| Star Wars | |
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| Directed by | George Lucas |
| Produced by | Gary Kurtz |
| Written by | George Lucas |
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| Music by | John Williams |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox1 |
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Running time | 121 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million[3] |
| Box office | $775.4 million[3] |
Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) is a 1977 Americanepic[discuss] space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. The first release in the Star Wars saga, it stars Mark Hamill,Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushingand Alec Guinness. David Prowse, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhewco-star in supporting roles.
The plot focuses on the Rebel Alliance, led by Princess Leia (Fisher), and its attempt to destroy the Galactic Empire's space station, the Death Star. This conflict disrupts the isolated life of ambitious farmhand Luke Skywalker (Hamill) when he inadvertently acquires a pair of droids that possess stolenarchitectural plans for the Death Star. After the Empire begins a destructive search for the missing droids, Skywalker agrees to accompany Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi(Guinness) on a mission to return the Death Star plans to the Rebel Alliance and save the galaxy from the tyranny of the Galactic Empire.
Star Wars was released theatrically in the United States on May 25, 1977. It earned $461 million in the United States and $314 million overseas, totaling $775 million. It surpassed Jaws (1975) to become thehighest-grossing film of all time until E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in 1982. When adjusted for inflation as of 2013, Star Wars was thesecond-highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada, and the third-highest-grossing film in the world. It received 10Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture), winning seven. It was selected to become part of the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in its first year of opening as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"; at the time, it was the newest film to be selected, and it was the only film from the 1970s to be chosen.
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