Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
| Release Date | 25 May 1977 |
| Budget | $13,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $461,000,000 |
| Tagline | It's Back! (re-release) |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Tikal National Park, Guatemala |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | 70 mm 6-Track, DTS 70 mm, DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby, SDDS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Space Adventure, Sci-Fi Action |
| Mood | Thrill Rides, Other Dimensions |
| Themes | Space Wars, Heroic Mission, Space Travel, Mentors, Robots and Androids |
| Tones | Rousing, Humorous, Stylized, Atmospheric |
| Tags | Against All Odds, Alien [not Human], American [nationality], Android, Battle [war], Coming Of Age, Duel, Empire, Farmboy, Good Vs Evil, Mentor, Mercenary, Oppression, Princess, Rebel, Rescue, Resistance, Robot, Spacecraft, Stormtroopers |
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars, is a 1977 American epic space opera film, written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first of six films released in the Star Wars saga: two subsequent films complete the original trilogy, while a prequel trilogy completes the six-film saga. It is the fourth film in terms of the series' internal chronology. Ground-breaking in its use of special effects, unconventional editing, and science fiction/fantasy storytelling, the original Star Wars is one of the most successful and influential films of all time.
Cast and Crew
Jack Purvis
Chief Jawa
Alex McCrindle
General Dodonna
Eddie Byrne
General Willard
Drewe Henley
Red Leader
Jack Klaff
Red Four
Angus MacInnes
Gold Leader
Jeremy Sinden
Gold Two
Graham Ashley
Gold Five
Don Henderson
General Taggi
David Ankrum
Red Two
Scott Beach
Stormtrooper
Lightning Bear
Stormtrooper
Jon Berg
Cantina Alien
Doug Beswick
Cantina Alien
Paul Blake
Greedo
Janice Burchette
Nabrun Leids
Ted Burnett
Wuher
John Chapman
Drifter
Gilda Cohen
Cantina Patron
Tim Condren
Stormtrooper
Barry Copping
Wioslea
Alfie Curtis
Dr. Evazan
Robert Davies
Cantina Patron
Maria De Aragon
Greedo
Robert A. Denham
Hrchek Kal Fas
Frazer Diamond
Jawa
Warwick Diamond
Jawa
Sadie Eden
Garindan
Kim Falkinburg
Djas Puhr
Harry Fielder
Death Star Trooper
Ted Gagliano
Stormtrooper with Binoculars
Salo Gardner
Cantina Patron
Steve Gawley
Death Star Trooper
Barry Gnome
Kabe
Isaac Grand
Cantina Patron
Nelson Hall
Stormtrooper
Reg Harding
Stormtrooper
Alan Harris
Leia's Rebel Escort
Frank Henson
Stormtrooper
Christine Hewett
Brea Tonnika
Arthur Howell
Stormtrooper
Tommy Ilsley
Ponda Baba
Annette Jones
Mosep
Linda Jones
Chall Bekan
Joe Kaye
Solomohal
Colin Michael Kitchens
Stormtrooper
Melissa Kurtz
Jawa
Tiffany L. Kurtz
Jawa
Al Lampert
Daine Jir
Anthony Lang
BoShek
Laine Liska
Cantina Band Member, Muftak
Derek Lyons
Temple Guard, Medal Bearer
Mahjoub
Jawa
Alf Mangan
Takeel
Rick McCallum
Stormtrooper
Grant McCune
Death Star Gunner
Jeff Moon
Cantina Patron
Mandy Morton
Swilla Corey
Lorne Peterson
Massassi Base Rebel Scout
Marcus Powell
Rycar Ryjerd
Pam Rose
Leesub Sirln
George Roubicek
Cmdr. Praji
Erica Simmons
Tawss Khaa
Angela Staines
Senni Tonnika
George Stock
Cantina Patron
Roy Straite
Cantina Patron
Peter Sturgeon
Sai'torr Kal Fas
Peter Sumner
Lt. Pol Treidum
John Sylla
Cantina Voices
Tom Sylla
Various Voices , Massassi Outpost Announcer
Malcolm Tierney
Lt. Shann Childsen
Phil Tippett
Cantina Alien
Morgan Upton
Stormtrooper
Jerry Walter
Stormtrooper
Hal Wamsley
Jawa
Larry Ward
Greedo
Diana Sadley Way
Thuku
Harold Weed
Melas, Ketwol
Bill Weston
Stormtrooper
Steve 'Spaz' Williams
Mos Eisley Citizen
Fred Wood
Cantina Patron
Director
Writer
Producer
Rick McCallum
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Gilbert Taylor
Editor
Richard Chew
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T.M. Christopher
Paul Hirsch
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Marcia Lucas
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Casting Director
Dianne Crittenden
Irene Lamb
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Vic Ramos
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Production Designer
John Barry
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Art Director
Leslie Dilley
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Norman Reynolds
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Set Decorator
Costume Designer
John Mollo
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Makeup Department
Doug Beswick
make-up: second unit
Stuart Freeborn
make up supervisor
Graham Freeborn
special makeup effects crew
Kay Freeborn
makeup artist
Nick Maley
special makeup effects crew: Cantina sequence
Patricia McDermott
hair stylist
Charles E. Parker
special makeup effects crew: Cantina sequence
Christopher Tucker
special makeup effects crew: Cantina sequence
Production Manager
Peter V. Herald
production manager: second unit
Pepi Lenzi
production manager: second unit
David V. Lester
production manager: second unit
Bruce Sharman
production manager
Robert Watts
production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gerry Gavigan
assistant director
Terry Madden
assistant director
Anthony Waye
assistant director
Art Department
Frank Bruton
property master
Leon Ericksen
art director: second unit
Al Locatelli
art director: second unit
John Alvin
poster artist
Richard Brown
carpenter
John Chisholm
prop man
Ron Cobb
conceptual creature designer
Steve Cooper
set designer
Kieron Mcnamara
props
Liz Moore
sculptor
Brian Muir
sculptor
Tony Musk
carpenter
Alan Roderick-Jones
assistant to production designer
Bill Welch
construction manager
Sound Department
Derek Ball
production sound mixer
Ben Burtt
special dialogue and sound effects
Gene Corso
sound editor
Gordon Davidson
sound editor
Teresa Eckton
sound editor
Les Fresholtz
sound re-recording mixer
Roxanne Jones
assistant sound editor
Stephen Katz
sound consultant: Dolby
Robert J. Litt
sound re-recording mixer
Don MacDougall
sound re-recording mixer
Robert Marty
assistant sound editor
Bob Minkler
sound re-recording mixer
Michael Minkler
sound re-recording mixer
Richard Portman
sound re-recording mixer
Gary Rizzo
digital sound mix technician
Ronald G. Roumas
sound re-recordist
Robert R. Rutledge
sound editor
Karen Sharp
assistant sound editor
Sam F. Shaw
supervising sound editor
Gary Summers
sound re-recording mixer
Ray West
sound re-recording mixer
Richard L. Anderson
sound effects editor
Fred Clemons
machine room operator
Samuel C. Crutcher
assistant sound editor
Steve Kinsey
sound mixing technician
Cathy McKelvey
assistant sound editor
Ken Nightingall
boom operator
Brian Slack
sound consultant: DTS
Jack Snyder
sound engineer
David E. Turner
machine room operator
Special Effects
John Stears
special production and mechanical effects supervisor
Tony Dyson
R2D2 designer
Bob Keen
model builder
Robert Nugent
special effects technician
Visual Effects
Julie Adrianson-Neary
computer graphics artist: ILM
Richard Alexander
camera & mechanical design: miniature and optical effects unit
Karen Ansel
computer graphics artist: ILM
Caleb Aschkynazo
optical camera assistant: miniature and optical effects unit
Greg Auer
miniature explosions: miniature and optical effects unit
Mark Austin
computer graphics artist: ILM
Al Bailey
digital plate restoration artist: ILM
Scott Balcerek
assistant visual effects editor: ILM
Douglas Barnett
special mechanical equipment: miniature and optical effects unit
David Beasley
model builder: miniature and optical effects unit
Adam Beckett
animation and rotoscope design: miniature and optical effects unit
Jon Berg
stop motion animation: miniature and optical effects unit
David Berry
optical printer operator: miniature and optical effects unit
John Andrew Berton Jr.
computer graphics supervisor: ILM
Robert Blalack
composite optical photography: Praxis
Rod G. Bogart
software development: ILM
Scott Bonnenfant
digital plate restoration artist: ILM
Ronn Brown
digital production assistant: ILM , digital matte artist: ILM
Chris Bushman
optical supervisor
Colin Cantwell
additional spacecraft design: miniature and optical effects unit
Dave Carson
visual effects supervisor: ILM
Chris Casady
animator: miniature and optical effects unit
Amelia Chenoweth
computer graphics artist: ILM
Terry Chostner
computer graphics artist: ILM
Larry Cuba
computer animation and graphic displays: miniature and optical effects unit
David Deuber
computer graphics artist: ILM
Natasha Devaud
computer graphics artist: ILM
David Dozoretz
animatics artist: ILM
Patricia Rose Duigan
production staff: miniature and optical effects unit
John Dykstra
special photographic effects supervisor
Selwyn Eddy
computer graphics artist: ILM
Harrison Ellenshaw
matte artist: miniature and optical effects unit
TyRuben Ellingson
visual effects art director: ILM
Jonathan Erland
model builder: miniature and optical effects unit
Phillip Feiner
optical supervisor
Steve Gawley
model builder: miniature and optical effects unit
Lyn Gerry
animator: miniature and optical effects unit
Howard Gersh
computer graphics artist: ILM
Paul Giacoppo
computer graphics artist: ILM
Ned Gorman
visual effects producer: ILM
Bruce Green
assistant editor: opticals
Jerry Greenwood
special mechanical equipment: miniature and optical effects unit
Grant Guenin
Sabre artist: ILM
Joanne Hafner
computer graphics artist: ILM
James Hagedorn
computer graphics artist: ILM
Carol Hayden
computer graphics artist: ILM
Matthew Hendershot
computer graphics artist: ILM
Kela Hicks
digital production assistant: ILM
Guy Hudson
computer graphics artist: ILM
Paul Huston
model builder: miniature and optical effects unit, digital matte artist: ILM
Cindy Isman
film librarian: miniature and optical effects unit
David Jones
model builder: miniature and optical effects unit
Doug Jones
negative supervisor: ILM
Tom Kennedy
visual effects producer: ILM
Forest Key
assistant visual effects editor: ILM
Mark Kline
production staff: miniature and optical effects unit
Brian Knep
software development: ILM
John Knoll
visual effects supervisor: ILM
Peter Kuran
animator: miniature and optical effects unit
Angela Leaper
assistant visual effects editor: ILM
Joe Letteri
visual effects supervisor: ILM
Stewart Lew
computer graphics artist: ILM
Mary M. Lind
film control coordinator: miniature and optical effects unit
Bruce Logan
second unit photography: miniature and optical effects unit
Nancy Luckoff
CG resource manager: ILM
Margaret B. Lynch
visual effects coordinator: ILM
Jodie Maier
computer graphics artist: ILM
Greg Maloney
computer graphics artist: ILM
Pamela Malouf
film librarian: miniature and optical effects unit
Stuart T. Maschwitz
computer graphics artist: ILM
Bill Mather
digital matte artist: ILM
George E. Mather
production supervisor: miniature and optical effects unit
Connie McCrum
film librarian: miniature and optical effects unit
David McCue
optical printer operator: miniature and optical effects unit
Grant McCune
chief model maker: miniature and optical effects unit
Dan McNamara
Sabre group supervisor: ILM
Gary Meyer
production engineering: ILM
Fred Meyers
production engineering: ILM
Alvah J. Miller
electronics design: miniature and optical effects unit
Marty Luigi Miramontez
production engineering: ILM
Mark Moore
visual effects art director: ILM
John C. Moulds
optical camera assistant: miniature and optical effects unit
Joe Murray
second unit director & cameraman: ILM
Ron Nathan
production staff: miniature and optical effects unit
Bruce Nicholson
optical camera assistant: miniature and optical effects unit, visual effects supervisor: ILM
Kerry Nordquist
computer graphics artist: ILM
Masaaki Norihoro
special components assistant: miniature and optical effects unit
Scott Pasko
computer graphics artist: ILM
Rhonda Peck
production staff: miniature and optical effects unit
Richard Pecorella
optical printer operator: miniature and optical effects unit
Lorne Peterson
model builder: miniature and optical effects unit
Joshua Pines
digital scanning supervisor: ILM
Eleanor Porter
special components assistant: miniature and optical effects unit
Ken Ralston
assistant cameraman: miniature and optical effects unit
Eldon Rickman
optical printer operator: miniature and optical effects unit
David Robman
assistant cameraman: miniature and optical effects unit
Corey Rosen
digital plate restoration artist: ILM
Michael Ross
animator: miniature and optical effects unit
Paul Roth
optical photography coordinator: miniature and optical effects unit
Christian Rouet
software development: ILM
David Scott
special mechanical equipment: miniature and optical effects unit
John Seay
animator: miniature and optical effects unit
Alex Seiden
visual effects supervisor: ILM
Robert Shepherd
production manager: miniature and optical effects unit
Jamie Shourt
special components: miniature and optical effects unit
William Shourt
camera & mechanical design: miniature and optical effects unit
Douglas Smith
assistant cameraman: miniature and optical effects unit
Gary Smith
optical camera assistant: miniature and optical effects unit
Damian Steel
computer graphics artist: ILM
David Tanaka
visual effects editor: ILM
Chad Taylor
Sabre artist: ILM
Danny Gordon Taylor
computer graphics artist: ILM
Jay Teitzell
computer animation and graphic displays: miniature and optical effects unit
Bert Terreri
optical camera assistant: miniature and optical effects unit
Paul Theren
computer graphics artist: ILM
Lon Tinney
production manager: miniature and optical effects unit
Phil Tippett
stop motion animation: miniature and optical effects unit
Lisa Todd
visual effects coordinator: ILM
James Tooley
computer graphics artist: ILM
Suzie Vissitzky Tooley
CG production manager: ILM
Christopher Townsend
computer graphics artist: ILM
Donna Tracy
optical camera assistant: miniature and optical effects unit
Don Trumbull
camera & mechanical design: miniature and optical effects unit
Yusei Uesugi
digital matte artist: ILM
Lam Van To
CG resource manager: ILM
James Van Trees Jr.
optical printer operator: miniature and optical effects unit
Bruce Vecchitto
digital color timing supervisor: ILM
Joe Viskocil
miniature explosions: miniature and optical effects unit
Tim Waddy
computer graphics artist: ILM
John C. Wash
computer animation and graphic displays: miniature and optical effects unit
Jim Wells
optical camera assistant: miniature and optical effects unit
Stephen Williams
visual effects supervisor: ILM
Diana Wilson
animator: miniature and optical effects unit
Vicky Witt
optical camera assistant: miniature and optical effects unit
Stuart Ziff
special mechanical equipment: miniature and optical effects unit
Rita E. Zimmerman
Sabre artist: ILM
Les Bowie
visual effects
Daniel Brimer
digital effects resource assistant: ILM
Beth D'Amato
digital paint and roto lead: ILM
Fon Davis
model maker: ILM
Sheena Duggal
Inferno artist: ILM
Dave Gregory
optical effects lineup & plotting: Ray Mercer & Co.
Aaron Haye
model maker: ILM
Gregory Jein
model builder
Jennifer Law Stump
digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Laine Liska
model effects
Tom Martinek
senior digital effects artist: ILM
Todd Mitchell
scanning operator: ILM
Barry Nolan
effects animator
Olivier Sarda
compositor
Nina Saxon
effects animator
Nelson Shin
animator: lightsaber
Denise Shurtleff
visual effects production assistant
Chris Silagyi
matte painter
Jeff Wells
digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Stunts
Bob Anderson
stunt double, stunts
Lightning Bear
stunts
Peter Brace
stunts, stunt double: Chewbacca
Andy Bradford
stunts
Tim Condren
stunts
Jim Dowdall
stunts
Nick Gillard
stunts
Richard Graydon
stunts, second stunt guard at cellblock AA-23
Richard Hammatt
stunts
Reg Harding
stunts
Frank Henson
stunts
Arthur Howell
stunts
Mags Kavanaugh
stunts, stunt double
Wendy Leech
stunts, stunt double: C-3P0
Bronco McLoughlin
stunts
Nosher Powell
stunts
Colin Skeaping
first stunt guard at cellblock AA-23, stunt double: Luke Skywalker, stunts
Bill Weston
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Carroll Ballard
photography: second unit
Rick Clemente
photography: second unit
Robert Dalva
photography: second unit
Tak Fujimoto
photographer: second unit
Geoff Glover
camera operator
John Jay
still photographer
Ron Tabera
gaffer
Ronnie Taylor
camera operator
Steve Birtles
supervising electrician
Peter Bloor
electrician
Maurice Gillett
gaffer
Bruce Hill
ultra high speed photography
Brian Q. Kelley
photographer: additional footage
Terry Lewis
best boy
Michael E. Matteson
grip
David Robman
camera operator
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ron Beck
wardrobe supervisor
Dominic Jack Pizzo Sr.
stormtrooper costumes
Editorial Department
Todd Boekelheide
assistant film editor
Ted Gagliano
post-production executive
Bob Hart
negative cutter
Samuel H. Hinckley
assistant editor
Colin Michael Kitchens
assistant film editor
Bonnie Koehler
assistant film editor
Jay Miracle
assistant film editor
Mark Nakamine
colorist
Robert Raring
color timer
Ray Sabo
negative continuity
Brian Q. Kelley
editor: additional material
Jim Passon
color timer
Music Department
Herbert W. Spencer
orchestrator
Eric Tomlinson
music scoring mixer
Kenneth Wannberg
supervising music editor
Paul Kegg
musician: cello
Angela Morley
additional orchestrator
Arthur Morton
additional orchestrator
Maurice Murphy
musician: trumpet
Albert Woodbury
additional orchestrator
Other Crew
Bunny Alsup
assistant to producer
Leon Briggs
film restoration consultant
Patricia Carr
production assistant
Pete Comandini
film restoration supervisor
Steve Cullip
assistant auditor
Brian Doyle
unit publicist
Kim Falkinburg
assistant auditor
Tim Fox
archivist
Brian Gibbs
production controller
Miki Herman
production assistant
Ralph M. Leo
location auditor
Charles Lippincott
advertising publicity supervisor
Penny McCarthy
assistant auditor
Dan Perri
titles
Arnold Ross
location manager
Ann Skinner
continuity
Lucy Autrey Wilson
assistant to director
Bob Anderson
fight arranger
Stanley Bielecki
advertising and publicity consultant
Stephen Calcutt
stand-in: Peter Mayhew and David Prowse
Jack Dearlove
stand-in: Harrison Ford
Kathryn Farrar
production controller
Stuart Freeborn
creature design supervisor
Craig Miller
marketing consultant
Len Piper
stand-in: Declan Mulholland
Edward Summer
marketing consultant
Production Company
Lucasfilm
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox de Argentina
20th Century Fox of Germany
Finnkino Oy
,
Fox Films
Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E.
In-Cine Distribuidora Cinematográfica S.A.
UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD)
20th Century Fox Television Distribution
Abril Vídeo
Alexandra Video Club
CBS/Fox Home Video
CBSFox Video
CBS/Fox
CBS Television
Egmont Entertainment
FS Film Oy
Fox Video
Gativideo
Rautakirja
Showtime
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
,
Special Effects
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
Miscellaneous
London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)
music performed by
Fox Fanfare Music
original music copyright © 1977 by
Praxis Film Works
composite optical photography
Image West Ltd.
computer animation and graphic displays
Frank Van Der Veer Labs
additional optical effects
Ray Mercer & Company
additional optical effects
Modern Film Effects
additional optical effects
Master Film Effects
additional optical effects
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
additional optical effects
Dolby Laboratories
sound post-production
Anvil Studios
music recorded at
American Zoetrope
post-production completion
Samuel Goldwyn Studios
rerecorded at
Tunisian Government, The
the producers wish to thank
Instituto de Antropología e Historia
the producers wish to thank
National Park Service, The
the producers wish to thank
Skywalker Sound
digital remastering
Pacific Title
optical restoration
YCM Laboratories
film restoration
RCA Victor
soundtrack available on
Ballantine Books
novelization available from
Lucasfilm THX TAP Theater Alignment Program
quality assurance
Audiolink Radio Communications
walkie talkies
Elstree Studios
movie studio
IVC
digital mastering
Lee Lighting
grip and lighting equipment
Lowry Digital Images
digital restoration
Sony Classical
soundtrack released by
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