Starring: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston, John Matuszak Directed By: Stewart Raffill Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC Label: Warner Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 15, 2005 Running Time: 94 minutes Theatrical Release Date: March 16, 1984
Description: Spoofy-goofy comedy, otherworldly special effects, spectacular space creatures, bedraggled 'bots, and biceps-ripplnig swashbuckling highlight this cult fave. In the future, as the galaxy's water supply starts to run out, a band of pirates searches for a new water source.
Amazon.com: The amiable sci-fi spoof The Ice Pirates has earned a small but vocal cadre of admirers thanks to its go-for-broke gags and a healthy disrespect for outer space epics like the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises. An atypically goofy Robert Urich stars as the leader of a band of space pirates who kidnap a princess (Mary Crosby of Dallas fame), and then join her quest to find a mythical planet that can solve the universe’s water shortage. A completely game (shameless?) cast (which includes Anjelica Huston in fetching leather gear, Ron Perlman, John Matuszak, and fantastic film icon John Carradine) and Stewart (The Philadelphia Experiment) and Raffill’s breezy direction help sell the funniest bits (most notably, the notorious "space herpy" scene, and the frantic time-warp finale) and make the more leaden jokes palatable. --Paul Gaita
One of the worst movies ever made Considered one of the worst movies ever made. But since I saw this movie when I was a kid it stuck with me. I guess you can call it a guilty pleasure. Still enjoyable all these years later.
Ice Pirates with Robert Urich This is one of my all time favorite comedies. Robert Urich and Mary Crosby do a really god job of pulling off the ridiculous. They are running away from the powers that be in a space ship attempting to find the world of water. They are living in times of synthetic refreshment and super expensive, rare water. This movie takes you through worlds of different people and creature on a trip through a time warp to find the planet of water which will free the people from a tyrannical ruler. Watch it you'll like it!
Enjoyable trashy fun You won't find anything here but campy cheese of the 80's variety. Very low-budget, the film nonetheless transcends cardboard sets and shoddy costuming to provide good entertainment of the 80's B-movie variety. There's lots of none-too-subtle 80's jokes about herpes and a nasty factory for making lobotomized eunuchs.
Lots of appearances here from stars before they became famous, including a young Robert Urich, a pre-muscles Ron Perlman, Bruce Vilanch (or his head at least), & Anjelica Huston looking rather sexy in her space pirate gear.
Chuckles from the Eighties While this comedy is not a gut buster, it provides some cheap, low brow laughs similar to Space Balls. Only it's water that is in short supply rather than air.
Very Silly! Looking for a cheesy 80's movie? The story is silly and the effects are oozing with cheese but if you're into broken ninja fighting robots, Space herpies, "True love", Templar Knights and pirates then look no further.
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