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Edited into
Prison Ship (1987)
References
Sergeant York (1941)
 -  Boiler wets the sight of his ray gun just like Sergeant York wets the sight of his rifle.
THX 1138 (1971)
Referenced in
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Red Dwarf (1992) (TV)
Speed (1994/I)
Event Horizon (1997)
Men in White (1998) (TV)
 -  Space surfer
The Alien Legacy (1999) (V)
Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (1999) (V)
 -  repeatedly mentioned by Retard character as his favorite movie
Alien Evolution (2001) (TV)
The 'Alien' Saga (2002) (TV)
The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien' (2003) (V)
Sunshine (2007)
 -  Character name (Pinback/Pinbacker). Also set on a spaceship carrying out a bomb mission.
Featured in
John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies (2004) (V)
 -  Clip
Spoofs
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Silent Running (1972)
 -  spoofs certain scenes

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