By Richard Harland Smith
The Ice Pirates
Brief Synopsis
Two space pirates are dragooned into helping a princess find her father.
Cast & Crew
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Stuart Raffill
Director
Robert Urich
Mary Crosby
Michael D Roberts
Anjelica Huston
John Carradine
Film Details
Also Known As
Guerreros del espacio, Ice Pirates
MPAA Rating
Genre
Horror/Science-Fiction
Adventure
Comedy
Release Date
1984
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 34m
Synopsis
Two space pirates are dragooned into helping a princess find her father.
Cast
Robert Urich
Mary Crosby
Michael D Roberts
Anjelica Huston
John Carradine
Ron Perlman
John Matuszak
Alan Caillou
Steffen Zacharias
Bruce Vilanch
Ian Abercrombie
Diana Webster
Rockne Tarkington
Shane Mccamey
Richard Young
Daryl Roach
Raymond Skipp
Sander Johnson
John Gillespe
Debra Troyer
Myron Natwick
Natalie Core
Ralph Meyering
Robert Symonds
Marcia Lewis
Jeremy West
Hank Worden
Carmen Filpi
Bonnie-campbell Britton
Patty Maloney
Gary Brockette
Dolores Albin
Crew
Todd Allen
Stunts
Max W Anderson
Effects Coordinator
Donald J Angier
Makeup
Johnny Atkinson
Stunts
Billy Bates
Stunts
Paul Bengston
Casting
Gary Brockette
Choreographer
Bruce Broughton
Music
Bill Carroll
Assistant Director
Fernando Celis
Stunt Coordinator
Candida Conery
Hair
Tim Cooney
Boom Operator
Monty Cox
Stunts
Jim Davis
Stunts
Carlos Delarios
Sound
Gary Depew
Stunts
Gardner Doolittle
Stunts
John M. Dwyer
Set Decorator
Kenny Endoso
Stunts
Jon Epstein
Stunts
Dean Ferrandini
Stunts
Dennis Fill
Wardrobe
Linda Blaine Fleischer
Video
John Foreman
Producer
Ronald Kent Foreman
Art Director
Alan Gibbs
Stunts
Gene Grigg
Special Effects
David Haber
Art Director
Morris Harris
Sound
Judith Herman
Consultant
Russ Hessey
Special Effects
Paul Hochman
Sound Effects Editor
Dean Hodges
Sound
William Hoy
Assistant Editor
Paula A Humbard
Special Effects
Louise Jaffe
Script Supervisor
Al Jones
Stunts
Michael J Kohut
Sound
Steve Laporte
Other
Dennis Lasker
Associate Producer
Lane Leavitt
Stunts
Matthew F. Leonetti
Director Of Photography
John Linder
Key Grip
Harry V Lojewski
Music Supervisor
Ira Loonstein
Other
Barbara Lee Maccarone
Wardrobe
Kent Maurer
Stunts
Michael Shawn Mccracken
Mechanical Special Effects
Michael John Mccracken
Mechanical Special Effects
Lola Mcnalley
Hair
Sam Moore
Props
Jim Nielson
Makeup
Bob Ozman
Stunts
Venita Ozols-graham
Assistant Director
Daniel Paredes
Costume Designer
Eddie Paul
Stunts
Mark Poll
Set Designer
Rick Provenzano
Hair
Stuart Raffill
Screenplay
Ray Raymond
Mechanical Special Effects
John Riordan
Sound Editor
Aaron Rochin
Sound
Ira Stanley Rosenstein
Location Manager
Chris Ryan
Assistant Director
William Saracino
Music Editor
Louis Schwartzberg
Photography
Jonathan Seay
Special Effects
Jonathan Seay
Motion Control
Frank Serafine
Sound Design
Stanford Sherman
Screenplay
John Shourt
Visual Effects
William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer
Fred Slark
Unit Production Manager
Maurice Stein
Makeup Supervisor
Tom Walls
Editor
Larry Charles White
Stunts
Jonathan Yarborough
Stunts
Film Details
Also Known As
Guerreros del espacio, Ice Pirates
MPAA Rating
Genre
Horror/Science-Fiction
Adventure
Comedy
Release Date
1984
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 34m
Articles
The Ice Pirates -
Once a mainstay of the American film industry, pirate movies failed to keep apace with westerns and combat films as showcases of masculinity at its most aerobic and stylish. Universal's attempt to update the subgenre failed miserably with Swashbuckler (1976) despite starring Robert Shaw a year out from Jaws (1975) and having the added bonus of James Earl Jones, who would provide the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars (1977). The success of George Lucas' mythology-based sci-fi bagatelle allowed filmmakers to fold back into the mix piratical flourishes so long as they were accompanied by the occasional laser blast and deep space explosion. MGM's The Ice Pirates (1984) was playing the percentages by setting its tale of smuggling and slavery in an intergalactic milieu, with profiteer Robert Urich (in a role turned down by Kevin Costner) and his band of brigands (among them Ron Perlman and Angelica Huston) searching for a lost planet whose vast reserves of potable water could help refresh a dry cosmos. Director Stewart Raffill had got his start with wholesome wilderness adventure movies yet The Ice Pirates is bracingly sophomoric, its paper plate aesthetic and penchant for potty humor closer kin to Flesh Gordon (1974) than Flash Gordon (1936). Though not a success on par with Star Wars, The Ice Pirates earned back $14 million from a $9 million investment. Raffill went on to direct the notorious Mac and Me (1988), an "homage" to Steven Spielberg's E.T. - The Extraterrestrial funded in part by the fast food franchise McDonald's.
By Richard Harland Smith
By Richard Harland Smith
The Ice Pirates -
Once a mainstay of the American film industry, pirate movies failed to keep apace with westerns and combat films as showcases of masculinity at its most aerobic and stylish. Universal's attempt to update the subgenre failed miserably with Swashbuckler (1976) despite starring Robert Shaw a year out from Jaws (1975) and having the added bonus of James Earl Jones, who would provide the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars (1977). The success of George Lucas' mythology-based sci-fi bagatelle allowed filmmakers to fold back into the mix piratical flourishes so long as they were accompanied by the occasional laser blast and deep space explosion. MGM's The Ice Pirates (1984) was playing the percentages by setting its tale of smuggling and slavery in an intergalactic milieu, with profiteer Robert Urich (in a role turned down by Kevin Costner) and his band of brigands (among them Ron Perlman and Angelica Huston) searching for a lost planet whose vast reserves of potable water could help refresh a dry cosmos. Director Stewart Raffill had got his start with wholesome wilderness adventure movies yet The Ice Pirates is bracingly sophomoric, its paper plate aesthetic and penchant for potty humor closer kin to Flesh Gordon (1974) than Flash Gordon (1936). Though not a success on par with Star Wars, The Ice Pirates earned back $14 million from a $9 million investment. Raffill went on to direct the notorious Mac and Me (1988), an "homage" to Steven Spielberg's E.T. - The Extraterrestrial funded in part by the fast food franchise McDonald's.
By Richard Harland Smith
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Released in United States March 1984
Released in United States Spring March 1, 1984
Completed shooting September 1983.
Released in United States March 1984
Released in United States Spring March 1, 1984
