Come on then mumsnet, solve this one.

[MrsBubsDeVere]

I can remember watching a film when I was younger and really really enjoyed, but, cannot remember the name.

I'll tell you as much as i can and hope someone knows it.

Some men go into space and the sun hits a satellite and it shines directly into this mans eyes.

When he gets back to earth, he has to stay out of sunlight or his body goes into overdrive, he is stronger, can run faster etc and if he carries on been subjected to sunlight he could die.

I THINK one of the words in the title of the film is star.

[Heathcliffscathy]

starman? jeff bridges???

[MrsBubsDeVere]

Nope, i think the man was an astronaut not an alien.

[bossykate]

can you remember anyone who was in it?

[Heathcliffscathy]

i'm pretty sure it is a jeff bridges film you're talking about....hang on

[Heathcliffscathy]

it is it's starman, came out 1984 starring jeff bridges....i really think this is it

[snafu]

Wasn't Starman about an alien though?

[Heathcliffscathy]

ah no, maybe not, plot doesn't fit quite....

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[Heathcliffscathy]

the alien does take over the astronauts body tho, and i'm sure i remember him being red from the sun
..

oh well, keep trying

[serenity]

It's not Starman - in that he was a little blob of alien light that took the form of the heroines dead dh. They then had to travel to a big crater site so he could make the rendezvous home. Oh, and he got her pg!

I love that film

[suzywong]

can you tell us anyhmore about it? Can you pinpoint the era? early 70s, 80s?

[alicatsg]

wasn't there a mel gibson thing like this? or am I fantasising (badly) again?>

[lemonice]

Is this website any help Movie database

[serenity]

this site has a list of loads of space films and a synopsis of the story, but I can't find anything similar on glancing through it.... I'll keep looking (have to go and do housework otherwise!)

[suzywong]

here is the imdb search results for astronauts in the plot

[suzywong]

well only the first 100 items, who would have thought it would be such a full sub-genre?

[serenity]

heatvision and jack sounds similar - stars Ben Stiller?

[serenity]

OOPs wasn't ever shown though, so can't be that.

[MrsBubsDeVere]

i THINK it was in the 80's.