| Star Wars – Episode IV: A New HopeReleased: May 25, 1977 Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Genre: sci-fi Box Office (numbers in millions): Domestic: 461.00 Worldwide: 798.00 Adjusted for Inflation: Domestic: 1747.42 Worldwide: 3443.00 |
Directing: George Lucas Screenwriting: George Lucas Starring: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness, James Earl Jones Review:Originally just titled Star Wars, this was “a landmark science fiction fantasy” A07 “and one of the most financially-successful films of all time.” FS “It’s also one of the only science fiction films ever nominated for Best Picture.” VD “The characters are proto-typical.” FS Luke Skywalker (Hamill) is a young farm boy who finds his calling as a Jedi warrior, thanks to local hermit and Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Guiness). With the help of hot-shot pilot and outlaw Han Solo (Ford), they embark “on a mission to rescue a princess [Fisher] and save the galaxy from the Dark Side” A07 and Kenobi’s old nemesis, Darth Vader (voiced by Jones). Marked by “amazing technological effects,” FS this “quasi-Western film” FS was an “elaborate, imaginative update of Flash Gordon” LM set “in a galaxy far, far away.” It launched a franchise with two sequels over the next six years, three prequels in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, and then another trilogy in the 2010s. Sources:
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Oscars:Wins: 6 – Best Sound, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Visual Effects. A Special Achievement Award for “creation of the alien, creature, and robot voices” Nominations: 10 – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Guinness), Best Screenplay Other Lists/Honors:
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