Stars: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Mickey Jones, Dirk Blocker, Russ Benning, Steven Brennan, Betty Bunch, Kenny Call, Ronald Colby, Alex Daniels, John Walter Davis, James Deeth, Tony Edwards, Sean Faro, George Flower, M.C. Gainey, Anthony Grumbach, Charles Hughes, Judith Kim, Pat Lee, Lu Leonard, Victor McLemore, Robert Phalen, Carol Rosenthal, Robert Stein, Byron Walls, David Wells, Ted White

Director: John Carpenter

Summary: As a result of the 1970s Voyager II space probe, an alien ship is sent to study Earth. The alien assumes the form of a woman's dead husband and together they battle against the military and the authorities to send the alien back to his own world.

A departure for director John Carpenter, STARMAN is a gentle, simple film that won accolades from critics and applause from audiences. Jeff Bridges plays the title character, an alien that has come down to Earth on a peaceful scouting mission. When he takes the form of a recently widowed woman's dead husband he unintentionally involves her in his mission. The alien only has a few days to reach a rendezvous point where he will be picked up by his mothership. Along the way he must discover what he can about human beings and our civilization. He finds out plenty very quickly, as his relationship with the young widow grows very strong as they make their way to the rendezvous point. Meanwhile, the FBI is in hot pursuit after it discovers the discarded landing vehicle, and the alien's own health is deteriorating in Earth's foreign atmosphere. The story tells of the struggle for communication, the pain of letting go, and the search for understanding. Jeff Bridges gives an unforgettable performance as the gentle alien trying his best to cope with being a human. With STARMAN, Carpenter proves he is a master storyteller, not just of horror and science fiction, but of subtle, emotional drama as well.

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Starmanis easily director John Carpenter's warmest and most beguiling film, and the only one that ever earned him an Oscar nomination. While most movie buffs are likely to call Halloweenthe best movie from Carpenter, die-hard romantics and anyone who cried while watching E.T.will vote in favour of the director's 1984 hit.

Jeff Bridges is the alien visitor to Earth who is knocked off course and must take an interstate road trip to rendezvous with a mothership from his home planet. To complete this journey he assumes the physical form of the dead husband of a Wisconsin widow (Karen Allen) who responds first with fear, then sympathy, and finally love. Carpenter's graceful strategy is to switch the focus of this E.T.-like film from science fiction to a gentle road-movie love story, made believable by the memorable performances of Bridges and Allen. It's a bit heavy-handed with tenacious government agents who view the Starman as an alien threat (don't they always?), but Carpenter handles the action with intelligent flair, sensitivity and lighthearted humour. If you're not choked up during the final scene, well, you just might not be human. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

On the DVD:Starmanon disc is presented in anamorphic widescreen transferred from NTSC and letterboxed at 2.35.1. The picture is clear and sharp with very little grain. The soundtrack is crisp, perfectly complementing the romantic nature of this film. The overriding reason to shell out on this special edition is the commentary from John Carpenter and Jeff Bridges, in which director and actor show a genuine affection for the film. Other extras are a featurette filmed around the original release in 1884, a music video starring Bridges and costar Karen Allen covering The Everly Brothers classic "All I Have to Do is Dream", and a trailer for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. --Kristen Bowditch

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailer, Music Video, Featurette, Commentary By John Carpenter And Jeff Bridges
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Year:	1984
Release Date:	April 8, 2002
Runtime:	110 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 10682
Keywords:	General, Wide, Screen, Fiction, Science, Starman, Horror, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Science Fiction