Editing Starman (film) (section)

==Plot==
:"Starman is a love story. It's ''[[It Happened One Night]]''.— John Carpenter<ref>[[LA Weekly]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120730190936/http://www.dareland.com/emulsionalproblems/carpenterjohn.htm  interview with John Carpenter on the making of ''Starman'']</ref>
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The ''[[Voyager 2]]'' space probe, launched in 1977, carries a [[Voyager Golden Record|phonographic disc]] with a message of peace, inviting [[extraterrestrial life|alien]] [[civilization]]s to visit Earth. The probe is intercepted by a planet which then sends a scout vessel to establish [[first contact (science fiction)|first contact]] with Earth. Instead of greeting the vessel, the U.S. government shoots it down. Crashing in [[Chequamegon Bay]], [[Wisconsin]], the lone alien occupant, looking like a floating ball of energy, finds the home of recently widowed Jenny Hayden. The alien uses a lock of hair from her deceased husband, Scott, to clone a body for himself. The alien "Starman" has seven spheres with him which provide energy to perform miraculous feats. He uses the first to send a message to his people stating that Earth is hostile and his [[spacecraft]] was destroyed. He arranges to rendezvous with them in three days' time. He then uses the second sphere in self-defense and the third to create a holographic map of the United States, coercing Jenny into taking him to the rendezvous in [[Arizona]].

Jenny, however, attempts to escape. Having a very basic understanding of the English language from the phonographic disk, the Starman learns to communicate with Jenny and assures her that he means no harm. He explains that if he does not reach the rendezvous point, Arizona's [[Barringer Crater]], in three days, he will die. Jenny teaches him how to drive a car and use [[credit card]]s, so he can continue the journey alone. When he resurrects a dead [[deer]], she is moved and decides to stay with him. The authorities pursue the pair across the country. A police officer shoots and critically wounds Jenny. To escape, the Starman crashes their car into a [[gas tanker]] and uses another sphere to protect them from the explosion. They take refuge in a mobile home that is being towed. He uses another sphere to heal Jenny. After being assured that Jenny will recover, he proceeds to hitchhike toward Arizona without her, but Jenny reaches him while he and his driver are stopped at a [[roadblock]]. Reunited, they hitchhike together, resuming their journey towards the crater.

Later, while stowing away on a railroad [[boxcar]], the two have sex. The Starman tells Jenny, "I gave you a baby tonight." Jenny reveals that she is infertile, but he assures her that she is pregnant. He explains that Scott is the posthumous father, as Starman used Scott's DNA to clone himself. As a child also of Starman, their son will possess all the Starman's knowledge and will grow up to be a teacher. Starman offers to stop the pregnancy if she wishes, but Jenny embraces him, accepting the gift. They accidentally travel too far on the train and arrive in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]]. Jenny loses her wallet. The Starman uses one of their last [[quarter (United States coin)|quarters]] in a slot machine, which he manipulates to win the $500,000 jackpot. They buy a [[Cadillac]] to complete their journey to Arizona.

[[National Security Agency]] director George Fox learns that the Starman's flight trajectory, prior to being shot down, was to the Barringer Crater and arranges to have the Army capture the Starman, dead or alive. [[SETI]] scientist Mark Shermin, another government official involved in the case, criticizes Fox's heavy-handed approach and reminds him that the Starman was invited to Earth. Appalled to learn that Fox is planning to [[vivisect]] the alien, Shermin then resolves to help the Starman escape rather than let Fox capture him.

Jenny and the dying Starman reach the crater as Army helicopters pursue them. Just as they are surrounded, a large spaceship appears and descends into the crater. Light surrounds the couple and the Starman is fully healed. While preparing to leave, he tells Jenny he will never see her again. Jenny asks him to take her with him, but he says she would die on his world. He then gives her his last sphere, saying that their son will know what to do with it. Jenny watches as the ship departs.