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George Lucas / by Jim Smith.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.L835 S65 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Jim, 1978-
- Series:
- Virgin film
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lucas, George, 1944---Criticism and interpretation.
- Lucas, George.
- Lucas, George, 1944-.
- Motion picture producers and directors--United States.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 296 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Virgin Books, 2003.
- Summary:
- George Lucas has directed only five full-fength pictures in thirty years, and yet he is one of the most influential of all contemporary filmmakers: not simply a director, he's also a writer, a producer and an unparalleled technical pioneer, responsible for advances in digital projection, CGI and quality cinema sound. Yet he remains defiantly outside the Hollywood system, financing his -- and other people's -- pictures out of his own funds, creatively answerable to no one but himself. Starting with his time as a film student, this is a critical journey through the films Lucas has directed and actively produced. It encompasses his abstract early works such as Look at Life and 6.18.67, the mainstream successes of American Graffiti, Star Wars and Indiana Jones and the record-breaking Star Wars prequel trilogy. There is also an extensive section detailing other projects in which he has had a hand, such as Paul Schraeder's Mishima. Haskell Wexier's controversial Latino and Francis Ford Coppois's lucker: The Man and His Dream. This is an indispensable reference to the work of George Lucas the mogul, the mythmaker, the one-man brand and the most successful independent filmmaker who has ever lived.
- Contents:
- Look at Life (1965) 9
- Herbie (1965) 10
- Freiheit (1966) 10
- 1:42.08 to Qualify (1966) 11
- Anyone lived in a pretty (how) town (1967) 12
- The Emperor (1967) 13
- THX 1138 4EB (1967) 15
- 6.18.67 (1967) 17
- filmmaker (1968) 18
- THX-1138 (1971) 19
- American Graffiti (1973) 28
- Star Wars (1977) 48
- More American Graffiti (1979) 87
- Star Wars: Episode V
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 96
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 116
- Star Wars: Episode VI
- Return of the Jedi (1983) 128
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 141
- The Ewok Adventure (1984) 151
- Ewoks
- The Battle for Endor (1985) 157
- Willow (1988) 162
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 177
- Young Indiana Jones (1992-1996) 187
- Radioland Murders (1994) 215
- Star Wars: Episode I
- The Phantom Menace (1999) 220
- Star Wars: Episode II
- Attack of the Clones (2002) 244
- Star Wars: Episode III (2005) 261
- Indiana Jones IV (2005) 265
- Other Projects 267.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0753507552
- OCLC:
- 51234172
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