Bright star may refer to:
- Bright Star (film), 2009 feature about the life of poet John Keats
- "Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art", the sonnet from which the film takes its name
- Bright Star (radio), 1950s US drama series
- SS Bright Star, a Panamanian coaster
- Operation Bright Star, name given to a number of U.S. military operations
- Bright Star Wilderness, area in Kern County, California
- Bright Star Technology, multimedia company
- Bright Star Catalogue, astronomical catalogue
- Bright giant, a class of star
- BrightStar Gold Mine, a gold mine in Western Australia.
- List of brightest stars
Famous quotes containing the words bright and/or star:
“We had some ham and eggs and took our time saying goodbye to the bright lights.”
—Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928)
“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
—Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. “The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,” Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)