John Sayles Double Feature: The Brother from Another Planet and Battle Beyond the Stars
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Director: Jimmy T. Murakami, John Sayles, Roger Corman Run Time: 212 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1984
Starring: Joe Morton, Peter Richardson, Ray Ramirez, Rosanna Carter, Yves Rene
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome legendary filmmaker John Sayles for a conversation with filmmaker Karyn Kusama and a double feature of two very different science fiction classics – indie-humanist gem The Brother from Another Planet and low-budget Roger Corman Space Opera Battle Beyond the Stars.
The Brother from Another Planet
Director: John Sayles
Screenwriter: John Sayles
Producers: Peggy Rajski, Maggie Renzi
The magnificent John Sayles displays his humanity through an interstellar being in this lo-fi Sci-Fi classic. A three-toed alien crashes on Ellis Island after escaping slavery on his home planet. Blending seamlessly with the unwashed masses of the streets of Manhattan, he weaves amongst the humans of New York even as two men in black attempt to hunt him down. Thought-provoking, eternally socially relevant, and touchingly human, you don’t need to be from outer space to love this indie gem.
Battle Beyond the Stars
Director: Roger Corman, Jimmy T. Murakami
Screenwriter: John Sayles
Blast off with this Roger Corman low-budget Star Wars knock-off of epic proportions. John Saxon and Sybil Danning helm this spandex-laden space opera and bring you all the camp you can handle in space. A young farmer – Shad – gathers a motley crew to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant and his army. Can this band of underdogs take on the ultimate in evil – in space?