BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (1980) Official Trailer

Seven futuristic mercenaries are assembled to defend a helpless farm colony from an evil overlord. Roger Corman Presents!
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[@andybraid4263]

Had more heart than any recent Starwars offering from Disney

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

Without a doubt!!!

[@vergon6662]

HEARD!

[@ValiantWrestling]

And Georgie boy's awful prequels...

[@jeffking4176]

Definitely❗️ And a great cast.

[@undead_corsair]

When you want Star Wars and mom says "we have Star Wars at home."

[@angelinajoanie]

Hold my VHS.📼

[@DesertFernweh]

Ouch, right in the Childhood.

[@SpeedyEric1]

"I'm not taking you to Star Wars. Who needs Star Wars? I can make you Star Wars at home."

[@ScareFearTerror]

🤣😂 YYYYyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeesssss🤭

[@buiscutwheels7842]

We must have had the same mom 😂

[@chiphowell4063]

I have a soft spot for this movie. I saw it on opening night and I didn't expect it to be anything close to Star Wars, and I wasn't disappointed. This movie will forever have a place in my heart, and because of the reptilian character, Cayman, I would occasionally run around yelling, "Lazuli!" as my battle cry!

[@Spillage66]

The poor man's Jack Nicholson. Terrible actor.

[@epicdeep]

"I would occasionally run around yelling, "Lazuli!" as my battle cry!" Come on, who else has watched this film and done this? You know you have...

[@allanarnold3619]

Did that mys3lf and got arrested but this film is a classic ❤

[@gsimmons9973]

I also have a soft spot for this flick. I thought the movie was awful but Jenny Tannanger gave me an HJ in the parking lot. Her sister was so jealous!

[@derekflegg2510]

Rebel Moon totally rips this movie off...

[@RogueBoyScout]

VALE ROGER CORMAN. Thank you for my childhood, my teens, and Beyond!!!!

[@luckygnome]

I love when a plan comes together

[@marcelosadasilva1973]

One of the best renditions of 7 samurais and magnificent 7 bastards ever.

[@derekflegg2510]

Rebel Moon totally rips this movie off...

[@nigelmorse3909]

This brings the memories back, i saw this in the cinema back in the day. The magnificent seven in space

[@BanthaPooDoo64]

I freakin absolutely love this film one of Roger Corman’s master pieces.

[@nellitheretrogamer8666]

About 30 years ago this was my favorite film, I had it on VHS and I watched it at least a dozen times. A couple of days ago I found it in Amazon Prime and had to watch it again, and oh god I still love it! It's a Star Wars clone to a certain extent, but much less serious, it has a quite intentional campy aspect to it which I really love.

[@victorhernandez8723]

A fantastic Star Wars knock off with a dynamic music composed by the late James Horner!

[@longrider42]

Try a knock of of The Magnificent Seven.

[@RokkitGrrl]

@@longrider42 Try a knock-off of the Seven Samurai.

[@longrider42]

@@RokkitGrrly Yes, your right, the Seven Samurai came first, then the Original Magnificent Seven, not the remake. Then Battle Beyond the Stars. I have all three. If you have not seen the original Magnificent Seven, give it a look.

[@RokkitGrrl]

@@longrider42 I have, it was my dad's favorite film. Watched it almost every weekend when I was a kid. I enjoyed that film, and also really enjoyed Battle Beyond the Stars. I had no idea what was going on when I first saw it on HBO when I was like seven or eight, but I absolutely loved it, especially Gelt's and Cowboy's introductions. And now Zack Snyder is doing an accidental remake of Battle Beyond the Stars with his new "Rebel Moon" film, but Variety says he credits it as Star Wars-inspired, which is hilarious, because it's not.

[@jeffking4176]

Extremely well done - even on a budget. Great cast, outstanding acting. FUN❗️ 📻🙂

[@bukster1]

RIP John Saxon. I still remember this as my favourite film with him in it. Looking at his Wikipedia page however, he was in a huge number of things.

[@davidgraham5242]

what not enter the dragon

[@nickdesaint4601]

@@davidgraham5242 Roper! "Wanna bet"?

[@KingTrunkzdbz]

A Nightmare on Elm Street as the town police Captain and Nancy's father.

[@PeytonWind]

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation was another one with James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, John Hillerman and others. ^ ^

[@TheMagicRobot]

You know a movie's good when the spaceships have boobs.

[@craighicksartwork]

Thank you James Cameron

[@jackgoff2072]

I always thought it looked like balls.

[@andrebrynkus2055]

The ship in Spaceballs does too. So the math adds up.

[@AngryAlien]

Such an under rated classic

[@oscrthgrch7]

Stuck in Reno for a couple of weeks the summer of 1980, my brother and I decided to go and see a movie one night, and this was what we picked. Seeing The Empire Strikes Back a few weeks earlier had left us hungering for the third Star Wars film, which was very frustrating. I experienced no such frustration when this film ended.

[@elliotjones3098]

in 1980, there would be no amount of hallucinogens that a person might take, that would serve to make this movie enjoyable

[@drawnhere]

The laser weapon sound effects sound exactly the same as in the original tv version of Battlestar Galactica.

[@BulldogOzzy]

That's because it is.

[@user-sd6jj8hg8w]

James Cameron handled the production design and special effects for the film. His work in this film was lauded and it hugely helpled to propel his career ❤️.

[@JENDALL714]

The laser sounds were lifted from Battlesstar Galactica.

[@jeraldmcclainofficial6005]

Wow, really? Good to know!

[@slimturnpike]

And John​ ​Sayles wrote the script

[@RLplusabunchofdumbnumbers]

Roger Corman's greatest legacy in film is training a bunch of directors on their first films. So many have said he taught them how to shoot efficiently, on time, come in under budget, etc. Coppola, Scorsese, Cameron, Ron Howard, Jonathan Demme, Bogdanovich. It was the promise of the "Roger Corman Film School" (as Cameron called it) - "If you do a good job on this film, you're never have to work for me again" (what he said to Ron Howard).

[@willmac623]

sure it did

[@shauntbarry]

My Dad took me to see this in 1980.. Always had a soft spot for this movie.. Obviously it's Seven Samurai/Magnificent seven set in space but just quirky and probably one of my favourite intro themes ever.. LAZULIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@anacatarina1388]

I look forward to watch.

I found this film more enjoyable than the 3 Star Wars prequels put together

[@chrisstetsko5020]

It was campy, is was cheesy, but it was also a very enjoyable movie. It was what it was: Star Wars meets the Magnificent Seven (it even had Robert Vaughn)!

[@clivegriffiths1363]

I remember going cinema 3 times watching this it was awesome 😊

[@randyranderson690]

I remember seeing this in the theater when I was a sophmore in high school

[@whitelikejesus]

"Okay,. we've got to take the best parts from this movie and put them in a trailer to advertise it! So be sure to include the hot dog tasting scene!"

[@bubbadoom1837]

This is so much better than Rebel Moon. Hollywood, please go back on strike.

[@johntracy72]

I saw this movie at the theater in 1980. Such a fun and campy movie.

[@bernardodibrum]

Way better than the Star Wars prequels, sequels and Rebel Moon. A double feature with Spaceballs is a match made in heaven.

[@derekflegg2510]

Rebel Moon totally rips this movie off...

[@lucarvbraganca9766]

One James Cameron's first works with The Master of the Masters. He learnies very well his lesson.

[@klass_1221]

Here after watching Zack Snyder's "Rebel Moon". Thought it felt familiar.

[@ajc4477]

I actually really love this movie.

[@jackgoff2072]

This movie along with Beastmaster was on HBO all the time in the early'80's.

[@MrDavis-ic8yh]

Beastmaster was awesome the sequels however were not.

[@texaswunderkind]

I remember watching both like 20 times during summer break.

[@thomasfriedman2230]

Wow, hot dogs had a lot less ingredients back then

[@hal109]

Remake of the Seven Samurai only with space ships. Robert Vaughn plays the same character he did in the Magnificent Seven. I and my 5 year old son enjoyed watching it a long time ago.

[@TheSentientParadox]

Robert Vaughn plays the same character he does in EVERYTHING he’s ever done! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@elliotjones3098]

"The Magnificent Seven Inches"

[@longrider42]

More like The Magnificent Seven, in space.

[@Vinylrebel72]

Same ships and space battle used in Space Raiders.

[@sebastiannarvaez862]

Battle Beyond the Stars:a.k.a Seven Samurai - The Magnificent Seven...¡IN SPACE!.

[@longrider42]

Got it on One!

[@ValiantWrestling]

Like Star Wars has any kind of originality either...

[@romannoellocsin9950]

Robert Vaughn's character, Gelt, was basically the sci-fi version of his character from The Magnificent Seven.

[@xavierprotocols]

I love it when a plan comes together ;)

[@robertthomas5736]

I Will Always Love You Lady Sybil Danning as Exmin,Queen of,The Valkyries

[@Venturi01]

I friggin love bo bo starwars! and nel!

[@simonfrederiksen104]

A voice-over beyond sense and comprehension

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Great movie!

[@robertroche671]

I remember seeing this as on TV some time in the early 80s. It had a good cast, and reminded me of “The Magnificent Seven” meets “Buck Rogers”. Fun movie 🍿!

[@nickgreen4731]

Actually pretty good. A great villain, too.

[@billgreen4003]

Cool Kodak magical everyone thanks i forget the title of this John boy Walton space movie now i know its battle beyond the stars

[@DJSpecialSauce]

Hilarious. Plus, no other film features a boob ship.

[@alinaitzal1173]

Kurosawa in SPACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Deepurplerain]

great IMDB trivia for this movie

[@Turco949]

1:42 - Yes, it is a squid-shaped spaceship! Now I have seen it all!

[@AlphaMachina]

And one with boobs.

[@radionoakmont7756]

this and Space Raiders i lvoe them both childhood faves always and forever m8.

[@lekanraposte6732]

More soul and authenticity than anything Hollywood made since the last 10 years.

[@harrihaffi2713]

Looks cool

[@fahrulhakim]

oh i can see space cowboys up there

[@kiernanholland]

Jim "Avatar" Cameron's debut into hollywood film directing people, don't shit on it until you read the credits..

[@MrBrutal33]

My aunt worked in a cinema at this time and would let us watch tons of films for free including this one, Meteor, Orca The Killer Whale, Spacehunter Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Animal House, Superman, Blazing Saddles....

[@weldonwin]

The interiors of the downed starship also looks a lot like the colony from Aliens and you can see elements of the Sulaco interiors aboard The Quest too. Also, I don't know if he was repsonsible for this, but the lights mounted in the back-packs are pretty similar to the shoulder lamps the Marines have in ALiens too

[@soundbeans]

I don't know if you're still alive. But somebody just made a video about these similarities: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5vclKCBeLaXrZo

[@InfinityArchive]

@@soundbeans Thanks for that pointer. Interesting video. I'm a huge Aliens fan and remember BBTS fondly from my childhood. Great to watch that little bit of history and how that crappy rip-off inadvertently brought us Aliens, The Abyss and Terminator!

[@deadairconversion]

James Cameron worked on production design

[@captaintoyota3171]

James cameron started with Corman. He did AMAZING production work before he became a director. Stuff that modern cgi cannot replicate. The 80s/90s was perfection of speacial effects and their death

[@jeraldmcclainofficial6005]

Wow, George Lucas wasnt kidding when he said the "Star Wars rip-offs were horrible."

[@grandrapids57]

This looks like a parody but I wasn't sure to laugh or cry

[@mikedski9698]

Blast Off On The Most Spectacular Space Action Adventure Ever, As Shad, And A Group Of Mercenaries, Take On Sador Of The Malmori To Save Shad's Home Planet Of Akir In A Battle Beyond The Stars!

[@lucarvbraganca9766]

Great Roger Corman. His "cameo" in this movie was Cayman....

[@ultramaximusreviews]

So epic. So low budget. I love it.

[@gosmith3999]

It might look like a low budget, but it costs $2 million to produce this film. This was Roger Corman's most expensive production to make. Hardly counts as a B-Movie.

[@AdamRaia]

gonna have to watch this before Rebel Moon comes out.

[@BentzensEmporium]

The inspiration for Snyders Rebel Moon.

[@MashProductions15]

But it’s a ripoff after Star Wars

[@longrider42]

Ah, The Magnificent Seven, in space. Not even close to a Star Wars parody, if you don't believe me watch The Magnificent Seven first, then Battle Beyond the Stars, you will understand then. Stay safe every one.

[@shawneldridge4465]

Never seen this movie. when this came out, I think I was only like 5 years old at the time. Hopefully they play it on television and I can watch it.

[@scottlentine7379]

Great score from James Horner.

[@kbrich-nn8od]

John Boy in outer space playing Luke Skywalker'/!!!

[@deboramoraes5850]

Boa noite,John Boy!

[@enminghee2926]

Watch this instead of Rebel Moon. The amount of talent behind the scenes is amazing: veteran animator Jimmy Murakami as director, John Sayles on script, James Cameron on sets, James Horner on music, and Gale Anne Hurd as production manager.

[@jasonfagan1454]

This is better than Starwars and Startrek combined. Hopefully this gets a good reboot. Should remake Jaws. 🎉🎉

[@ArmTheCreative]

Full Star cast too

[@RaicoEbel]

good night Jon Boy ;)

[@maniaque37]

its always funny to see space movies explosions with the sound when we know theres no sound in space.

[@haroldstrickland6126]

Zack Snyder must have just watched this...

[@JonathanAGarrett]

Zack Snyder could never

[@CrandMackerel]

0:54 "We'll make them bUH-urn." Now, who else, but Saxon, could give a line a reading like that? RIP, you magnificent bastard.

[@rjmdrum]

A favorite of mine.. Rebel Moon is BBtS updated for the modern age but misses the heart and cheesy charm it has exchanged for its own vision.

[@meatclaw7292]

Better than modern Disney offerings.....

[@r.a.overbee7174]

Three go on to play in the A-TEAM one as a villain

[@dason5408]

Who else is here because of Rebel Moon ?

[@amancalledkev]

Battle Beyond the Budget Limitations! Ah, Sybil Danning……. :-)

[@martinrfisher]

I wrote a prequel comic book to this movie- Battle Amongst the Stars :)

[@Bysanthus]

I want to write a sequel to this. Who did you speak to in order to get that to happen? my email is djlush-at-rockwired dot com

[@Eikinkloster]

​@@Bysanthus but how would you even name it? What is there beyond beyond the stars?

[@LokiLL999]

@@Eikinkloster everything you can imagine.....

[@LokiLL999]

@@Eikinkloster your own Universe.. You are in Gods Universe at the moment. Loki-LL...

[@rocketpunchgo1]

Better than Zack Snyder's REBEL MOON.

[@DesertFernweh]

I am Soo hungry for some red vines, stale popcorn and a flat coke right now.

[@Heisrisin3]

Sadly disappointing that a movie was such a great cast can’t suck so bad.

[@fatma.K39]

When you order Star wars from Jolly chic

[@JENDALL714]

When you rent the movie and don't realize it says Starr Warrs.

[@mikekilkelly2138]

Still better than anything disney has done

[@ValiantWrestling]

Or anything Lucas has done post 1989...

[@xanakynskywok]

Modern version is called `Rebel Moon` by Zack snyder

[@Moondust0000]

so much better then Star Wars

[@MashProductions15]

I hope your joking

[@guyver644]

Movie might have been crap but the music was epic, James Horner doing what he did.

[@terrencekelly1256]

It was great for its time

[@guyver644]

Maybe if it was released in the 1950’s but not the 1980’s

[@terrencekelly1256]

Depends how old u are if you are like me 7-8 years old at the time of release on the cusp of star wars it really bought out the sci fi nerd in me

[@terrencekelly1256]

@@guyver644 along with starcrash lol😅

[@terrencekelly1256]

@paul w I loved battlestar galactica too the original not the new version I dunno why they did away with the cylons

[@ecmagee1984]

I'm here because of NECA

[@terrencekelly1256]

Taser face is in it 😉

[@bcvc3365]

RA brought me here 🪐

[@xavierpaul49]

It’s should be remade

[@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel]

I do not recall this progrum.

[@iluvglassesgirl]

This is way better than rebel moon

[@Novaheart1998]

Ya I saw this in the movie theatre when it opened… i was not amused 😂

[@masonbaker2377]

The boy looks 40

[@ToonFn-]

Dollar tree Star Wars

[@joshualee272]

Double coupon star wars

[@user-mc4rm8ot8x]

John boy in the stars😊

[@paragoon1230]

pew pew

[@X-Gen-001]

For some time I've had this memory fragment of a sci-fi movie villain taking a white aliens arm and transplanting it for his own. lol I think I even googled it over a decade ago in an unsuccessful attempt to identify the movie. And here I am finding it on youtube when I wasn't even looking for it.

[@polygoncreatures4045]

We have Star Wars at home

[@nicolamcguinness8689]

Seamus George directorial debut battle beyond the stars 1980 starring John Saxon George peppard