Rogan lives and works in the trailer-park that his mother owns. His life consists of contemplating his rather bleak future, and waiting for word on his college loan application to arrive. One night all this changes forever. Alex possesses an extraordinary skill at video games, and when this skill attracts a space-travelling recruiter looking for pilots to protect the galaxy from outside forces, he suddenly finds himself on another planet in the middle of an inter-galactic war. It seems that his game-playing abilities are an invaluable military asset to the embattled "Star League of Planets."
| Features | Region [unknown] | | Snap Case | | Anamorphic Widescreen | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English | | Subtitles - English, SDH, French, Spanish | | Additional Release Material:
| Audio Commentary: Director Nick Castle and Production Designer Ron Cobb | | Trailer:
| 1. Theatrical Trailer | | 2. Teaser Trailer | | Featurette:
| 1. Heroes of the Screen | | 2. Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter | | Text/Photo Galleries:
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| Entertainment Reviews
 | The Last Starfighter - DVD Review By: Keith Breese - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/24/2009 7:48 PM | |
An enjoyable mash-up of western-styled action and John Hughes-styled coming of age drama, Nick Castle's The Last Starfighter was also, according to a 2003 article in the humor newspaper The Onion, the film that inspired former President George W. Bush to seek the presidency. While that's funny, like many of The Onion's satirical articles, it's also fairly believable -- The Last Starfighter is the rousing kind of kid flick that inspires ten-year-old boys to grab broomsticks, storm the neighborhood hill, and go nuts on pretend aliens with ridiculous faux karate moves....read the full review |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 8/18/2009 |
| Running Time: 101 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1984 | | Catalog ID: 61106400 | | UPC: 00025195053587 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...[It] taps its sources with the zest of a vampire, and the result, if unoriginal, is nevertheless buoyant....Good-humored, bent on action and even touching..." 07/13/1984 p.C5Variety
"...Awe-inspiring....Preston is perfect..." 07/11/1984 |
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