The Ice Pirates (1984)
In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.
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Jason -
Princess Karina -
Roscoe -
Maida -
Killjoy -
Zeno -
Supreme Commander -
Nanny -
Zorn -
Wendon -
Count Paisley -
Frog Lady
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Lanky Nibs -
Percy the Robot
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Director:
Stewart RaffillWriters:
Stewart Raffill, Stanford ShermanAll Cast & Crew
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Trivia
As the slave cages are being unloaded on Mithra, the car and hovercraft from Logan's Run (1977) are visible in the background. Both resurface later as the pimp's and Zorn's vehicles.
Quotes
Jason:
I don't mean anything by this but is there any particularly reason that he is black.
Roscoe:
Sure, I wanted him to be perfect.
Goofs
When the prisoner cage is being hauled along the hangar, it's broad daylight, as is obvious in the matte shot with the outside view and in various windows and openings in the background. Wenn the cage is set down however, it's suddenly dark outside the hangar door.
Alternate Versions
The UK theatrical version was cut for a PG rating by 2 minutes 11 seconds:
- [Reel 2] During discussion in prison on space ship and in cage after landing remove references to men being castrated.
- When heroes are on conveyor belt remove threats of castration and repeated sight of snapping jaws.
- [Reel 3] After alien creature bites heroes, remove reference to it as "Space Herpe" when Jason reads cargo manifest.
- Remove sight of man's head falling off after woman slices sword across man's neck in fight in bar.
- [Reel 4] Remove reference to Space Herpe after it emerges from hunk of meat.
- After talking head delivers up ring on tongue, remove it asking, "Want to make a deposit?"
- [Reel 5] Establish only lovemaking between Jason and Princess after they go to the passion chamber with back projection, removing all sex double entendres in their dialogue and implication of oral sex.
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Genres
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance | Sci-FiDetails
Release Date:
16 March 1984Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Los Angeles Theatre - 615 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$9,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$4,358,022 18 March 1984
Gross USA:
$14,255,801
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$14,255,801
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