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Martin Hynes, Lisa Jakub, Jason Peck

A hilarious and affectionate parody of both the Star Wars films and the Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love, George Lucas in Love provides more wit and intelligence in eight minutes tha...( read more  read more... )t most full-length feature films do in 90. It's 1967, and George Lucas (Martin Hynes) is only three days from graduating from film school. The "agricultural space tragedy" he's been working on isn't going well at all. Taunted by his asthmatic rival (who wears a black cape), flummoxed by his adviser (who speaks in backwards sentences), he's at wit's end, until inspiration arrives in the form of the comely Marion (Lisa Jakub), the leader of the student campus rebellion who sports a distinctly familiar hairdo featuring twin buns. Funny without being too in-jokey, and clever but never full of itself, George Lucas in Love is a perfect example of the short film parody: it never wears out its welcome. Can't catch all the references? A fun-filled enhanced version of the short, like a Pop-Up Video, points out all the allusions along with facts about the making of the short, and a 10-minute, behind-the-scenes feature details the creative process from inception to the success the film received upon its release.

Included on the DVD are three additional short parodies--Swing Blade (which the makers of George Lucas in Love cite as their inspiration), Film Club, and Evil Hill. Swing Blade is a blissfully short, truly inspired melding of Sling Blade and Swingers, with a Billy Bob Thornton look-alike trying to make it on the L.A. singles scene, and Film Club is a goofy take on Fight Club, but with independent filmmaking taking the place of bare-knuckle brawling ("I want you to shoot me, and make sure you give me lots of head room."). Only Evil Hill, which purports to tell you how Dr. Evil of Austin Powers became truly evil, loses its momentum in its 10-plus minutes, as it attempts to mix Austin Powers references with both Notting Hill and the Marilyn Monroe mythos. Sometimes imitation isn't the sincerest form of flattery. --Mark Englehart

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Unrated, 106 min.

Directed by: Joe Nussbaum

Release Date: January 1, 1999

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DVD Release Date: November 21, 2000

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  • YosemiteSamFan
    July 16, 2007
    YosemiteSamFan
    Funny romatnic comedy with Star Wars references.
  • Collegekid
    January 26, 2007
    Collegekid
    Exceptionally witty parody of "Shakespeare in Love" that has George Lucas struggling to complete his "Star Wars" script in order to pass his film class at USC. After meeting and falling in love with Marion, a fan of his earlier student films, he takes her advice and finishes the ...( read more)screenplay by "writing what he knows". Throughout the course of the film we get to see George's REAL inspirations for all our favorite Star Wars characters and plot twists, and the audience even gets the inside scoop on what motivated Lucas to executive produce "Howard the Duck"! This is certainly one of the best (short) spoof films ever.
  • thedoctor2k7
    August 30, 2009
    thedoctor2k7
    awarsome film really funny
  • DoctorXQuinzel
    January 12, 2009
    DoctorXQuinzel
    i thought this was really cute.
  • cmrnlewis
    July 5, 2008
    cmrnlewis
    Very funny short film about the "origins" of Star Wars.
  • theohiostateguy
    May 15, 2008
    theohiostateguy
    Very funny!

    Everything you ever hated about George Lucas can be summed up in this short!

    Pure genius! Fun for Star Wars haters and lovers alike!
  • filmaker99
    April 15, 2008
    filmaker99
    Brilliant short film, helps if you know a thing or two about George Lucas
  • philbin1
    December 28, 2007
    philbin1
    Great laugh if you've seen the Star Wars movies ;)
  • CaireBaire
    November 13, 2007
    CaireBaire
    Brilliant! And oh-so-clever! Very well done, indeed!!
  • CloudStrife84
    October 21, 2007
    CloudStrife84
    I can't say I've seen many short films in my life, but this has got to be the best one I've seen thus far. The acting and directing is remarkably good and the story is very well thought out. Altogether a great tribute to the Star Wars universe.

    And not to forget: now we know w...( read more)here George Lucas got his ideas from :-)

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  • What movie is this tagline from? Dozens of years ago, in a nearby galaxy...   Answer »
  • From what movie is this quote? Aaron: My script is now complete. Soon I will rule the industry, and you'll still be writing line one of whatever it's called. George: 3XR-259.7  Answer »
  • What 1999 movie is this a description of? 1967 film student George Lucas has writer's block trying to finish his "Space Wheat" script, until a beautiful fellow student with a familiar hairstyle teaches him that the best stories are in plain sight.  Answer »
  • What 1999 movie does this quote come from? Professor: No. Search not. Inspiration will you not find. It will find you. George: Could you talk forward?   Answer »
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