John Carpenter‘s Starman will be released on SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Digital on May 27 from Sony.
The 1984 sci-fi romance has been restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio.
Bruce A. Evans & Raynold Gideon (Stand By Me, Mr. Brooks) penned the script with uncredited revisions by Dean Riesner (Dirty Harry, Play Misty for Me).
Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski) and Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark) star with Charles Martin Smith (American Graffiti), Richard Jaeckel (The Dirty Dozen), and Robert Phalen (Halloween).
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Director John Carpenter and Actor Jeff Bridges
- They Came from Hollywood: Revisiting Starman
- Making-Of Featurette
- Deleted Scenes
- Behind-the-Scenes Time Lapses
- Music Video
- Still Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
An extraterrestrial (Bridges) observing life on Earth becomes stranded near the Wisconsin farmhouse of recently widowed Jenny Hayden (Allen). The alien, otherwise known as Starman, clones the human form of Scott Hayden, Jenny’s deceased husband. Due to be picked up by his mother ship in three days at Meteor Crater, Arizona, Starman is in dire need of human assistance.
Thus Jenny becomes an unwilling participant in a trip that becomes a dangerous flight across the U.S. as the two are pursued by the U.S. Army and secretly aided by a government agent (Smith). Over the three-day journey, however, a strange and wonderful relationship develops between a confused human woman and a curious and determined alien, leading to a climactic rendezvous with Starman’s mother ship.
Bridges was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Starman.
