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Starship (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Starship', also known as 'Lorca and the Outlaws', and '2084', is a 1984 science fiction film directed by Roger Christian from a screenplay by Christian and Matthew Jacobs, and starring John Tarrant, Deep Roy, Donogh Rees, and Cassandra Webb. The music for the film was written by Tony Banks of Genesis.
Plot
On the remote mining planet Ordessa, the management uses killer military police androids to crack down on workers upset with the terrible conditions. Lorca (John Tarrant) and his mother Abbie (Donogh Rees) led the human underground resistance movement until Abbie was killed by androids. Now, Lorca and Suzi (Cassandra Webb) battle Captain Jowitt (Ralph Cotterill) and the brutal bounty hunter Danny (Hugh Keays-Byrne), with the help of the friendly android Grid (Deep Roy).
Cast
*John Tarrant as Lorca
*Deep Roy as Grid
*Donogh Rees as Abbie
*Cassandra Webb as Suzi
*Ralph Cotterill as Captain Jowitt
*Hugh Keays-Byrne as Danny
*Joy Smithers as Lena
*Tyler Coppin as Detective Droid
*James Steele as MP Droid
*Arky Michael as Dylan
*John Rees as Priest
Production and release
'Starship' was originally released under the title 'Lorca and the Outlaws'; it also had a working title of 'The Outlaws and the Starship Redwing'. It was filmed in New South Wales and Western Australia in Australia, and at Shepperton Studios in the United Kingdom.IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090068/locations "Filming locations"] Its initial theatrical release was in Australia on 14 December 1984. It later premiered in West Germany on 5 July 1985, and was shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival in Porto, Portugal in February 1987. Its American theatrical release was on 4 April of that year,IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090068/releaseinfo "Release dates"] and the VHS home video was released later that year.[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1020033-starship/ "Starship"] on Rotten Tomatoes
Reception
M.J. Simpson, a British journalist who specialises in reviewing science fiction films, called 'Lorca and the Outlaws' a "sub-sub-Star Wars piece of semi-juvenile rubbish which is nothing more than a scrappily assembled mishmash of clichs and lazy film-making." The 'Atlanta Journal-Constitution' concurred, calling it "a low-rent, Anglo-Australian rip-off" of 'Star Wars' (1977).
Awards and honours
'Starship' was nominated for an International Fantasy Film Award, in the "Best Film" category, at the Fantasporto film festival in 1987.
Notes
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