A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
Release Date: May 25, 1977 (original); January 31, 1997 (Special Edition)
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. Obi-Wan begins Luke’s Jedi training as Luke joins him on a daring mission to rescue the beautiful Rebel leader Princess Leia from the clutches of the evil Empire. Although Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in a lightsaber duel with Darth Vader, his former apprentice, Luke proves that the Force is with him by destroying the Empire’s dreaded Death Star.
Opening Crawl:
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire.
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.
Pursued by the Empire’s sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy….
Awards: Academy Award Winner: Best Art Direction-Set Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Special Achievement in Sound; Academy Award Nominee: Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Screenplay.
BAFTA Award Winner: Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, Best Sound. BAFTA Nominee: Best Costume Design, Best Film, Best Film Editing, Best Production Design/Art Direction
Golden Globe Winner: Best Original Score. Golden Globe Nominee: Best Director, Best Motion Picture, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Saturn Award Winner: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Costumes, Best Director, Best Make-Up, Best Music, Best Science Fiction Film, Best Special Effects, Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing, Outstanding Editing.
Cast
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Luke Skywalker
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Mark Hamill
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Han Solo
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Harrison Ford
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Princess Leia Organa
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Carrie Fisher
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Grand Moff Tarkin
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Peter Cushing
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Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
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Alec Guinness
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See Threepio (C-3PO)
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Anthony Daniels
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Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
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Kenny Baker
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Chewbacca
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Peter Mayhew
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Darth Vader
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David Prowse
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Voice Of Darth Vader
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James Earl Jones
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Uncle Owen
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Phil Brown
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Aunt Beru
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Shelagh Fraser
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Chief Jawa
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Jack Purvis
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General Dodonna
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Alex Mccrindle
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General Willard
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Eddie Byrne
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Red Leader
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Drewe Hemley
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Red Two (Wedge)
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Denis Lawson
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Red Three (Biggs)
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Garrick Hagon
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Red Four (John “D”)
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Jack Klaff
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Red Six (Porkins)
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William Hootkins
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Gold Leader
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Angus Mcinnis
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Gold Two
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Jeremy Sinden
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Gold Five
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Graham Ashley
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General Taggi
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Don Henderson
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Admiral Motti
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Richard Le Parmentier
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Commander #1
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Leslie Schofield
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Crew
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Written And Directed By
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George Lucas
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Produced By
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Gary Kurtz
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Executive Producer
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George Lucas
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Production Designer
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John Barry
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Director Of Photography
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Gilbert Taylor, B.S.C.
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Music By
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John Williams
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Performed By
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The London Symphony Orchestra
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Original Music Copyright 1977
By Fox Fanfare Music, Inc. |
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Special Photographic Effects Supervisor
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John Dykstra
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Special Production And Mechanical Effects Supervisor
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John Stears
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Film Editors
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Paul Hirsch
Marcia Lucas Richard Chew |
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Production Supervisor
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Robert Watts
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Production Illustration
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Ralph McQuarrie
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Costume Designer
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John Mollo
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Art Directors
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Norman Reynolds
Leslie Dilley |
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Make-Up Supervisor
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Stuart Freeborn
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Production Sound Mixer
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Derek Ball
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Casting
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Irene Lamb
Diane Crittenden Vic Ramos |
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Supervising Sound Editor
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Sam Shaw
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Special Dialogue And Sound Effects
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Ben Burtt
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Sound Editors
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Robert R. Rutledge
Gordon Davidson Gene Corso |
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Supervising Music Editor
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Kenneth Wannberg
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Re-Recording Mixers
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Don Macdougall
Bob Minkler Ray West Robert LittMike Minkler Lester Fresholtz Richard Portman |
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Dolby Sound Consultant
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Stephen Katz
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Orchestrations
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Herbert W. Spencer
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Music Scoring Mixer
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Eric Tomlinson
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Assistant Film Editors
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Todd Boekelheide
Jay Miracle Colin Kitchens Bonnie Koehler |
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Camera Operations
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Ronnie Taylor
Geoff Glover |
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Set Decorator
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Roger Christian
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Production Manager
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Bruce Sharman
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Assistant Directors
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Tony Waye
Gerry Gavigan Terry Madden |
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Location Manager
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Arnold Ross
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Assistant To Producer
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Bunny Alsup
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Assistant To Director
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Lucy Autrey Wilson
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Assistant To Production Designer
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Alan Roderick-Jones
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Production Assistants
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Pat Carr
Miki Herman |
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Gaffer
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Ron Tabera
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Property Master
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Frank Bruton
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Wardrobe Supervisor
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Ron Beck
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Stunt Coordinator
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Peter Diamond
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Continuity
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Dan Perri
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Titles
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Ann Skinner
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2nd Unit Photography
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Carroll Ballard
Rick Clemente Robert Dalva Tak Fujimoto |
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2nd Unit Art Direction
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Leon Erickson
Al Locatelli |
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2nd Unit Production Managers
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David Lester
Peter Herald Pepi Lenzi |
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2nd Unit Make-Up
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Rick Baker
Douglas Beswick |
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Assistant Sound Editors
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Roxanne Jones
Karen Sharp |
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Production Controller
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Brian Gibbs
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Location Auditor
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Ralph M. Leo
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Assistant Auditors
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Steve Cullip
Penny McCarthy Kim Falkinburg |
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Advertising/Publicity Supervisor
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Charles Lippincott
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Unit Publicist
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Brian Doyle
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Still Photographer
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John Jay
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Miniature And Opitical Effects Unit
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1st Cameraman
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Richard Edlund
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2nd Cameraman
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Dennis Muren
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Assistant Cameramen
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Douglas Smith
Kenneth Ralston David Robman |
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2nd Unit Photography
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Bruce Logan
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Composite Optical Photography
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Robert Blalack (Praxis)
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Optical Photography Coordinator
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Paul Roth
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Optical Printer Operators
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David Berry
David McCue Richard Pecorella Eldon Rickman James Van Trees, Jr. |
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Optical Camera Assistants
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Caleb Aschkynazo
John C. Moulds Bruce Nicholson Gary Smith Bert Terreri Donna Tracy Jim Wells Vicky Witt |
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Production Supervisor
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George E. Mather
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Matte Artist
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P.S. Ellenshaw
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Planet And Satellite Artist
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Ralph McQuarrie
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Effects Illustration And Design
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Joseph Johnston
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Additional Craft Design
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Colin Cantwell
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Chief Model Maker
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Grant McCune
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Model Builders
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David Beasley
Jon Erland Lorne Peterson Steve Gawley Paul Huston David Jones |
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Animation And Rotoscope Design
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Adam Beckett
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Animators
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Michael Ross
Peter Kuran Jonathan Seay Chris Casady Lyn Gerry Diana Wilson |
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Stop Motion Animation
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Jon Berg
Philip Tippett |
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Miniature Explosions
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Joe Viskocil
Greg Auer |
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Computer Animation And Graphic Displays
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Dan O’bannon
Larry Cuba John Wash Jay Teitzell Image West |
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Film Control Coordinator
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Mary M. Lind
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Film Librarians
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Cindy Isman
Connie McCrum Pamela Malouf |
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Electronics Design
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Alvah J. Miller | |
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Special Components
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James Shourt
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Assistants
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Masaaki Norihoro
Eleanor Porter |
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Camera And Mechanical Design
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Don Trumbull
Richard Alexander William Shourt |
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Special Mechanical Equipment
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Jerry Greenwood
Douglas Barnett Stuart Ziff David Scott |
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Production Managers
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Bob Shepherd
Lon Tinney |
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Production Staff
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Patricia Rose Duignan
Mark Kline Rhonda Peck Ron Nathan |
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Assistant Editor (Opticals)
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Bruce Michael Green
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Additional Optical Effects
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Van Der Veer Photo Effects
Ray Mercer & Company Modern Film Effects Master Film Effects De Patie-Freleng Enterprises Inc. |
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Special Edition Crew
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Producer
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Rick McCallum
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Editor
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T.M. Christopher
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Sound Designer
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Ben Burtt
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Re-Recording Mixer
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Gary Summers
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Assistant Editor
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Samuel Hinckley
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Sound Editor
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Teresa Eckton
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Assistant Sound Editor
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Robert Marty
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Re-Recordist
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Ronald G. Roumas
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Digital Mix Technician
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Gary A. Rizzo
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Archivist
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Tim Fox
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Optical Supervisors
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Phillip Feiner
Chris Bushman |
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Film Restoration Supervisor
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Pete Comandini
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Color Timer
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Robert J. Raring
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Negative Continuity
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Ray Sabo
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Negative Cutter
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Bob Hart
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Post Production Executive
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Ted Gagliano
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Special Edition Digital Remastering Provided By
Skywalker Sound A Lucas Digital Ltd. Company |
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De-Hiss Processing By
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Cedar Dh-1,
Hhb Communications Inc. |
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Film Restoration Consultant
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Leon Briggs
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Optical Restoration
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Pacific Title & Art Studio
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Film Restoration By
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Ycm Laboratories
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Industrial Light And Magic
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Visual Effects Producers
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Tom Kennedy
Ned Gorman |
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Visual Effects Supervisors
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Alex Seiden
John Knoll Dave Carson Stephen Williams Dennis Muren Joseph Letteri Bruce Nicholson |
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Second Unit Director & Cameraman
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Joe Murray
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Visual Effects Art Directors
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Ty Ruben Ellingson
Mark Moore |
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Computer Graphics Supervisor
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John Berton
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Visual Effects Editor
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David Tanaka
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Digital Color Timing Supervisor
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Bruce Vecchitto
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Sabre Group Supervisor
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Daniel McNamara
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Digital Scanning Supervisor
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Joshua Pines
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Visual Effects Coordinators
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Margaret Lynch
Lisa Todd |
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Computer Graphics Artists
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Karen Ansel
Mark Austin Amelia Chenoweth Terry Chostner David Deuber Natasha Devaud Selwyn Eddy Iii Howard Gersh Paul Giacoppo Joanne Hafner James Hagedorn Carol Hayden Matt Hendershot Guy Hudson Stewart Lew Jodie Maier Greg Maloney Stuart Maschwitz Julie Neary Kerry Nordquist Scott Pasko Damian Steel Danny Taylor Paul Theren James Tooley Chris Townsend Timothy Waddy |
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Digital Matte Artists
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Paul Huston
William Mather Yusei Uesugi |
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Sabre Artists
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Rita Zimmerman
Chad Taylor Grant Guenin |
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Software Development
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Christian Rouet
Rod Bogart Brian Knep |
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Production Engineering
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Fred Meyers
Gary Meyer Marty Miramontez |
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Digital Plate Restoration Artists
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Alan Bailey
Scott Bonnenfant Corey Rosen |
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Negative Supervisor
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Doug Jones
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Assistant Visual Effects Editors
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Angela Leaper
Forest Key Scott Balcerek |
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Digital Production Assistants
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Kela Hicks
Ronn Brown |
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Animatics Artist
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David Dozoretz
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CG Resource Managers
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Nancy Jill Luckoff
Lam Van To |
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CG Production Manager
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Suzie Vissotzky Tooley
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