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5-25-77, released as 25-5-77 in the United Kingdom, is a 2022 coming-of-age film written and directed by Patrick Read Johnson and produced by Fred Roos and Gary Kurtz. It stars John Francis Daley as a teenage director living in Wadsworth , Illinois , and his excitement for the premiere of Star Wars on May 25, 1977.
Sep 28, 2022 · In May 2022, MVD announced they had acquired the worldwide rights to 5-25-77, formally ending the film’s Carbonite freeze. It’s in select theaters now, with a digital release coming on...
Jul 21, 2022 · Johnson began developing 5-25-77 in 1999. After a long production process, the movie only had its world premiere in 2017 at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, Illinois.
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Nov 4, 2022 · 5-25-77, named for the original release date of Star Wars: A New Hope, is Johnson’s unmistakable magnum opus, one that bases a coming-of-age story around a unique aspect of Johnson’s biography: While visiting Industrial Light and Magic in the spring of 1977, he got to see an early cut of Star Wars, becoming possibly the first fan of the movie.
May 5, 2023 · The story of how that came about is the lynchpin of his semi-autobiographical new film, 5-25-77, which also explores the way he fell in love with filmmaking and finally moved beyond amateur productions in small town Illinois to develop a career in the industry.
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Coming-of-age film 5-25-77 is set in the spring of 1977, in the tiny town of Wadsworth, Illinois. Pat is a sci-fi obsessed teenager making ambitious 8mm films in the hopes of heading for Hollywood one day.
