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The Last Starfighter

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  • Release Date: May 30 2023
  • Country of Release: USA
  • MSRP: $49.95
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Directed by: Nick Castle

Greetings Starfighter! You have been recruited by Arrow Video to experience the 1984 sci-fi classic as you've never experienced it before! Directed by Nick Castle, the man behind the Michael Myers mask in the original Halloween, The Last Starfighter tells the story Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), an arcade game whizz-kid whose wildest dreams come true when he finds himself enlisted to fight in an interstellar war.

Now newly restored from a 4K scan of the original negative and featuring a 4.1 mix originally created for the film's 70mm release, The Last Starfighter arrives loaded with exclusive and archival bonus features. Strap yourself in: the Ultra HD adventure of a lifetime is about to begin!

  • Year: 1984
  • Time: 100 min.

Technical Specifications

Format: 4K UHD Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
Audio: English 2.0 PCM Stereo , English 4.1 DTS-HD MA Surround , English 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround
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Subtitles: English
Region: None
Discs: 1 Disc |  UHD-100

Supplements

  • Audio commentary with star Lance Guest and his son Jackson Guest
  • Audio commentary with Mike White of The Projection Booth podcast
  • Feature Commentary with Director Nick Castle and Production Designer Ron Cobb
  • Maggie's Memories: Revisiting The Last Starfighter - interview with actor Catherine Mary Stewart
  • Into the Starscape: Composing The Last Starfighter - interview with composer Craig Safan
  • Incredible Odds: Writing The Last Starfighter - interview with screenwriter Jonathan Betuel
  • Interstellar Hit-Beast: Creating the Special Effects - interview with special effects supervisor Kevin Pike
  • Excalibur Test: Inside Digital Productions - interview with sci-fi author Greg Bear on Digital Productions, the company responsible for the CGI in The Last Starfighter
  • Greetings Starfighter! Inside the Arcade Game, an interview with arcade game collector Estil Vance on reconstructing the Starfighter game
  • Heroes of the Screen
  • Crossing the Frontier: Making "The Last Starfighter"
  • Image Galleries
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Collector's booklet featuring new writing by Amanda Reyes and sci-fi author Greg Bear's never-before-published Omni magazine article on Digital Productions, the company responsible for the CGI in The Last Starfighter

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