The People vs. George Lucas (2010)

An examination of the widespread fan disenchantment with George Lucas.

Director:

Alexandre O. Philippe

Writer:

Alexandre O. Philippe

Stars:

Joe Nussbaum, Daryl Frazetti, Doug Jones

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Nussbaum	...	Himself
Daryl Frazetti	...	Himself
Doug Jones	...	Himself
Damian Hess	...	Himself (as MC Frontalot)
Richie Mehta	...	Himself
Dale Pollock	...	Himself
Glenn Kenny	...	Himself
Anthony Waye	...	Himself
Richard Sandling	...	Himself
Derek Ambrosi	...	Himself
Edward Hines Jr.	...	Himself
Joseph A. Covas	...	Himself
Adam W. James	...	Himself
Todd Hanson	...	Himself
Neil Gaiman	...	Himself

Storyline

Uses a courtroom debate approach to explore the issues of filmmaking and fanaticism around one of the industry's most famous franchises and its creator. The innovative film combines filmmaker and celebrity interviews with fan films - submitted via the film's site - to make this the world's first digitally democratic feature documentary.

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Plot Keywords:

star wars | filmmaker | fan film | toy | star wars fan film | 

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Taglines:

Any objections?

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English French

Release Date:

29 August 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

La gente vs. George Lucas

Filming Locations:

Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland

Company Credits

Production Co:

Exhibit A Pictures, Quark Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some of the footage came from the website, Star Wars Uncut.

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Quotes

Jay Sylvester: [regarding the changes made to the original Star Wars trilogy] George Lucas may be the brainchild behind Star Wars; he may have come up with the story and a lot of the characters, but everyone who participated in making those films had some type of creative input. I mean they won an Oscar for best special effects. Some of those effects are stripped out and replaced with CGI enhancements, if you wanna call them that. I think that that's really disrespectful to the people who worked on those ...

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Connections

References Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

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Soundtracks

"Death Star"
Parody of "Rockstar" by Nickelback
New lyrics by Ian Bonds
Performed by Ian Bonds (as Insane Ian)

User Reviews

An extremely entertaining for-the-fans movie about what people thought of the prequels. Very funny. I say A

"I love/hate George Lucas, I love/hate him hard." A documentary that deals with the "Star Wars" saga. Unlike most other movies about this subject this one is a series of interviews with people telling about their love of the original three movies, and the hatred of the prequels. It begins with people telling about how their childhood was shaped by the movies and the extremes they go to to show it. Not only do the people have all multiple copies of all the movies but the merchandise they have is amazing to see. This movie is worth watching just to listen to and watch the passion the fans have and how they almost crucify Lucas for what he did with the prequels. Interviews mixed with homemade tribute movies make the movie very funny and very interesting. Much like "The Captains", this is a movie that will appeal to more then just fans of the series. The most amazing part of the movie is that there are points where you feel like you should defend Lucas against the things people are saying about him. Overall, this is an extremely entertaining documentary that will appeal to all viewers, not just "Star Wars" fans. One of the best for-the-fans movies I have ever seen, and a very worth while watch. I give it an A.

*Also try - Captains & Fanboys