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Watch: Starman 1984 123movies, Full Movie Online – Jenny Hayden never did get over the death of her husband, so when an alien life form decides to model “himself” on the husband, Jenny is understandably confused if not terrified. The alien, or Starman, as he is called, has a deadline to meet and kidnaps Jenny in order to meet it..
Plot: When an alien takes the form of a young widow’s husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 48,145
	85% | RottenTomatoes
	70/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 674 Popularity: 12.67 | TMDB

Reviews:

One of Jeff Bridges’ better performances this one. He is an alien who arrives on Earth and assumes the physical shape of “Hayden”. Thing is, he has recently died – so you can imagine how phased his recent widow “Jenny” (Karen Allen) is as he coerces her to drive him to Arizona where he can rendezvous with the others from his race. The crater left by his landing has attracted the attention of SETI – a government agency charged with looking for ET, and – of course – the more militaristic elements under the command of “Fox” (Richard Jaeckel). What now ensues is a road-movie with a difference as the two gradually start to bond whilst being pursued by the authorities. There is a gradually accumulating chemistry between Allen and Bridges, the latter offering a nuanced and gentle performance as if he were but a baby in a man’s body lost in a strange and not particularly welcoming environment. It has some touching moments, a little humour and though the ending isn’t really ever in doubt, the travels of this couple are demonstrated in a gently sentimental (but not sickly or melodramatic) fashion. It’s a bit on the long side – we do take a little bit of time for the thing to get moving, but once it proves to be a well photographed, scored and entertaining character study from John Carpenter. Worth a watch, I’d say.

Loving the Alien.

Mixed notices then and now for John Carpenter’s sci-fi love story – cum human warning parable, but the fact is is that if it touches you it’s a touch that stays for ever. It’s a lovely film headed up by Jeff Bridges’ wonderful turn as the alien from outer space teaming up with Karen Allen for a road trip to a Nevada crater, where he will be picked up by his own species and taken home.

Taking on human form, that of Allen’s deceased husband, much of the humour is derived from how the alien tries to adapt to a human lifestyle. The language, food, customs and romance, but always there is a serious thread running through the narrative. He was invited here by the contents of Voyager One, but now the suits want him for less than honourable research, so the pair, coming together as one after she is obviously in a state of kidnap worry, have to stay one step ahead of the authorities.

So there’s suspense in the mix via the chase dynamics, as well as some beautiful sequences, one of which has animal lovers of the world punch the air with unbridled joy. The premise is of course flimsy, and cribbing bits from ET and Close Encounters did the film no favours under critical analysis, but the emotional whack is mightily strong, with the lead characters being so easy to root for. While Jack Nitzsche’s synth based musical score is a sci-fi great, perfect.

A vastly under valued picture on Carpenter’s CV, Starman would like to come and see us, if only we would give it the time. 8.5/10

Far from ready
Starman is based on the premise that when we made an invitation in the journey into deep space of Voyager II someone out there would take us up on it. Apparently someone has and we were far from ready for it.

A shape shifting alien is down for a look/see and when he arrives he takes the image of Karen Allen’s late husband who looks a whole lot like Jeff Bridges.

Though Bridges got a Best Actor nomination in my opinion the best performance in the film is from Karen Allen. Throughout the film she is registering all kinds of feelings and emotions multiple emotions at the same time like any of us would facing her situation. Imagine an alien creature taking the form of your significant other who has passed on?

Obviously Voyager II’s invitation should have been destination specific like the United Nations in New York or since the USA did build and launch the probe, Washington, DC. But instead it lands in rural Wisconsin and he’s got to make a rendezvous for a pickup in Arizona, the heart of red state America where folks are having trouble dealing with all kinds of humans different from them.

Bridges in the title role is a wonderful combination of genius and ingenuous. He’s centuries beyond humans in his evolutionary development but a mere child in dealing with humans other than Karen Allen. But he’s a quick learner and note he never harms a living soul.

There’s another conflict going on, one between scientist Charles Martin Smith who’d like to study and learn from Bridges and Richard Jaeckel the military man who wants to capture him and become light years technologically advanced. We are still in a Cold War. One shudders to think had he landed in the Soviet Union or in China. Probably no better than here and most assuredly worse.

Bridges certainly takes on all the physiological aspects of male humankind and after a night of passion on a train boxcar with Allen all kinds of theological questions are raised since he most assuredly tells Allen she’s pregnant from the encounter and their kid will grow up to be a great teacher.

Unusual for a science fiction film Star Man does not depend on awesome special effects, they are there but not the main focus of the story. No accident that the film didn’t receive any Oscar recognition in the technical categories. Just a nomination for Bridges and one that should have happened for Karen Allen. Both of them put over a fine and startling story.

Atypical and very likable Carpenter offering
Starman is certainly a bit of a departure for director John Carpenter. It seems that after the box-office disappointment of The Thing (1982) he decided that his next return to the alien film should be something less scary and more in line with the E.T. (1982) template. The result is a John Carpenter film that is decidedly more gentle natured than we had seen up to that point. After learning about humanity from the space probe Voyager 2 an alien crash lands on Earth and assumes the identity of a dead man. He enlists the reluctant help of the wife of this deceased individual in his mission to return home. Needless to say, the authorities pursue him, hell bent on preventing his departure.

This change of pace for Carpenter is another film which shows the care he gave to all his movies. The story is solid, if nothing especially great. But it’s nicely shot and paced, with some engaging performances, especially from Karen Allen as the bemused woman taken along for the ride by the alien. Jeff Bridges puts in an original enough turn as the starman, although it is definitely quite surprising he was Oscar nominated for it. In essence this is a road movie with a romantic sub-plot that is based around a sci-fi premise. It’s fairly successful in each of its sub-genres and is a very likable piece of work overall. And for what it’s worth, I much preferred it to E.T.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 55 min (115 min)
Budget 22000000
Revenue 28744356
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Romance, Sci-Fi
Director John Carpenter
Writer Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon, Dean Riesner
Actors Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 6 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints), Dolby Stereo (35 mm prints)
Aspect Ratio 2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints), 2.39 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Gold, Panavision C- and E-Series Lenses
Laboratory Metrocolor, Culver City (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 3,023 m (Italy)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm, 70 mm (blow-up)