Showing posts with label John Williams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Williams. Show all posts

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Star Wars. Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi (1983)


"The Empire Falls...."


Directed by Richard Marquand
Produced by Howard Kazanjian
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas
Story by George Lucas
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Alan Hume
Edited by Sean Barton, Duwayne Dunham, Marcia Lucas
Production company: Lucasfilm Ltd
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 25 May 1983 (United States)
Running time: 131 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $32.5–42.7 million
Box office: $572.1 million


"Star Wars. Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi" is an action adventure fantasy film directed by Richard Marquand and written by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas. It's the third installment of the "Star Wars" original trilogy which tells the story of Luke Skywalker who struggles to make Vader return from the dark side of the Force while the rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star after rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt.

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Star Wars. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)


"The battle continues..."


Directed by Irvin Kershner
Produced by Gary Kurtz
Screenplay by Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan
Story by George Lucas
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky
Edited by Paul Hirsch
Production company: Lucasfilm Ltd
Distributed by 20th Century Fox1
Release date: 21 May 1980 (United States)
Running time: 124 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $18–33 million
Box office: $534.1–538.4 million


"Star Wars. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" is an action adventure fantasy film directed by Irvin Kershner and written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas. It's the second installment of the "Star Wars" original trilogy which tells the story of Luke Skywalker who takes advanced Jedi training with Master Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Star Wars. Episode IV: A New Hope (1978)


"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."


Directed by George Lucas
Produced by Gary Kurtz
Written by George Lucas
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Gilbert Taylor
Edited by Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew
Production company: Lucasfilm Ltd
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 25 May 1977 (United States)
Running time: 121 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $11 million
Box office: $775.4 million


"Star Wars. Episode IV: A New Hope" is an action adventure fantasy film written and directed by George Lucas. It's the first installment of the "Star Wars" original trilogy which tells the story of Luke Skywalker who joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Star Wars. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)


"The saga is complete."


Directed by George Lucas
Produced by Rick McCallum
Written by George Lucas
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: David Tattersall
Edited by Roger Barton, Ben Burtt
Production company: Lucasfilm
Distributed by 20th Century Fox1
Release dates: 18 May 2005 (France)
Running time: 140 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $113 million
Box office: $848.8 million

"Star Wars. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" is an action adventure fantasy film written and directed by George Lucas. It's the third and final installment of the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy and it tells the story of Anakin Skywalker who struggles to choose the dark side and save his wife or remain loyal to the Jedi order.

Star Wars. Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)


"A Jedi Shall Not Know Anger. Nor Hatred. Nor Love."


Directed by George Lucas
Produced by Rick McCallum
Screenplay by George Lucas, Jonathan Hales

Story by George Lucas
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: David Tattersall
Edited by Ben Burtt
Production company: Lucasfilm
Distributed by 20th Century Fox1
Release dates: 16 May 2002 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 142 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $115 million
Box office: $649.4 million



"Star Wars. Episode II: Attack of the Clones" is an action adventure fantasy film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales. It's the second installment of the Star Wars prequel trilogy which tells the story of Anakin Skywalker who shares a forbidden romance with Padmé, and Obi-Wan who investigates an assassination attempt on the Senator and discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi.

Star Wars. Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)


"Every generation has a legend. Every journey has a first step. Every saga has a beginning."


Directed by George Lucas
Produced by Rick McCallum
Written by George Lucas
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Ahmed Best, Ray Park, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Pernilla August, Frank Oz
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: David Tattersall
Edited by Ben Burtt, Paul Martin Smith
Production company: Lucasfilm
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 19 May 1999 (Canada)
Running time: 133 minutes
Country: United States, Italy, Tunisia, United Kingdom
Budget: $115 million
Box office: $1.027 billion



"Star Wars. Episode I: The Phantom Menace" is an action adventure fantasy film written and directed by George Lucas. It's the first installment of the Star Wars prequel trilogy which tells the story of two Jedi Knights founding a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to reclaim their old glory.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

War Horse (2011)


"Separated by war. Tested by battle. Bound by friendship."


Directed by Steven Spielberg
Produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Screenplay by Lee Hall, Richard Curtis
Based on "War Horse" by Michael Morpurgo
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Niels Arestrup, Tom Hiddleston, Toby Kebbell, Peter Mullan, Patrick Kennedy
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
Edited by Michael Kahn
Production company: Touchstone Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
Release date: 25 December 2011 (Canada)
Running time: 146 minutes
Country: United States, India
Budget: $66 million
Box office: $177.6 million

"War Horse" is a war drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted from Michael Morpurgo's 1982 children's novel of the same name. It tells the story of young Albert who enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry.

Monday, October 6, 2014

The Book Thief (2013)


"Courage beyond words."


Directed by
Brian Percival
Produced by Karen Rosenfelt, Ken Blancato
Screenplay by Michael Petroni
Based on "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nélisse
Narrated by Roger Allam
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Florian Ballhaus
Edited by John Wilson
Production company: Sunswept Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: November 8, 2013(United States)
Running time: 125 minutes
Country: United States, Germany
Budget: $19,000,000
Box office: $76,586,316

"The Book Thief" is a war drama film directed by Brian Percival abd based on the novel of the same name by Markus Zusak. It tells the story of Liesel living with her adoptive German family during the Nazi era. Taught to read by her kind-hearted foster father, the girl begins "borrowing" books and sharing them with the Jewish refugee being sheltered by her foster parents in their home. But what does she do in fact: commits a crime or finds the way to develop herself?