Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
A Star is Born
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- Synopsis
- Nineteen years after the formation of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has lived for years in seclusion on the desert planet of Tatooine....
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- Starring
- Mark Hamill, Alec Guinness, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing
- Director(s)
- George Lucas
- Distributor(s)
- Fox
- MPAA Rating
- PG
- Runtime
- 125 min.
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Critic Reviews
The aerial dogfight Dykstra and Stears have helped Lucas perfect as his climactic piece de resistance looks more exciting than its antecedents in live-action war movies. It’s the most gorgeous stylized combat sequence since the underwater battle at the end of "Thunderball," a project that won an Oscar for Stears.Read the full review
Star Wars' has three crucial elements going for it and they've traveled time like troopers -- it's a terrifically entertaining war story, it has memorable characters and it is visually compelling. What more do we want in movies, anyway? [Special Edition]Read the full review
If I were asked to say with certainty which movies will still be widely known a century or two from now, I would list "2001,'' "The Wizard of Oz,'' Keaton and Chaplin, Astaire and Rogers, and probably "Casablanca'' ... and "Star Wars,'' for sure.Read the full review
