Shooting Star
A title shared across film, TV, music, and more.
Shooting Star is a title shared by numerous works across film, television, literature, music, and other media. The term also refers to a meteor, a type of hypervelocity star, and various transportation vehicles, including the P-80 Shooting Star jet fighter and the T-33 Shooting Star jet trainer.
- Earliest film
- Shooting Stars (1927 film), a 1927 British drama film
- Latest film
- Shooting Stars (2023 film), a 2023 sports drama
- Notable television series
- Shooting Stars (British TV series), a British comedy television show
- Notable song
- Shooting Stars (Bag Raiders song), 2009
- Notable spacecraft
- Shooting Star (spacecraft), an expendable cargo module for the Dream Chaser spacecraft
- Notable aircraft
- P-80 Shooting Star, a United States Army Air Forces jet fighter
Lore & Background
The term 'Shooting Star' appears in a wide range of entertainment media. In film, it includes the 1927 British drama 'Shooting Stars', the 2015 Bulgarian short film 'Shooting Star', and the 2023 sports drama 'Shooting Stars'. Television series bearing the name include the British comedy 'Shooting Stars', a 2020 series by 41 Entertainment, and the 2022 South Korean show 'Shooting Stars'. Episodes titled 'Shooting Star' appear in shows such as 'Glee' (2013) and 'The Adventures of Tintin'.
In music, 'Shooting Star' is the name of an American rock band, as well as albums by Elkie Brooks (1978), Rachael Leahcar (2012), and Owl City (2012). Numerous songs share the title, including those by Bad Company (1975), Bob Dylan (1989), Owl City (2012), and Bag Raiders (2009). The term also appears in literature, with novels such as 'Shooting Star' by Robert Bloch (1958) and 'Shooting Stars' by Brian Falkner (2016).
Reader's Guide
The significance of 'Shooting Star' lies in its ubiquity across multiple decades and media. The source article lists films from 1927 to 2023, television series from 2005 to 2022, and songs from 1966 to 2023. It also appears in science (hypervelocity star, a type of star), sport (Shooting Stars F.C., a Nigerian football club), and transportation (P-80 Shooting Star jet fighter, T-33 Shooting Star jet trainer). The term's use in the 1979 video game 'Star Trek: Phaser Strike' (called Shooting Star in Germany, Italy and UK) for the Microvision shows its reach into early gaming. The article does not provide any critical assessment or legacy commentary beyond listing these appearances.
Did You Know?
- Shooting Star is also the name of a 1979 video game for the Microvision, titled 'Star Trek: Phaser Strike' in some regions.
- The term refers to a meteor, as well as a hypervelocity star.
- There is a Nigerian football club called Shooting Stars F.C.
- The P-80 Shooting Star is a United States Army Air Forces jet fighter.
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