May 25, 1977 in Birthdays, Anniversaries and Holidays Forum

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May 25, 1977

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Wolfman Joe	May 25, 1977	Lead	[-]
May 24 12 3:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Happy Anniversary tomorrow of the movie that made my childhood fun - STAR WARS, released 35 years ago. Seems like just yesterday we were celebrating 20 years! George Lucas, no matter what missteps you took with this franchise in the past decade & a half, I'll always appreciate what you created way back then.
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flashback		#1	[-]
May 25 12 12:05 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	35 years ago.now i feel old.i was 25 when it was first released.
Rick		#2	[-]
May 25 12 12:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I was 27 and saw the first showing on the 25th. The theatre was 2/3 full at most. It was a wonderful, thrilling surprise.
Wolfman Joe		#3	[-]
May 25 12 11:24 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's nice to see that "older" guys enjoyed it at the time - it proves what appeal that film had at that time, across all age groups. I was all of five when I saw it, and OF COURSE it appealed to me! My father was 50 at the time, and he liked it, too - just one of those magic movies that captures the public imagination.
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Crow T Robot		#4	[-]
May 25 12 8:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember that day very well. Time magazine touted it as the best film of the year. Went to the theater that night, pretty good crowd. From that wonderful opening crawl & John Williams magnificent score, to the first shot of the Star Destroyer flying overhead and it just felt like it was going and going and never going to end, through the wonderful spaceship special effects, Rick Baker's creative cantina aliens, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Darth Vader, The Force...it just got better and better. For the first time in probably 10 years, i actually saw the entire audience stand up and applaud the screen when the end credits rolled. A wonderful experience. I went to see the film over 100 times that summer and stopped counting after that. I don't think any cinematic experience will top that opening day for me.
rvoyttbots		#5	[-]
Jun 1 12 9:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I had to stand in line for two hours AFTER I bought my ticket. I didn`t see it until the 28th.
Rick		#6	[-]
Jun 1 12 12:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I get the feeling that Louisville must not have been getting the memos in those days. The theatre was no more than 2/3rds full, and I didn't make the decision to attend till the last minute. I subscribed to Variety in those days, so I knew the movie existed, and I had followed it through its various titles, but until I saw the Time Magazine story ("The Year's Best Movie!") on that very May 25, I didn't know it was any kind of big deal. How this eluded my radar for so long has always mystified me.
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