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Film: "The Last Starfighter" (1984)

Sunday, May 4, 2025 1:00–2:40 PM
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    Professor Pfinklepfunder's $1 Sunday Family Films
    May the Fourth be somewhat with you. Celebrating Star Wars with a bankshot, the year of Pfinklepfunder titles closes with The Last Starfighter, which is a knock-off of Star Wars with arcade games thrown into the mix — and ultimately has much in common with Gran Turismo (2023). Regardless of its clone status, The Last Starfighter has a mighty-and-growing fanbase that gives the title serious cult status. Here, a teenager (Lance Guest) hits the top score on the arcade game Starfighter. The game's designer (Robert Preston) had secret machinations, though: Starfighter was a means for defense fighter groups to identify potential pilots for a war in space.
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    https://events.nd.edu/events/2025/05/04/the-last-starfighter-1984/

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