The People vs. George Lucas
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| Directed by | Alexandre O. Philippe |
| Produced by | Anna Higgs Gavin Humphries Shannon Muchow Robert Muratore Vanessa Philippe Kerry Deignan Roy |
| Music by | Jon Hegel |
| Cinematography | Robert Muratore |
| Edited by | Chad Herschberger |
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Exhibit A Pictures
Quark Films Neca Films |
| Distributed by | Wrekin Hill Entertainment |
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The People vs. George Lucas is a 2010 documentary comedy film directed by Swiss director Alexandre O. Philippe. It explores the issues of filmmaking and fanaticism pertaining to the Star Wars franchise and its creator, George Lucas. The film combines filmmaker and celebrity interviews with fan films, mainly taken from the 2010 online video Star Wars Uncut, which were submitted via the film's site.
Interviewees include a variety of figures such as Neil Gaiman, MC Frontalot and Gary Kurtz. Lucas himself appears frequently in , but is never interviewed directly. The film discusses the extent to which the Star Wars franchise is an artistic creation of Lucas and subject to his vision versus a social phenomenon that belongs to the general public of fans and their participatory/remix culture. The film is dedicated to interviewee Jason Nicholl, a blogger at nukethefridge.com who died before the film's release. The film was released on DVD on October 25, 2011.
In June 2014, it was reported that a sequel, titled The People vs. George Lucas – Episode II, is in development.
Director Alexandre Philippe, a lifetime Star Wars fan from his early childhood, has said that the film was not meant to be one-sided against Lucas, although the title has often created that interpretation. He instead aimed at showing both sides evenhandedly to explore to what extent the Star Wars franchise is controlled by Lucas versus something morally held by the public. Philippe feels that Lucas is a relatively talented director and an "ideas man" based on the original Star Wars trilogy, THX 1138 (1971) and American Graffiti (1973). However, Philippe disliked the changes made by Lucas in re-releases of the original trilogy as well as the prequel trilogy.
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