Originally intended to be a 68-minute student film, Dark Star was the creation of University of Southern California film students John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon. It is the twenty-first century story of four bored astronauts in deep space, whose mission is to destroy unstable planets in star systems which are to be colonised. The late commander Powell is stored in deep freeze, where he is still able to offer advice. As their mission nears completion, they must cope with a runaway alien which resembles a beach-ball, faulty computer systems, and a "smart bomb" who thinks it is God...

Special Features:

• Commemorative new box packaging
• Filmographies
• Original biographies
• Publicity stills
• Stunning new CGI menus
• Theatrical and Special Editions
• Theatrical trailers