The Ice Pirates

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The Ice Pirates
The Ice Pirates theatrical poster
Directed by	Stewart Raffill
Produced by	John Foreman
Written by	Stewart Raffill, Stanford Sherman
Starring	Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Anjelica Huston, Ron Perlman, Bruce Vilanch Michael D. Roberts, John Carradine
Music by	Bruce Broughton
Cinematography	Matthew F. Leonetti
Editing by	Tom Walls
Distributed by	MGM
Release date(s)	March 16, 1984
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$9,000,000 (estimated)
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The Ice Pirates is a 1984 comedy/science-fiction film. It was directed by Stewart Raffill (of Wilderness Family fame), who co-wrote the screenplay with Krull author Stanford Sherman. The movie stars Robert Urich and Mary Crosby. Other notable featured actors are Anjelica Huston, Ron Perlman, Bruce Vilanch, John Carradine and football great John Matuszak.

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[edit] Tagline

A totally SPACED adventure! ...You have to be there to see it.

[edit] 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.

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The film is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, often compared (unfavourably) to Star Wars and Mad Max^{[citation needed]}, however, it is considered to be a cult classic by many science fiction and B-movie fans.^{[citation needed]}