Starship

Starship, also known as Lorca and the Outlaws, and 2084, is a 1984 science fiction film directed by Roger Christian from a screenplay by Christian and Matthew Jacobs, and starring John Tarrant, Deep Roy, Donogh Rees, and Cassandra Webb. The music for the film was written by Tony Banks of Genesis. Plot On the remote mining planet Ordessa, the management uses killer military police androids to crack down on workers upset with the terrible conditions. Lorca (John Tarrant) and his mother Abbie (Donogh Rees) led the human underground resistance movement until Abbie was killed by androids. Now, Lorca and Suzi (Cassandra Webb) battle Captain Jowitt (Ralph Cotterill) and the brutal bounty hunter Danny (Hugh Keays-Byrne), with the help of the friendly android Kid (Deep Roy). Cast John Tarrant as Lorca Deep Roy as Kid Donogh Rees as Abbie Cassandra Webb as Suzi Ralph Cotterill as Captain Jewitt Hugh Keays-Byrne as Danny Joy Smithers as Lena Tyler Coppin as Detective Droid James Steele as MP Droid Arky Michael as Dylan John Rees as Priest Production and release Following the tumultuous production of The Sender for Paramount Pictures, Roger Christian decided to produce his next film independently. Christian wrote the movie alongside Matthew Jacobs under the title 2084 as an unofficial update on 1984 by George Orwell except with a lighter tone and an emphasis on action and adventure, with a stylistic approach inspired by Bertrand Tavernier's Death Watch and Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville. During production Christian received an offer to handle second-unit direction of Ridley Scott's Legend, but turned it down to focus on completing the film.