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Original title: 5-25-77

2008
12
2h 12m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.5K

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Alienated, hopeful-filmmaker Pat Johnson's epic story growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love, and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything, 'Star Wars.'

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Alienated film-maker hopeful Pat Johnson's epic story of growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything.Alienated film-maker hopeful Pat Johnson's epic story of growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything.Alienated film-maker hopeful Pat Johnson's epic story of growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins total

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Featured review

4/10

Sort of disappointing...

Right, well I have to admit that I was definitely harboring some hopes and expectations for this 2022 comedy drama from writer and director Patrick Read Johnson as I sat down to watch it.

And now 132 minutes later, I sit here with an overwhelming sense of 'was that really it?' and of having somewhat squandered 132 minutes of my life on something that most certainly didn't live up to what I was expecting, not even by a longshot.

"5-25-77" seemed like such an interesting movie, especially for a life-long fantasy and "Star Wars" fan such as myself. And there were definitely things to identify with here in the main character of Pat Johnson. However, the script's storyline and narrative just somewhat fell short of providing me with much entertainment.

The acting performances in "5-25-77" were quite good.

Sure, the movie was watchable, but this is by no means a movie that impressed me. Nor is it a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time.

My rating of of "5-25-77" lands on a four out of ten stars.

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Trivia
A preview cut of this film was shown at "Star Wars Celebration IV" in Los Angeles. Appropriately enough, it was shown on 5-25-2007, the 30th anniversary of the premiere of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). After ten more years of additional work on the film, the nearly final cut, of the work-in-progress, was test-screened, in 32 theaters, on 5-25-17, the 40th anniversary of the original release of Star Wars. The finished film is scheduled for worldwide release, beginning in late summer, 2021.

Goofs
Some shots show the characters driving on Gurnee, IL roads where Six Flags Great America's "American Eagle" wooden roller coaster can be prominently seen in the background.

The movie is set in 1977, but the American Eagle did not open until the 1981 season.

Quotes
Pat: The Death Star could take out the Enterprise with one shot.
Jenny: The Enterprise has deflector shields!

Crazy credits
Still photos of the real people involved, past and present, at work, behind the scenes, and at play, as well as those portraying them, accompany the end credits. All set to Ringo Starr singing "Photograph." At the end, there is a brief memorial to those of significance to Pat Johnson who have passed away.

Alternate versions
The movie has gone through a number of iterations since 2007, when it made its first public appearance in the United States on May 25, 2007 at the Star Wars Celebration Convention as a work-in-progress. Since that showing, it has appeared in various forms at the Hamptons International Film Festival (October 2008), the TIFF Next Wave (February 2013), the Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (July 2013), the Lake County Film Festival (September 2019), and the Skyline Indie Film Festival (September 2022), before having a limited release in the United States in September 2022. In these various variations, there are two known main versions, one with a runtime of "2h 12m (132 min) (total run time) (United States)" and another with a time of "1h 53m(113 min) (Workprint Version)".