Ice Pirates (1984) USA
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Director:Stewart Raffill
Studio:MGM (Warner)
Producer:Dennis Lasker, John Foreman
Writer:Stewart Raffill, Stanford Sherman
Rating:4
Rated:PG
Date Added:2007-03-06
Purchased On:2007-06-03
ASIN:6301969871
UPC:0027616042736
Price:$14.98
Genre:Comedy
Release:1998-01-09
IMDb:0087451
Duration:91
Picture Format:Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.78 : 1
Sound:Stereo
Languages:English, Dolby Digital 1.0, French, Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles:English, Spanish, French
Features:Theatrical trailer
Stewart Raffill  ...  (Director)
Stewart Raffill, Stanford Sherman  ...  (Writer)
 
Robert Urich  ...  Jason
Mary Crosby  ...  Princess Karina
Michael D. Roberts  ...  Roscoe
Anjelica Huston  ...  Maida
John Matuszak  ...  Killjoy
Ron Perlman  ...  Zeno
John Carradine  ...  Supreme Commander
Natalie Core  ...  Nanny
Jeremy West  ...  Zorn
Bruce Vilanch  ...  Wendon
Alan Caillou  ...  Count Paisley
Marcia Lewis  ...  Frog Lady
Daryl Keith Roach  ...  Fitzcairn / Prisoner (as Daryl Roach)
Robert Symonds  ...  Lanky Nibs
Gary Brockette  ...  Percy the Robot
Rockne Tarkington  ...  
Ian Abercrombie  ...  
Dolores Albin  ...  
Hank Worden  ...  
Bonnie Campbell-Britton  ...  
Matthew F. Leonetti  ...  Cinematographer
Tom Walls  ...  Editor
Comments: SEE A Universe on the rocks TREMBLE at the ferocious space possums! CATCH Space Herpie the Love Bug [Video Australia]

Summary: The amiable sci-fi spoof The Ice Pirates has earned a small but vocal cadre of admirers thanks to its go-for-broke gags and a healthy disrespect for outer space epics like the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises. An atypically goofy Robert Urich stars as the leader of a band of space pirates who kidnap a princess (Mary Crosby of Dallas fame), and then join her quest to find a mythical planet that can solve the universe's water shortage. A completely game (shameless?) cast (which includes Anjelica Huston in fetching leather gear, Ron Perlman, John Matuszak, and fantastic film icon John Carradine) and Stewart (The Philadelphia Experiment) and Raffill's breezy direction help sell the funniest bits (most notably, the notorious "space herpy" scene, and the frantic time-warp finale) and make the more leaden jokes palatable. --Paul Gaita