Main Cast: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston, John Matuszak
Release Year: 1984
Country: US
Run Time: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
In this undistinguished parody of the sci fi genre, Robert Urich is Jason who leads a band of pirates in redistributing the wealth of the few to the coffers of the needy. He also joins up with Princess Karina Mary Crosby in searching for her father and a possible source of water in the next galaxy. Meant to be a campy romp through the sci fi genre, the film stops short of achieving a goal that should have been effortless. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Ron Perlman - Zeno; John Carradine - Supreme Commander; Ian Abercrombie - Hymie; Todd Allen - Stunts; Billy Bates - Stunts; Gary Brockette - Percy the Robot; Natalie Core - Nanny; Carmen Filpi - Vendor; John Gillespie - Dogbite; Marcia Lewis - Frog Lady; Patty Maloney - Waitress; Myron Natwick - Karina's Father; Bob Ozman - Stunts; Daryl Roach - Fitzcairn; Max von Sydow; Robert Symonds - Lanky Nibs; Rockne Tarkington - Patch; Bruce Vilanch - Wendon; Jeremy West - Zorn; Hank Worden - Elderly Jason; Steffen Zacharias - Prisoner; Alan Caillou - Count Paisley; Kenny Endoso - Stunts; Alan R. Gibbs - Stunts; Shane McCamey - Templar Crewman; Eddie Paul; Diana Webster - Seamstress; Larry Charles White - Stunts; Ric Young - Debs; Raymond Skipp - Doper; Debra Troyer - Blonde Girl; Alan Jones - Stunts
Credit
Ron Foreman - Art Director, David M. Haber - Art Director, Paul Bengston - Casting, Daniel Paredes - Costume Designer, Dennis Fill - Costume Designer, Stewart Raffill - Director, Tom Walls - Editor, Bruce Broughton - Composer (Music Score), Bruce Miller - Musical Arrangement, Matthew Leonetti - Cinematographer, John C. Foreman - Producer, John M. Dwyer - Set Designer, William Ladd Skinner - Set Designer, Mark Poll - Set Designer, Max W. Anderson - Special Effects, Dean Hodges - Sound/Sound Designer, Stewart Raffill - Screenwriter, Stanford Sherman - Screenwriter
A totally SPACED adventure! ...You have to be there to see it.
Plot
The film takes place in a future where water is an immensely valuable substance, both as a commodity and as a currency. Princess Karina (Crosby) is a spoiled princess who purchases captured space pirates Jason (Urich) and Roscoe (Michael D. Roberts). They then proceed to locate a "lost" planet that contains massive amounts of water. The planet must be approached on a specific course or the ship will be suspended in time forever. The course apparently contains some sort of real or illusory time distortion (resulting in both the heroes and the villains reaching old age during the "climatic" battle).
Reception
The film is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, often compared to Star Wars. Upon its release, the New York Times described it as a "busy, bewildering, exceedingly jokey science-fiction film that looks like a Star Wars spin-off made in an underdeveloped galaxy."[1]
