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<html> <head> <title>The Last Starfighter</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Last Starfighter <nobr>(13-Jul-1984)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.the-last-starfighter-2.jpg" height=220 width=145 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/401/000173879/">Nick Castle</a><p><b>Writer:</b> Jonathan Betuel<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/808/000083559/">Sci-Fi</a>, <a href="/lists/054/000083802/">Video Game</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"></div><p>Trailer park handyman Alex Rogan, anticipating college but denied a student loan, passes time playing the arcade video game Starfighter; after a particularly high score, he is recruited by alien agents to help guard the Star League against invading Xur. Tongue-in-cheek, with good characters though dated special effects; now a cult film. Received a Hugo nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation.<p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/374/000173852/"><font size=-1>Barbara Bosson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Nov-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Fay Furillo on <i>Hill Street Blues</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/422/000079185/"><font size=-1>Cameron Dye</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Dec-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Joy of Sex</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/759/000141336/"><font size=-1>Lance Guest</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jul-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Last Starfighter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/288/000090018/"><font size=-1>Dan O'Herlihy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-May-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/675/000079438/"><font size=-1>Robert Preston</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jun-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Mar-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Music Man</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/241/000131845/"><font size=-1>Catherine Mary Stewart</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Apr-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Last Starfighter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/496/000025421/"><font size=-1>Wil Wheaton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jul-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Wesley Crusher on <i>Star Trek: TNG</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/029/000348979/"><font size=-1>Meg Wyllie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Feb-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jan-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td>Kay E. Kuter</td><td>   ...   Enduran</td></tr><tr><td>Dan Mason</td><td>   ...   Lord Kril</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/759/000141336/">Lance Guest</a></td><td>   ...   Alex Rogan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/288/000090018/">Dan O'Herlihy</a></td><td>   ...   Grig</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/241/000131845/">Catherine Mary Stewart</a></td><td>   ...   Maggie Gordon</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/374/000173852/">Barbara Bosson</a></td><td>   ...   Jane Rogan</td></tr><tr><td>Norman Snow</td><td>   ...   Xur</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/675/000079438/">Robert Preston</a></td><td>   ...   Centauri</td></tr><tr><td>Chris Hebert</td><td>   ...   Louis Rogan</td></tr><tr><td>John O'Leary</td><td>   ...   Rylan Bursar</td></tr><tr><td>George McDaniel</td><td>   ...   Kodan Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Charlene Nelson</td><td>   ...   Rylan Technician</td></tr><tr><td>John Maio</td><td>   ...   Friendly Alien</td></tr><tr><td>Robert Starr</td><td>   ...   Underling</td></tr><tr><td>Al Berry</td><td>   ...   Rylan Spy</td></tr><tr><td>Scott Dunlop</td><td>   ...   Tentacle Alien</td></tr><tr><td>Vernon Washington</td><td>   ...   Otis</td></tr><tr><td>Peter Nelson</td><td>   ...   Jack Blake</td></tr><tr><td>Peggy Pope</td><td>   ...   Elvira</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/029/000348979/">Meg Wyllie</a></td><td>   ...   Granny Gordon</td></tr><tr><td>Ellen Blake</td><td>   ...   Clara Potter</td></tr><tr><td>Britt Leach</td><td>   ...   Mr. Potter</td></tr><tr><td>Bunny Summers</td><td>   ...   Mrs. Boone</td></tr><tr><td>Owen Bush</td><td>   ...   Mr. Boone</td></tr><tr><td>Marc Alaimo</td><td>   ...   Hitchhiker</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/422/000079185/">Cameron Dye</a></td><td>   ...   Andy</td></tr><tr><td>Geoffrey Blake</td><td>   ...   Gary</td></tr><tr><td>Kimberly Ross</td><td>   ...   Cheerleader</td></tr><tr><td>Bob Kenaston</td><td>   ...   Uncle Bob</td></tr><tr><td>Ed Berke</td><td>   ...   Cop</td></tr></table><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><b>Review by anonymous</b> (posted on 15-Jan-2007)<p>Seeing this film as a child, I recently relived the moments recreated on DVD. The hero, Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), feels destined to live out his boring life in a trailer park, when he unwittingly makes the highest score on the "Starfighter" video game. While thinking of his future plans, he is met by Centauri (Robert Preston) in an unusual car who whisks him off to outer space to help "defend the frontier from the evil emperor Zur and the Kodan Armada." While on the planet Rylos, Alex feels he's been tricked and wants to return to earth, not knowing that Kodan fighters have already been sent to earth to kill him. After learning of the situation, Alex calls on Centauri to bring him back to Rylos to join the Starfighters. However, upon his return, Alex finds that the starfighters have all been killed in an attack on the base. Against all odds, Alex joins with his navigator, Grig (Dan O'Herlihy) to become The Last Starfighter. Claiming to have the highest quality special effects and digital imaging of the day, The Last Starfighter is very entertaining, though predictable and lacking quality acting in many areas. Defintely not an award winner but absolutely a cult classic and worth the watch. <p> <hr width=15% align=left><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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