Star Wars – A New Hope

STAR WARS A NEW HOPE IN CONCERT
For the first time in Rome the episode from which the most famous saga in film history began. The entire film projected on the big screen with Oscar winner John Williams’ iconic score performed live by the Italian Cinema Orchestra conducted by Maestro Lodwig Wicki. Three packed and energetic reruns to close the festival on a high note, already thinking about the second edition.

Star Wars

Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ian Solo aboard the Millennium Falcon in a scene from the film

Star Wars (original Star Wars), later renamed Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope), is a 1977 film written and directed by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm, the first in the successful space opera film saga of Star Wars.

The film makes up the first part of the original trilogy (episodes IV, V and VI), which was followed first by the prequel trilogy (episodes I, II and III) and later by the sequel trilogy (episodes VII, VIII and IX).The film stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew.

The film, set nineteen years after the founding of the Galactic Empire, chronicles the adventures of Jedi Luke Skywalker and his master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who are engaged in the fight against the Dark Side of the Force alongside the Rebel Alliance, led by Princess Leia, so as to end the Emperor’s power over the Galaxy. Filming began on March 22, 1976 and ended on July 16, 1976; the main sequences took place at Elstree Studios in London, while exteriors were shot in the United States, Guatemala and Tunisia.

Year 1977

Running time 121 min (film version)

125 min (special edition)

Ratio 2.35:1

Genre science fiction, adventure, action, fantasy

Director George Lucas

Subject George Lucas

Screenplay George Lucas

Producer Gary Kurtz, Rick McCallum(special edition)

Executive producer George Lucas

Production company Lucasfilm

Italian distribution 20th Century Fox

Music John Williams