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Jul 1, 2024 · After cutting his teeth with Dark Star, Carpenter quickly shifted his attention to solo writing what would become his sophomore feature, Assault On Precinct 13. Its funding came through J. Stein Kaplan, another friend of Carpenter’s from his USC days.
Jul 8, 2024 · Reeling Backward: Dark Star (1974) Careers were launched with this student film-turned-sci-fi cult classic, blasting the genre into hyperspace (almost literally!) without actually being an especially good or interesting flick.
Jul 22, 2024 · Carpenter's first major film as director, Dark Star (1974), was a science-fiction comedy that he co-wrote with Dan O'Bannon (who later went on to write Alien, borrowing freely from much of Dark Star).
Jul 11, 2024 · John Carpenters 1974 tongue-in-cheek sci-fi movie proved a seminal film in many ways. - test your knowledge in this quiz! (Author sancho_pft)
1 day ago · John Carpenter’s First Studio Film Was This Faye Dunaway & Tommy-Lee Jones Horror Movie. Eyes of Laura Mars is a forgotten gem co-written by John Carpenter with a star-studded cast and a Giallo ...
2 days ago · The soundtrack album containing songs used in the film was entitled Christine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and was released on LP and cassette on Motown Records. It contained 10 (of the 15) songs listed in the film's credits, plus one track from John Carpenter and Alan Howarth's own score.
1 day ago · Halloween (advertised as John Carpenter's Halloween) is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed, co-written, and scored by John Carpenter. Starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut), with P. J. Soles and Nancy Loomis in supporting roles, the film is set mostly in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois.
