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Starman at 40: John Carpenter's forgotten sci-fi masterpiece, interview with special effects artist John Rosengrant
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Starman at 40: John Carpenter's forgotten sci-fi masterpiece, interview with special effects artist John Rosengrant

By Lee Keeler

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Dec 05, 2024
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The films of John Carpenter have earned their place in film history: Halloween is the classic. Big Trouble in Little China, the guilty pleasure. The Thing continues to grow in power every year.

At the bottom of this legacy lies Starman. When it came out in 1984, the road trip movie eased into a landscape of suburban fantasy films that Spielber…

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