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Although she has appeared occasionally in films , Bosson is best-known for her regular TV appearances throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s.

The Last Starfighter is a bit clichd and overly reminiscent of other science fiction movies, particularly Star Wars: A New Hope , but according to the makers is historically significant in terms of special effects as the first movie to use CGI to create photo-realistic images, as opposed to the stylistic images of Tron.

Theaters filled with patrons seeing it for the 4th, 5th and 6th time; TV news reports used any excuse to talk about the phenomenon and run the same press clips of spaceships zipping about.

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An enjoyable mash-up of western-styled action and John Hughes-styled coming of age drama, Nick Castle's The Last Starfighter was also, according to a 2003 article in the humor newspaper The Onion, the film that inspired former President George W. Bush to seek the presidency.