Blu-ray Release: The Last Starfighter

Blu-ray Release Date: Available now
Price: Blu-ray $27.99
Studio: Arrow/MVD

The beloved 1984 sci-fi adventure The Last Starfighter returns from Arrow Video in a new, super-duper edition.

Directed by Nick Castle, the man behind the Michael Myers mask in the original Halloween, The Last Starfighter tells the story Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), an arcade game whiz-kid whose wildest dreams comes true when he finds himself enlisted (by none other than Robert Preston!) to fight in an interstellar war.

Now newly restored from a 4K scan of the original negative and featuring a 4.1 mix originally created for the film’s 70mm release – never included on previous home video formats – The Last Starfighterarrives loaded with brand new and archival bonus features.

Here’s the breakdown:

• Brand new restoration from a 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Uncompressed 2.0 stereo, 5.1 DTS-HD MA and 4.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary with star Lance Guest and his son Jackson Guest
• Brand new audio commentary with Mike White of The Projection Booth podcast
• Archival audio commentary with director Nick Castle and production designer Ron Cobb
• Maggie’s Memories: Revisiting The Last Starfighter – a new interview with actress Catherine Mary Stewart
• Into the Starscape: Composing The Last Starfighter – a new interview with composer Craig Safan
• Incredible Odds: Writing The Last Starfighter – a new interview with screenwriter Jonathan Betuel
• Interstellar Hit-Beast: Creating the Special Effects – a new interview with special effects supervisor Kevin Pike
• Excalibur Test: Inside Digital Productions – a new interview with sci-fi author Greg Bear on Digital Productions, the company responsible for the CGI in The Last Starfighter
• Greetings Starfighter! Inside the Arcade Game – an interview with arcade game collector Estil Vance on reconstructing the Starfighter game
• Heroes of the Screen – archival featurette
• Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter – archival 4-part documentary
• Image Galleries
• Theatrical and Teaser Trailers
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Ferguson
• Limited Edition O-Card – FIRST PRESSING ONLY
• Limited Edition Reversible Poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork – FIRST PRESSING ONLY
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Amanda Reyes and sci-fi author Greg Bear’s never-before-published Omni magazine article on Digital Productions, the company responsible for the CGI in The Last Starfighter – FIRST PRESSING ONLY