Star Wars Tribute Flick 5-25-77 To Finally Get Released in May
It was nearly two years ago that I first heard about Patrick Read Johnson’s little ode to Star Wars, an indie flick called 5-25-77 (named after the original release date of A New Hope… duh!). At the time there was a rough teaser trailer circulating the web, and it looked quite charming and fun as the partially autobiographical story of a sci-fi movie geek on a quest to see a strange new film called Star Wars on its opening night. I think they were hoping to coincide the release of the film with Star Wars Episode III, but then the movie just kind of fell off everyone’s radar for a while.
Recently I was wondering what happened to it, and so it seems, were the folks over at Fan Cinema Today, who posted an article wondering whether it would ever see the light of day. Lo and behold, less than 12 hours later Patrick Read Johnson appeared to give them reassurance that the movie was in fact slated for release on May 25th of this year (the 30th anniversary of the premiere of Star Wars!). He also sent along a teaser poster for the film that confirms his claim. After all this time (nearly 10 years in the making!), I hate to say it but I certainly hope it’s worth the wait. At any rate, I’m sure it will be more interesting than that annoying Fanboys movie. For more info on 5-25-77, head over to the movie’s official site.
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I think the tag-line is pretty funny.
Not to turn this into a Star Wars bashing / defending forum, but I remember the first time I saw Star Wars in 1977. And I wasn’t in awe. I had seen it during a summer holidays visit to Toronto. It hadn’t come to my small hometown, yet, so none of my friends had seen it. I don’t remember it generating much enthusiasm that summer in my hometown so I didn’t experience any external hoopla.
I didn’t think the special effects were any better than 2001: A Space Odyssey’s effects. I was/still am a full-fledged geek, so I was appreciative of having a science-fiction film in the theatres. And yes, I was hooked into Luke’s heroic quest. But I still hate C3-P0 and R2-D2.
I was/still am a full fledged Trekkie (not Trekker), so maybe I was jealous that Star Wars made it to the silver screen before Star Trek.
Tribute flicks tend to creep me out, because I can see myself mirrored in the people in these flicks. It’s never pleasing to have to face reality.
And yes, I have a Jawa sandcrawler load of Star Wars crap, so call me a hypocrite.
Maybe for me, seeing Star Wars was like having sex, as this tribute film tag-line alludes to. The first time is usually awful, but with repetition comes appreciation. But I still don’t really appreciate it. Star Wars, I mean.
Posted by Pacifistopheles on February 19th, 2007Leave a Reply