Star Wars: A New Hope
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Narrative Premise: Farm boy Luke Skywalker joins Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, smuggler Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue Princess Leia and destroy the Galactic Empire's Death Star Creative Synthesis: Rejected 1970s high-tech dystopian sci-fi in favor of mythic space opera blending Flash Gordon serials, frontier adventures, and swashbucklers Filming Locations: Shot at Elstree and Shepperton Studios (UK), Tozeur/Matmata/Chott el Djerid (Tunisia), Tikal (Guatemala), and Death Valley (California) ROI Benchmark: Grossed $775,398,007 worldwide ($460,998,007 domestic / $314,400,000 international) on an $11,000,000 budget—an extraordinary 70.5x gross-to-budget multiple ($1,858,585,815 inflation-adjusted domestic) Critical Benchmark: 93% Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes; ranked #22 on Rotten Tomatoes' 300 Best Movies of All Time Score Benchmark: John Williams's 1977 symphonic score is cited by the Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board as a turning point for the film-music record market
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Verified Entity DossierRanked #2 in Top 10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Best Rank
#2
top 3 in 2 lists
Avg Position
#2.5
across 2 lists
Strongest in Film — avg #2 across 1 list
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Star Wars: A New Hope is ranked #2 on "Top 10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time" — its best placement across 2 lists on top10grid.com.
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Star Wars: A New Hope appears most frequently in the FILM category, most notably in "Top 10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time".
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Structured Facts & Specifications
Verified highlightsPrincipal Cast
Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia Organa), Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin), David Prowse / James Earl Jones (Darth Vader), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca)
Canonical Title
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (originally released in 1977 as Star Wars; retitled Episode IV – A New Hope in 1981);
Creative Credits
Written and directed by George Lucas; produced by Gary Kurtz; music by John Williams; cinematography by Gilbert Taylor; edited by Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, and Richard Chew; sound design by Ben Burtt
Release & Format
Released May 25, 1977 by 20th Century Fox; 119 minutes (125 min Special Edition); MPA Rating PG
Ontology Classification
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