6.8 /10 1 Votes
78% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Jon Spira Music by Jamie Hyatt Edited by Jon Spira Director Jon Spira Screenplay Jon Spira | 6.1/10 IMDb 2.5/4 Roger Ebert Written by Jon Spira Cinematography Sonny Malhotra Initial release 9 October 2015 Box office 11,381 USD Music director Jamie Hyatt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring David Prowse
Garrick Hagon
Jeremy Bulloch Cast David Prowse, Jeremy Bulloch, Paul Blake, Derek Lyons, Anthony Forrest Similar Room 237, American Grindhouse, Plastic Galaxy: The Story, Birth of the Living Dead, Star Wars: The Legacy R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elstree 1976 is a 2015 documentary film about the making of the original Star Wars film and the legacy that it left behind.
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Elstree 1976 star wars documentary review
Cast
Production
The film was successfully funded via Kickstarter, grossing £42,191. The first trailer was released on 29 October 2015. It played at the BFI London Film Festival The premiere was attended by 400 people.
Reception
The film received mixed reviews. Screen Daily said, "While the quirky outcome falls short of that ambition, it offers a slice of enjoyable nostalgia, capturing a sense of life as silly, surprising, regretful and all too fleeting." The Hollywood Reporter said, "for anyone expecting a definitive behind-the-scenes film about the making of Star Wars, this is not the documentary you have been looking for." The Village Voice said, "The most interesting part of Elstree 1976 comes when these actors express ambivalence about their odd celebrity." Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 85% of critics gave the film a positive rating, based on 20 reviews with an average score of 6.4/10.