Scontri Stellari Oltre la Terza Dimensione
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Scontri Stellari Oltre la Terza Dimensione (English title Starcrash) was an Italian 1979 science fiction film. The screen play was written by Luigi Cozzi (pen name Lewis Coates) and Nat Wachsberger, and Luigi Cozzi directed the film. The cast included Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, Robert Tessier, Christopher Plummer, David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell and Hamilton Camp.
It was filmed in Technicolor with Dolby sound, and has a runtime of 94 minutes. The US release is 92 minutes, and received an MPAA rating of PG. The movie is generally regarded by critics as a campy "B" film with cheap special effects and a weak, derivative plot that may be considered by some as unintentionally humorous.
The lead in this film is the sexy smuggler Stella Star (Munro) accompanied by her sidekick Akton (Marjoe Gortner). They are being pursued by the Chief of the Galactic Police, Thor (Tessier) and the police robot Elle (Camp). After they are captured and sentenced to hard labor (with Star retaining her sexy garb in the prison camp for some reason), the galactic emperor (Plummer) commutes their sentences in return for their aid in tracking down a missing ship.
The ship in question was seeking the hideout of the bad guy, Count Zarth Arn (Spinell), who has developed a secret superweapon. The vessel was also carrying the emperor's only son. Stella and companions set out on their search, travelling to several planets including a world of Amazons, an ice planet where they are betrayed by Thor, and a world of neanderthals where they discover a lifeboat from the lost ship. On the last Stella is rescued by Simon (Hasselhoff) the Emperor's son. At the planet's core is Zarth Arn's secret base.
Much mayhem ensues. The emperor is defeated by Zarth, but Stella and the robot Elle manage to destroy the evil Count in his base. Stella and Simon fall in love and the film ends.
