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Podcast: Max, Mike; Movies
Episode: Episode 293 â Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Description: In 1977, a little indie film called âStar Warsâ was released, ushering in a new era for science-fiction films. Its budget? Eleven million dollars. To which Roger âBe Like the Cor-Manâ Corman replied âhold my beerâ and a mere three years later presented the world with the sci-fi epic âBattle Beyond the Starsâ for a much more reasonable two million dollars. Clearly, the Cor-Man knew where to trim the fat and what useless fripperies werenât needed to tell a powerful and original story (ok, maybe not that original; the plot is clearly an homage to âThe Magnificent Sevenâ and, via some elegantly sub...