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December 26, 1984 - North Shore News

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OU CAN’T blame a guy for wanting to go
home after his host turns homicidal.

By COLIN LAMONT

lo your spaceship,
easy to leave.

If you happen to be next
door visiting a neighbor when
this happens, it’s easy to
make excuses and run for the
door, but when your home is

It's NOL SO

That's the problem in
another planet and your host director John Carpenter’s
has pumped a few missiles in- Starman, which an extra-

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terrestrial being and gutsy missiles to knock the visitor

girl from earth have three out of the sky and into the

days to solve. back yard of Jenny Hayden
As if poor Jenny didn’t (Karen Allen).

already have enough pro- In its natural form, the

blems, with her husband starman is a pale-blue fog

recently dead, she _ finds and must find a human form

herself the guardian of a be-
ing from another planet that
looks the spitting image of
her dead hubby.

The Starman (Jeff Bridges)
decides to visit earth after his

it can take to protect itself. It
settles on the form of Jenny's
dead husband Scott, after
seeing his picture in an old
album and finding a lock of
his hair. From the hair, it ab-

own civilization finds a sorbs Scott's genetic struc-

recorded message aboard an ture and reproduces him in

earth satelite, inviting = all every detail.

races to come down for a While Starman is certainly

ViSiL. not bound for the golden
Down he comes, and to glory of an Oscar, Jeff

welcome him, the U.S. Air Bridges and Karen Allen keep

Force is on hand with enough this science fiction flick down

to earth and headed in the
right direction.

Karen Allen, whom you
might remember as the hard-
core adventurer from Raiders
of the Lost Ark is stll ready
to throw a punch or two if
it’s called for.

When the Starman con-
vinces her he means no harm,
it is well into a three-day
drive from Wisconsin to
Arizona, where he must meet
his mother-ship for the
yourney back to his planet.

Jeff Bridges is every bit the
image of a being unfamiliar
with the body it inhabits,
walking stiffly, talking slowly
and trying to understand the
trace he has been thrown in

Starman, a down to earth flick

with.
There

that
Allen and Bridges is just the
team to bridge the gap bet-

is no doubt

ween earth and the stars.
Allen puts just the right em-
phasis on her fright, and her
fascination with the Starman.
He is the exact image of her
dead husband and attracts
her while at the same time he
is often in need of her protec-
tion in his race to make con-
tact with his own people.
The Starman finally sums
up what he finds ‘‘so
beautiful’’ about the humans
that are trying to trap him in
any way they can. ‘‘You are

at your very best when things
are worst.’”’

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