The Ice Pirates

Infobox_Film
name = The Ice Pirates


caption = "The Ice Pirates" theatrical poster
amg_id = 1:24247
imdb_id = 0087451
writer = Stewart Raffill,
Stanford Sherman
starring = Robert Urich,
Mary Crosby,
Anjelica Huston,
Ron Perlman,
Bruce Vilanch
Michael D. Roberts,
John Carradine
director = Stewart Raffill
producer = John Foreman
cinematography = Matthew F. Leonetti
editing = Tom Walls
distributor = MGM
released = March 16, 1984 | (USA) runtime = 91 min.
language = English
country = USA
music = Bruce Broughton
awards =
budget = $9,000,000 (estimated)

"The Ice Pirates" is a 1984 comedy/science-fiction film. It was directed by Stewart Raffill (previously the director of the "Wilderness Family" films), 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.

Tagline

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

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.

Reception

*The film is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, often compared (unfavourably) to "Star Wars" and "Mad Max"Fact|date=March 2008. Upon its release, the "New York Times" described it as a "busy, bewildering, exceedingly jokey science-fiction film that looks like a "Star Wars" spinoff made in an underdeveloped galaxy." [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E1DA1339F935A25750C0A962948260&scp=2&sq=ice%20pirates&st=cse "'Ice Pirates' in Space,"] Vincent Canby, "The New York Times," March 16, 1984]

It is considered to be a cult classic by many science fiction and B-movie fans.Fact|date=March 2008

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0087451|title=The Ice Pirates
*rotten-tomatoes|id=ice_pirates|title=The Ice Pirates
* [http://www.badmovies.org/othermovies/icepirates/index.html Badmovies.org reader review]
* [http://www.terrediconfine.eu/Default.aspx?tabid=1018 I Pirati dello Spazio (The Ice Pirates - Stewart Raffill, 1984)] (italian)