Battle Beyond the Stars
| Battle Beyond the Stars | |
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Theatrical release poster by Gary Meyer | |
| Directed by | Jimmy T. Murakami |
| Screenplay by | John Sayles (after Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni) |
| Story by | John Sayles Anne Dyer |
| Produced by | Ed Carlin Roger Corman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Daniel Lacambre |
| Edited by | Allan Holzman Robert J. Kizer |
| Music by | James Horner |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures (United States) Orion Pictures (International; through Warner Bros.) |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $11 million or $3.6 million |
Battle Beyond the Stars is a 1980 American space opera film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, and starring Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, John Saxon, Sybil Danning and Darlanne Fluegel.
Inspired by Battle Beyond the Sun (1962), the Americanized edit (under Corman's lead) of Soviet film Nebo Zovyot (1959), it was intended as a science fiction-themed interpolation of The Magnificent Seven (1960; itself a Western film version of Seven Samurai [1954]) in outer space.
In keeping with Corman's longstanding cultivation of emergent talents, the screenplay was written by John Sayles (then transitioning from an aborted literary career under the producer's aegis), with an early score from James Horner and special effects designed by nascent filmmaker James Cameron. The film was theatrically released by Corman's New World Pictures and was a moderate box office success, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics.