Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

Released: 1980-09-08 Duration: 1hr 44min

Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure

Rating 5.3

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A battle beyond time, beyond space.

Overview

A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.

Production Companies

New World Pictures

Additional Info

Budget	$2,000,000.00
Revenue	$11,000,000.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	11.794

Directed By

Jimmy T. Murakami

Crew

Director
Jimmy T. Murakami

Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Rick Stratton

Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Steve Neill

First Assistant Director
James Sbardellati

Second Assistant Director
Don Keith Opper

Hairstylist
Karoly Balazs

Assistant Production Manager
Aaron Lipstadt

Makeup Artist
Sue Dolph

Assistant Makeup Artist
Karen Kubeck

Production Manager
Michael Bennett

Set Decoration
Forrest Chadwick

Assistant Production Manager
Gale Anne Hurd

Special Sound Effects
Alan Howarth

Production Coordinator
Betsy Magruder

Art Department Coordinator
Sharon Compton

Assistant Editor
Debra Chiate

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary C. Bourgeois

Assistant Costume Designer
Timaree McCormick

Property Master
Francesca Bartoccini

Dialogue Editor
Steve Rice

Assistant Editor
John K. Adams

Pyrotechnician
Frank DeMarco

Supervising Sound Editor
David Lewis Yewdall

Visual Effects Editor
Tony Randel

Art Direction
James Cameron

Executive Producer
Roger Corman

Visual Effects
James Cameron

Producer
Ed Carlin

Editor
Allan Holzman

Story
John Sayles

Casting
Lisa Mionie

Associate Producer
Mary Ann Fisher

Editor
R.J. Kizer

Story
Anne Dyer

Original Music Composer
James Horner

Director of Photography
Daniel Lacambre

Art Direction
Charles William Breen

Set Decoration
John Zabrucky

Still Photographer
Paul Hodara

Sound Mixer
Ron Judkins

Costume Design
Durinda Wood

Script Supervisor
Sharon Kirkpatrick

Screenplay
John Sayles

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