| Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Mark Hamill |
Luke Skywalker
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| Anthony Daniels |
C-3PO
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| Harrison Ford |
Han Solo
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| Carrie Fisher |
Princess Leia
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| Peter Cushing |
Grand Moff Tarkin
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| Alec Guinness |
Ben "Obi-Wan" Kenobi
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| Kenny Baker |
R2-D2
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| Peter Mayhew |
Chewbacca
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| David Prowse |
Darth Vader
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| Phil Brown |
Uncle Owen Lars
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| Billy Dee Williams |
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| Frank Oz |
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| James Earl Jones |
Darth Vader (voice)
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Adventure; Fantasy; Sci-Fi |
| Director |
George Lucas; Irvin Kershner |
| Producer |
Howard Kazanjian; Gary Kurtz; Rick McCallum |
| Writer |
Leigh Brackett; Lawrence Kasdan; George Lucas |
| Studio |
20th Century Fox |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG |
| Running Time |
121 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
8.8 |
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| Plot |
| George Lucas's 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 farmboy 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 totaling 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 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single side, Dual layer |
| UPC |
024543123415 |
| Chapters |
150 |
| Release Date |
9/21/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Custom Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: DD-EX 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
4 |
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Extra Features
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Star Wars: A New Hope
Commentary By George Lucas, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren, and Carrie Fisher
The Empire Strikes Back
Commentary By George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren, and Carrie Fisher
Return Of The Jedi
Commentary By George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren, and Carrie Fisher
Plus a Bonus Disc with over four hours of Special Features Including
The extended DVD version of Empire Of Dreams, the all-new documentary as epic as the films themselves, featuring an additional hour of never-before-seen footage and interviews Saga
Three featurettes chronicling the evolution of the legendary Characters of Star Wars, a glimpse at The Birth of the Lightsaber, and the influence of the movies on other filmmakers in The Force is with Them: The Legacy Of Star Wars
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Episode III in The Return Of Darth Vader
Trailer and Xbox playable demo with an entire level of the Star Wars Battlefront game, plus a sneak peek at the making of the Episode III video game
Theatrical teasers, trailers and TV spots from all three films
Still galleries, a DVD-ROM weblink to exclusive content & more! |
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