Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto's Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

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Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto's Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

2003

1h 33m

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Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth. Reprogrammed to forget their real identities and renamed The Crescendolls, the group quickly becomes a huge success playing soulless corporate pop. At a concert, Shep manages to free all the musicians except Stella, and the band sets out to rediscover who they really are -- and to rescue Stella.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

01/28/2025

It just resembles any number of Saturday morning kids’ cartoons based on popular bands, familiar stuff like Josie and the Pussycats, or even the hated S Club movie Seeing Double. Couldn’t Daft Punk have thought of something more unusual than this?

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Nick Dawson

Empire Magazine

12/30/2006

2/5

Fine if you like the band - you'll be treated to some cartoons playing over the top of their Discovery album. For everyone else, just daft.

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Jamie Russell

BBC.com

12/09/2003

4/5

Effortlessly cool, this is not to be missed by either fans of Japanese animation or Daft Punk's techno beats.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

12/19/2024

This dialogue-free sci-fi fantasy adventure is a delight -- and I’ll admit the music is at least sometimes pretty great, too.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

04/30/2024

3/5

…sheer music industry indulgence, but commendably to the point at 70 minutes and offering a delicious retro accompaniment to the music of one of dance’s most perennially popular acts in Daft Punk...

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Jeremy Heilman

MovieMartyr.com

03/29/2004

74/100

A futurist Fantasia that incidentally beats the pants off of Disney's own Fantasia 2000.

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KP

Nov 17

Eternal classic if you know, you know.

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Atsu

Oct 19

Watching it on big screen and surround sound, beautiful

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Kyle W

Aug 6

Beautifully remastered and I’m glad I got to experience it again

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Nacrissa

Jul 23

STAY FOR THE CREDITS!! What an amazing experience I had goosebumps the whole time.

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Sidney

05/15/2025

First time seeing this movie and I didn’t know what to expect. I heard some co workers talking about going. I took a chance, bought my tickets and OH BOY! It was something special. The music is beautiful and flows with the movie so well. I can see why this is a classic. 10/10. I would definitely watch this again!

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Neftali Z

04/01/2025

One of the best movies oat

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Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth. Reprogrammed to forget their real identities and renamed The Crescendolls, the group quickly becomes a huge success playing soulless corporate pop. At a concert, Shep manages to free all the musicians except Stella, and the band sets out to rediscover who they really are -- and to rescue Stella.

Director: Daisuke Nishio, Kazuhisa Takenouchi, Leiji Matsumoto, Hirotoshi Rissen
Producer: Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, Hiroyuki Sakurada, Shinji Shimizu
Screenwriter: Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, Cédric Hervet
Production Co: Toei Animation Company
Genre: Action, Adventure, Music, Sci-Fi, Anime
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 28, 2003, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Dec 12, 2024
Release Date (DVD): Oct 4, 2011
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Academy (1.33:1)