Now, in fairness, I love the work of John Carpenter just as much as the next fanboy or fangirl, but -- alas -- I didn't embrace 1984's Starman as much as the next did.
This isn't any sleight against Carpenter because, frankly, I think he did a masterful job -- for the most part -- in crafting the script from Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon for the screen. While their ideas were interesting and the cast -- including Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen -- were top notch, the whole affair felt a bit muddled in spots. Some of the visuals were a bit predictable; and given what Carpenter had achieved in genre else -- with efforts like Halloween (1978), Escape From New York (1981), and The Thing (1982) -- I think I came in with expectations greater than could be delivered with what little there was. I didn't hate the film; it just kinda/sorta fizzled wherein I thought it was going to be a bit more epic in scope. To each his own, as they say ...
But because I'm a firm supporter of All Things Genre in this space, I always do try to sing praises as often as I can ...
This is why I wanted to point the readers to an all-new home video Steelbook release that's 'streeting' today compliments of the good people at SONY. I'm doing the copy-and-paste from the company's press release below (as it was previously published on Blu-ray.com), and I'm putting the link for those who wish to score a purchase via Amazon.com below that.
Happy hunting!
-- EZ
This isn't any sleight against Carpenter because, frankly, I think he did a masterful job -- for the most part -- in crafting the script from Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon for the screen. While their ideas were interesting and the cast -- including Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen -- were top notch, the whole affair felt a bit muddled in spots. Some of the visuals were a bit predictable; and given what Carpenter had achieved in genre else -- with efforts like Halloween (1978), Escape From New York (1981), and The Thing (1982) -- I think I came in with expectations greater than could be delivered with what little there was. I didn't hate the film; it just kinda/sorta fizzled wherein I thought it was going to be a bit more epic in scope. To each his own, as they say ...
But because I'm a firm supporter of All Things Genre in this space, I always do try to sing praises as often as I can ...
This is why I wanted to point the readers to an all-new home video Steelbook release that's 'streeting' today compliments of the good people at SONY. I'm doing the copy-and-paste from the company's press release below (as it was previously published on Blu-ray.com), and I'm putting the link for those who wish to score a purchase via Amazon.com below that.
Happy hunting!
-- EZ
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is preparing a 4K Blu-ray SteelBook Edition of John Carpenter's Starman (1984), starring Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, and Robert Phalen. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on May 27.
Director John Carpenter presents a romantic science fiction odyssey starring Jeff Bridges in his 1984 Oscar®-nominated role as an innocent alien from a distant planet who learns what it means to be a man in love. When his spacecraft is shot down over Wisconsin, Starman (Bridges) arrives at the remote cabin of a distraught young widow, Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen), and clones the form of her dead husband. The alien convinces Jenny to drive him to Arizona, explaining that if he isn't picked up by his mothership in three days, he'll die. Hot on their trail are government agents, intent on capturing the alien, dead or alive. En route, Starman demonstrates the power of universal love, while Jenny rediscovers her human feelings for passion. Written by Bruce A. Evans & Raynold Gideon.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY
- 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY ATMOS TRACK + 5.1 + 2-Channel Surround
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
- 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- English 5.1 + 2-Channel Surround
- Audio Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Actor Jeff Bridges
- Deleted Scenes
- Behind-the-Scenes Time Lapses
- They Came from Hollywood: Revisiting Starman Featurette
- Making-Of Featurette
- Music Video
- Still Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
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