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Star Wars Episode VI: Return of
the Jedi [1983]
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production:
1983
Running Times: 131 mins [Sweden]
132 mins [Argentina; Spain; UK] 134 mins [USA]
Format: colour 35mm
J-D-C Scope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound:
Dolby Digital [special edition] Dolby DTS [special
edition] SDDS [special edition] |
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SELECTED CREDITS
[Full Credits]
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd
Executive Producer: George Lucas
Producer: Howard G. Kazanjian
Producer [Special Edition]: Rick McCallum
SCRIPT
Script: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas
Story: George Lucas
DIRECTION
Director: Richard Marquand
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Alan Hume
EDITING AND POST
PRODUCTION
Editors: Sean Barton, Duwayne Dunham, George Lucas
[uncredited], Marcia Lucas
Editor [Special Edition]: T.M. Christopher
MUSIC
Music: John Williams
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: Stuart Freeborn
Costume Designers: Aggie Guerard Rodgers, Nilo
Rodis-Jamero
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Norman Reynolds
LOCATIONS
Locations: Buttercup Valley, Arizona, USA; Buttercup
Valley, Imperial County, California, USA; Death Valley,
California, USA; Marin County, California, USA; Smith
River, California, USA; Tunisia; Yuma, Arizona, USA
STUNTS
Wire Specialist: Bob Harman
CAST
Mark Hamill [Luke Skywalker]
Harrison Ford [Han Solo]
Carrie Fisher [Princess Leia Organa]
Billy Dee Williams [Lando Calrissian]
Anthony Daniels [C-3PO]
Peter Mayhew [Chewbacca]
Sebastian Shaw [Anakin Skywalker]
Ian McDiarmid [Emperor Palpatine]
Frank Oz [Yoda]
James Earl Jones [voice of Darth Vader]
David Prowse [Darth Vader]
Alec Guinness [Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi]
Kenny Baker [R2-D2 / Paploo]
Michael Pennington [Moff Jerjerrod]
Kenneth Colley [Admiral Piett]
Michael Carter [Bib Fortuna]
Denis Lawson [Wedge Antilles(Red Leader)]
Timothy M. Rose [Admiral Ackbar / Salacious B. Crumb / Sy
Snootles]
Dermot Crowley [General Crix Madine]
Caroline Blakiston [Mon Mothma]
Warwick Davis [Wicket W. Warrick]
Jeremy Bulloch [Boba Fett]
SUMMARY
After rescuing Han Solo
from Jabba the Hut, Luke Skywalker sets off for a
confrontation with Darth Vader and the Emperor. The rebel
alliance, meanwhile, prepares to travel to the forest
moon of Endor around which a larger, more powerful Death
Star is nearing completion...
CAPSULE REVIEW
By far and away the worst of the initial / middle trilogy, this is
a flashy, sprawling remake of the first film that has nothing new to
say and instead wallows in sentimentality and forced cuteness. The Ewoks
are the most transparent marketing ploy ever seen in a Hollywood movie
and this installment's 'shock' revelation about who's related to who
lacks the punch of the paternity revelation in Star
Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back [1980].
Utterly wet and hopeless. [Full
Review]
AVAILABILITY
Argentina
Video Distributor: Gativideo
France
Theatrical Distributor: UGC-Fox Distribution
Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox of Germany
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: Atp
Australia
Rating: PG
Finland
Rating: K-12; K-8 [special edition]
Germany
Rating: 12; 6 [special edition]
Netherlands
Rating: AL
Norway
Rating: 11
Portugal
Rating: M/12
Spain
Rating: T
Sweden
Rating: 11
UK
Rating: U
USA
Rating: PG
POSTER TAGS
The Empire Falls....
Return To A Galaxy... Far, Far Away
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Blue Harvest - working
title
Return of the Jedi - advertising title
Revenge of the Jedi - early title
Il ritorno dello Jedi - Italian title
Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter - German
title
Star Wars Episode VI: Revenge of the Jedi -
working title
LINKS
SEQUEL TO
Star Wars Episode
IV: A New Hope [1977]
Star Wars Episode
V: The Empire Strikes Back [1980]
SEQUELS
The Ewok Adventure [1984]
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor [1985]
Ewoks [1985]
PREQUELS
Star Wars Episode
I: The Phantom Menace [1999]
Star Wars Episode
II: Attack of the Clones [2002]
Star Wars Episode III [2005]
SEE ALSO
2010 [1984]
Battlefield Earth [2000]
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo [1999]
Dogma [1999]
Droids [1985]
George Lucas in Love [1999]
Gladiator [2000]
Hell Comes to Frogtown [1987]
House [1986]
Human Traffic [1999]
Independence Day [1996]
Joey [1985]
Kung Fu Kenobi [1997]
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders [1996]
Return to Oz [1985]
Rocket Man [1997]
Scary Movie 2 [2001]
Scream 2 [1997]
Scream 3 [2000]
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut [1999]
Spaceballs [1987]
Star Tours [1987]
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire [1996]
Strange Brew [1983]
Tarzan the Ape Man [1932]
The Day the Earth Stood Still [1951]
The Wiz [1978]
Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle [1999]
Titan A.E. [2000]
Toy Story 2 [1999]
Transformers: The Movie, The [1986]
Troops [1998]
Uchu daisenso [1959]
Wishmaster [1997]
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor [1985]
Wow! [1990]
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen [1996] KEYWORDS
space wars; space
travel; spaceships; sword fights; bounty hunters; severed
hands; forests; dancers; strangulation; chases; psychics;
space stations; space operas; familes; empires; robots;
aliens; light sabers; hang gliding; androids; deserts;
princesses; royalty; rebellions
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