Space Truckers / Vegas in Space
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Summer Sci-Fi. Learn more at cinema.ucla.edu.
Space Truckers (1996)
Schlockmeister Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond) delivers Day-Glo mayhem from the opening moments of this sci-fi action comedy starring the enviable ensemble of Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff and Debi Mazar. As a pair of long-haul truckers and a lunar rest stop waitress on the run, they must battle to save their skins and the galaxy from an evil scientist (Charles Dance) and his army of unstoppable cyborg killing machines. Skimpy outfits, bubble gum gore and pulpy quips all contribute Gordon’s knowing B-movie riff on the genre.
DCP, color, 95 min. Director: Stuart Gordon. Screenwriter: Ted Mann. With: Stephen Dorff, Dennis Hopper, Debi Mazar.
Vegas in Space (1991)
According to legend — and its writing credits — Vegas in Space was inspired by a themed party so fabulous that its organizers, Bay Area drag queens Ginger Quest and Doris Fish, couldn’t let its decorations go to waste. With the help of writer-director Phillip R. Ford, co-screenwriter and star Fish gave Barbarella a low-budget run for its money and crafted a queer camp sci-fi classic in the process. When a crime wave on the all-female Planet Clitoris threatens the galactic order, a trio of male astronauts led by Fish take a pill to switch genders and help Empress Nueva Gabor (Quest) set things right.
DCP, color, 85 min. Director: Phillip R. Ford. Screenwriter: Phillip R. Ford, Doris Fish. With: Doris Fish, Tippi, Miss X.
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