How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit

Name: How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-12-07
Duration: 18 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Joey Scoma, Steven Spielberg

2017 · 18m · 6.7 on TMDB

Documentary

Joey Scoma demonstrates how Star Wars (1977), a potential disaster in its rough cut, was saved in the editing.

Cast

Joey Scoma
Self - Host (voice)
Steven Spielberg
Self (voice) (archive footage)

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Production

RocketJump

Directed by

Joey Scoma

Where to watch

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Released: December 7, 2017

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