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Podcast: Precinct 13: The Movies and Music of John Carpenter
Episode: Dark Star (1974)
Description: It's the movie that started it all! On the premiere episode of Precinct 13, hosts Chris Oliphant and Nick Rocco Scalia kick off their film-by-film discussion of John Carpenter's body of work with 1974's Dark Star. Made in collaboration with Dan O'Bannon, Carpenter's USC classmate who would go on to co-create the Alien franchise, this sci-fi comedy began its life as a student film and became Carpenter's first theatrically-released feature. With some still-impressive low-budget production design and visual effects, a cast of colorful characters, and a deep roster of young creative talent bringing it all to life, Dark Star is...