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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 November...
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.
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.
Jan 31, 2023 · Patrick Read Johnson has been making his Star Wars homage, 5-25-77, for 18 years. Well, longer than that, if you start counting in 1999 when he first started writing the script. It’s an autobiographical story about how Johnson started in a small town in Illinois and made a life in Hollywood.
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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.
Mar 1, 2002 · Patrick Read Johnson's screenplay, 5-25-77, isn't about Star Wars – even though the title represents the day that the first Star Wars film debuted. As Pat said in a recent letter to AICN, "It's...
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Jun 28, 2005 · Then he moved back into the house where he grew up in tiny Wadsworth, Ill. and set to work on his most personal film, “5-25-77,” an autobiographical coming-of-age tale set on the day “Star Wars” opened, starring John Francis Daly (“Freaks and Geeks”) and Christopher Lloyd.
