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Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher (View All)
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Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
George Lucas' mythological popcorn movie is a two-hour roller-coaster ride that has passed into movie legend. The story, for the tiny number of people not familiar with it, concerns a farm boy named Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) who discovers that the used robot recently purchased by his family plays back a message from one Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), begging for help from Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke asks his father's friend Ben Kenobi (Alec Guinness) about this, and he discovers that Ben and Obi-Wan are one and the same. Kenobi tells Luke of the battle of the rebels against the ruling Empire and the spiritual energy called "The Force." Soon Luke, Kenobi, and a mercenary named Han Solo (Harrison Ford) join forces to rescue Princess Leia from the Empire's mammoth warship, the Death Star, controlled by evil genius Darth Vader (David Prowse, with the voice of James Earl Jones). George Lucas has frequently cited the influence of several films on Star Wars, particularly Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress and Yojimbo and John Ford's The Searchers, as well as the original Flash Gordon serials. After Star Wars became a success, Lucas announced his intention to turn the film into a series, originally totalling nine films (later pared back to six). Consequently, most reissue prints now feature the title Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope, with The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983) serving as Episodes Five and Six in the serial, and Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace (1999) going back to the myth's beginnings. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
5/25/77
MPAA Rating
Rated PG
Running Time
121 mins.
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$460,998,007
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 1977 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Special Achievement award at the 1977 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Anthony Asquith Award award at the 1978 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 1977 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 1977 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Sound award at the 1977 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1977 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1977 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion award at the 1977 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1978 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1977 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1977 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 1977 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the U.S. National Film Registry award at the 1988 Library of Congress [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Soundtrack award at the 1978 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1977 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 1977 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 1977 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Editing award at the 1977 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1977 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 1977 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1978 People's Choice Awards [Festival/Award Awards.
- Winner of the Best Music Score award at the 1977 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the 100 Greatest American Movies award at the 1998 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Winner of the Best Visual Effects award at the 1977 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- 20th Century Fox
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
