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Film: star wars a new hope.
Production company: LUCASFILM
Distributer:
Director: George Lucas
Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor
Composer: john Williams
Editors: George Lucas, Marcia Lucas, Haul Hirsch, Richard chew, T.M. Christopher
Stars: Carrie Fischer, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness
Notable related films: a new hope is the first original film in the star wars franchise which has many different directors such as George Lucas, JJ Abrams, Rian Johnson and more.
Production notes: Anew hope used models and green screens to make some of the scenes in space. As the technology has advanced, the directors use CGI and different special effects to create these scenes in the newer films.
Audience expectation: as a new hope is the first film made in the franchise people didn't know what to expect when they went to see it in the cinema. Though the film did have a lot of hype as it was one of the first films of this type to be released as film wasn't yet at the point that it is today. People wouldn't have been used to seeing films with special effects as those used in A new hope.
The film is rated 8.7/10 by imdb users and many reviews review it very highly with the movie being described as "the film that changed the world" and the greatest cinematic epic of all time".
the film is completely fictional, set "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away"

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