Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

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Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It starred Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Pernilla August, and Frank Oz. It is the fourth film in the Star Wars film series, the first film of the prequel trilogy and the first chronological chapter of the Skywalker Saga . Set 32 years before the original trilogy, during the era of the Galactic Republic, the plot follows Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi as they try to protect Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo in hopes of securing a peaceful end to an interplanetary trade dispute. Joined by Anakin Skywalker—a young slave with unusually strong natural powers of the Force—they simultaneously contend with the mysterious return of the Sith. The film was produced by Lucasfilm, with 20th Century Fox distributing.

Following the release of Return of the Jedi, talks of a follow-up were proposed, but Lucas was unmotivated to return to the franchise. During the hiatus, the backstories he created for the characters, particularly Anakin s own backstory, sparked interest in him to develop a prequel trilogy during the 1990s. After he determined that computer-generated imagery (CGI) had advanced to the level he wanted for the prequel trilogy s visual effects, Lucas began writing The Phantom Menace in 1993, and production began in 1994. Filming started on June 26, 1997—at locations including Leavesden Film Studios and the Tunisian desert—and ended on September 30. The film marked Lucas first directorial effort after a 22-year hiatus following the original Star Wars in 1977.

The Phantom Menace was released in theaters on May 19, 1999, almost 16 years after the premiere of Return of the Jedi. The film s premiere was extensively covered by media and was greatly anticipated because of the large cultural following the Star Wars saga had cultivated. Upon its release, The Phantom Menace received mixed reviews. While the visual effects, action sequences, musical score, and the cast performances were praised, criticism was largely focused on the screenplay, pacing, Lloyd s performance, and characters, most notably Jar Jar Binks. Despite the mixed reception, The Phantom Menace was a box-office success and broke numerous box-office records during its debut. It grossed more than $924.3 million worldwide during its initial theatrical run, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1999, the second-highest-grossing film worldwide and in North America (behind Titanic), and the highest-grossing Star Wars film at the time (inflation notwithstanding). A 3D reissue, which earned an additional $102.7 million and brought the film s overall worldwide takings to over $1 billion, was released in February 2012. Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005) followed The Phantom Menace, rounding out the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Condition

New

Actor

Benjamin A. Burtt, David Tattersall, George Lucas, Paul Martin Smith, Rick Mccallum

Publisher

20Th Century Fox

Published Date

2007-08-02

Age Group

Adult

Recording Studio

20Th Century Fox

Format

DVD

Brand

Star Wars

Rating MPA

Pg

Amazon ASIN

B00003CX5P

UPC / EAN

024543023937

Year

1999

ReleaseDate

1999-05-19

RuntimeMins

136

RuntimeStr

2h 16min

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars, 26 wins & 69 nominations total

Directors

George Lucas

Writers

George Lucas

Stars

Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman

Produced by

George Lucas, Rick McCallum

Music by

John Williams

Cinematography by

David Tattersall

Film Editing by

Ben Burtt, Paul Martin Smith

Casting By

Robin Gurland

Production Design by

Gavin Bocquet

Art Direction by

Phil Harvey, Fred Hole, John King, Rod McLean, Peter Russell

Set Decoration by

Peter Walpole

Costume Design by

Trisha Biggar

Makeup Department

Sallie Adams, Jan Archibald, Hajer Bouhawala, Paul Engelen, Darlene Forrester, Richard Glass, Hilary Haines, Shaune Harrison, Melissa Lackersteen, Sarah Love, Sue Love, Chris Lyons, Trefor Proud, Morag Ross, Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore, Meg Speirs, Helen Taylor, Fay De Bremaeker, Simon Rose, Danny Wagner

Production Management

Enrico Ballarin, Sagar Bhanushali, Michael Blanchard, David Brown, Jo Burn, Guido Cerasuolo, Debra K. Chinn, Philippa Day, Jamie Forester, Peter Heslop, Jeremy Johns, Mimoun Mahbouli, Abdelaziz Ben Mlouka, Jeremy Pelzer, Matthew Goodman

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Bernard Bellew, Andrea Boni, Roger Christian, Dario Cioni, Nick Gillard, Nick Heckstall-Smith, Paul Higgins, Ben Howarth, Moez Kamoun, Christopher Newman, Janet Nielsen, David Turchi, George Walker, Christopher Granier-Deferre

Art Department

Alex Aitken, Astrig Akseralian, Brian Aldridge, Jess Alexander, Karl Apsey, Leon Apsey, Christopher Arnold, Marcia Bamgboye, Mohamed Bargaoui, Ken Barley, Robert E. Barnes, Jim Barr, Tom Barratt, Amanda Bernstein, Charlotte Biggs, Mike Bishop, Brian Blues, Pierre Bohanna, Livia Borgognoni, Alex Boswell, Peter Brown, David Bubb, Sarah Bubb, Mark Buck, Laura Burrows, Eddie Butler, James Buxton, Mat Campbell, David Carter, Christopher Challoner, Kun Chang, Bruce Cheesman, Doug Chiang, Jane Clark, Kenneth Clarke, Dean Coldham, Steve Court, Paul Cross, Neil D'Monte, John Davey, Peter Davis, Wayne Day, Mark Dowling, Martin Duffy, John Duncan, Lee Edwards, Sander Ellers, Philip Elton, Ricky Eyres, Corinna Farrow, Matthew Foster, Colin Fox, Marc Gabbana, Michael Gardiner, James Gemmill, John Goodson, Simon Gosling, Michael Guyett, Shaune Harrison, Tessa Harrison, Toby Hawkes, Bernie Hearn, Daniel Hearn, Paul Hearn, Kate Hill, Oliver Hodge, Frank Howe, Michelle Hudd, Jonathan Hurst, David Hynes, Taieb Jallouli, Nicky Jarvis, Benton Jew, Jill Jurkowitz, Kurt Kaufman, Michael Kelm, Jim Kerr, Laurie Kerr, Crit Killen, Martin Kingsley, John Kirsop, Jeff Knight, Patrick Laho, Tim Lanning, Stan Lattimore, Ellen Moon Lee, Chris Leech, Peter Looby, Sam Lorimer, Cathal MacIlwaine, Simon Marjoram, Tony Marks, Iain McCaig, Kevin McCarthy, Thomas McCarthy, Iain McFadyen, Tony McVey, Richard Miller, Richard Mills, Frazer Moore, Neil Morfitt, Marina Morris, James Muir, Keith Muir, Howard Munford, Ed Natividad, Paul Nott-Macaire, Wolfgang Osterholzer, Robert Park, Wesley Peppiatt, Jason Phelps, Julie Philpott, Keith Pitt, Gary Pollard, Lee Reeder, Lucy Reeves, Claire Nia Richards, Lucy Richardson, Ben Scott, Keith Short, Jay Shuster, Mark Siegel, Richard Smith, Paul Spateri, Ray Staples, Deborah Stokely, Rob Sutton, Howard Swindell, Anes Talmoudi, Grant Tarbox, Emma Tauber, Ty Teiger, Richard Thomas, Bob Thorne, Gary Tomkins, Terry Toohill, Sarah 'Toad' Tozer, Remo Tozzi, Blake Tucker, Nick Turnbull, Paul Turner, Val Vasic, Ettore Venturini, Lloyd Vincent, Wolfgang Walther, Peter Watson, Dominic Weisz, John Weller, Stephen Weston, Paul Whitelock, Terryl Whitlatch, Paul Williams, Paul Williams, Vicky Winning, Bradley Woodbridge, Tony Wright, Helen Xenopoulos, Peter Chan, Mick Chubbock, Keith Connolly, Peter Davis, Andrew Guyett, Steve Harris, Claire Levinson-Gendler, Duncan McDevitt, Clive Memmott, Kira-Anne Pelican, Karl Raade, Roel Robles, Joseph Michael Roth, Mark Scruton, Michael Simeoni, Keith Stevenson, Drew Struzan, Paul Topolos

Sound Department

Jennifer Barin, Christopher Barron, Mark Becker, Jessica Bellfort, Tom Bellfort, Sara Bolder, Scott Brewer, Craig Burns, Ben Burtt, Tony Eckert, Teresa Eckton, Jonathan Greber, Guy Hake, Tom Johnson, Bruce Lacey, Frank 'Pepe' Merel, John Midgley, Shawn Murphy, Miles Neff, June Prinz, Brandon Proctor, John Roesch, Steve Romanko, Ronald G. Roumas, Gary Rydstrom, Christopher Scarabosio, Jurgen Scharpf, Dee Selby, Kevin Sellers, Tony Sereno, Steve Slanec, Kent Sparling, Dennie Thorpe, John Torrijos, Jana Vance, Christian von Burkleo, Marian Wilde, Matthew Wood, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Tom Bellfort, Steve Cook, John Countryman, Douglas Hinton, Scott Jones, Ann Kroeber, Sean Landeros, Joan Malloch, Antony Meering, Leon Minas, Colin O'Neill, Christopher Scarabosio, John Soukup, Kent Sparling, David E. Turner, Matthew Wood, Jules Woods

Special Effects by

Jonathan Abbas-Klahr, Barry Angus, Maria Boggi, Monique Brown, Andy Bunce, Robbie Clot, Shirley Cooper, John Coppinger, Mark Coulier, Jim Crockett, Nick Dudman, Malcolm Evans, David Eves, Terry Glass, Tamzine Hanks, David Heron, Geoff Heron, Mark Howard II, Brenda Hutchinson, Peter Hutchinson, Stephen Hutchinson, Jamie Hyneman, Terry Jones, Kevin Mathews, Pierre Maurer, Sean McConville, Digby Milner, Kate Murray, Ceri Nicholls, Lyn Nicholson, Tony Phelan, Jenny Phelps, Graham Riddell, Darren Robinson, Bill Roth, Matthew Smith, Michelle Taylor, Raymond Tricker, Tony Vice, Leslie Wheeler, Julie Wright, Steve Wright, Tony Dyson, Brendan Kedie, Andy Lawless, Anthony Lucero, Andy Simm

Visual Effects by

Lauren Abrams, Robert Adams, Romulo Adriano Jr., Julie Adrianson-Neary, Barbara Affonso, Ritesh Aggarwal, Alia Agha, Kipp Aldrich, Jon Alexander, Marcus Alexander, Tim Alexander, Philip Edward Alexy, Joseph J. Allen, Oliver Allen-Wielebnowski, Shadi Almassizadeh, Alexandra Altrocchi, Ashish Ambrish, Nicolas Anastassiou, Michael Anders, John Anderson, Robert Anderson, Will Anielewicz, Stephen Aplin, Richard Aponte, Douglas Applewhite, Barry Armour, Chris Armstrong, Joakim Arnesson, Lori Arnold, Carl Assmus, Okan Ataman, Davey Atkinson, Trang Bach, Lance Baetkey, Al Bailey, Charles Bailey, Kevin Baillie, Katharine Baird, Priyanka Balasubramanian, V. Scott Balcerek, Michael Baltazar, Eran Barnea, Kevin Barnhill, Bill Barr, Tricia Barrett, Hernan Barros, John Bartle, Chris Barton, Maurice Bastian, Carol Bauman, Scott E. Baxter, Chris Bayz, Dugan Beach, Randall K. Bean, Donna Ashley Beard, Greg Beaumonte, William Beck, Kathleen Beeler, Linda Bel, Tory Belleci, Jeannie Ben-Hain, Leila Ben-Joseph, Jeffrey Benedict, Adam Benson, David Benson, Prabir Bera, Jerome Berglund, Tom Bertino, Earl Beyer, Ken Beyer, Khandu Bidkar, Mike Bienstock, Don Bies, Andrea Biklian, Renee Binkowski, Stewart Birnam, Nick Blake, David Blemur, Rod G. Bogart, Stella Bogh, Nick Bogle, Jean Bolte, Aron Bonar, Jason Bond, Patrick Bonneau, Scott Bonnenfant, Parismita Borah, Matt Bouchard, Michael Bovberg, Gregory Brauer, Brian Brecht, Patrick Brennan, Noel Brevick, Jeff Brewer, Matthew Bristowe, Billy Brooks, Phil Brotherton, Elizabeth A. Brown, Ronn Brown, Robert Bruce, Mike Brumit, Ken Bryan, Marc Brzezicki, Mark Buck, Charles Bunnag, John Bunt, Carey Burens, Tommy Burnette, Cathy Burrow, Endla Burrows, Donald S. Butler, Michaela Calanchini, Geoff Campbell, Sue Campbell, Hui Cao, Mario Capellari, Francesco Capone, Megan Carlson, Tami Carter, Sean M. Casey, Mei-Ming Casino, Tom Castellani, Andrew Cawrse, Cedrick Chan, Sanjay Chand, Stephen Cheatum, Simon Cheung, Doug Chiang, Ian Christie, Marc Chu, Paul Churchill, Paul Cichocki, Kyle Clark, Anita Clipston, Tom Cloutier, Esme Coleman, Rob Coleman, Brian Conlon, Pat Conran, Michael Conte, Caitlin Content, Elliot Contreras, Ryan Cook, Jim Barry Corbin, Matt Cordero, Michael Cordova, John Cornejo, Chad Cortvriendt, Ed Cotton, Brice Cox Jr., Catherine Craig, James Cundill, Gail Currey, Nick D'Abo, Anthony D'Agostino, Beth D'Amato, Samuel M. Dabbs, Bruce Dahl, Russell Darling, Peter Daulton, Fay David, Scott David, Fon Davis, Chris Dawson, Gabe de Kelaita, Vince De Quattro, Chris Del Conte, Jake Delaney, Lou Dellarosa, Bernie Demolski, Gordan Derbogosijan, Amit Desai, David Deuber, Bryan Dewe, Michael Di Como, Caine Dickinson, Ron Diggory, Natalee Djokovic, Vicki Dobbs Beck, Giovanni Donovan, Jeff Doran, Andrew Doucette, Jason Dougherty, Jason Dourgarian, David Dozoretz, David S. Dranitzke, Wilfred Driscoll, Lisa Drostova, Jadan Duffin, Rob Dunbar, Edwin Dunkley, Greg Dunn, Simon Dunsdon, Debarghya Dutta, Russell Earl, Lola Edun, Robert Edwards, Karen Elliott, Mike Ellis, Kate Elsen, Robin Emerson, Andrew Emmerson, Eric Enderton, Vicki L. Engel, Chrissie England, Jeff Ertl, Gonzalo Escudero, Leandro Estebecorena, Serge Eustache, S. Scott Farrar, Scott Farrar, Colin Feist, Tom Fejes, Fathima Feminò, Aaron Ferguson, Tim Fescoe, Mark Fiorenza, Tom Firestone, Kelly Fischer, Brian Flora, Juan Flores, Moises Flores, Dave Fogler, Jon Foreman, Dean Foster, Christian Foucher, David E. Franks, Alexandre Frazao, Scott Fritzshall, Warren Fu, David Fuhrer, Todd Fulford, Anthony Fung, George Gambetta, Sandeep Gamre, Mayur Gangasagar, Kathy Gardner, Dawn Gates, Steve Gawley, Diana Gazdik, John Gazdik, Brian Gee, Dennis Gehringer, Tim Geideman, Joshua Gengler, Bill George, Jennifer German, Brian Gernand, Howard Gersh, Paul Giacoppo, Ray Gilberti, Safiya Gili, Derek Gillingham, Michael Glasco, Chris Goehe, Dan B. Goldman, Jeremy Goldman, Susan Goldsmith, Chelsea Goodchild, John Goodman, Ned Gorman, Ranjit Gosavi, Jason Gottlieb, Monique Gougeon, Adrian Graham, Sam Granat, Andrew 'Spanky' Grant, David M. Gray, Luke Gray, Caroleen Green, Lydia Greenfield, Jon Greenhalgh, Aoife Greenham, Eoin Greenham, Susan Greenhow, Scott Grenier, Cam Griffin, Doug Griffin, Paul Griffin, Bill Grinder, Matthieu Grospiron, Jon Guidinger, Vinod Gundre, Dong Guo, Sirish Babu Gurrala, James Hagedorn, Adam Hall, Michelle Renee Hall, Kent Hammerstrom, David Hanks, Jonathan Harb, Andrew Hardaway, Clark Harding, Nina Harlan, Rio Harrington, Tim Harrington, Kyle Hause, Aaron Haye, Jack Haye, Kimberly Headstrom, Tom Heddell, Jason Heinze, Pablo Helman, John Helms, Shannon Henry, Christophe Hery, Neil Herzinger, Rebecca Heskes, Hal T. Hickel, Kela Hicks, Clark Higgins, Robert Hill, Christina Hills, Mary Hinman, David Hisanaga, David Hochstadter, Sean Hoessli, Samir Hoon, Chris Hopkins, John Horn, David Horsley, Christopher Horvath, Jim Hourihan, Peggy Hrastar, Dorne Huebler, Peg Hunter, Paul Huston, Tom L. Hutchinson, Greg Hyman, Grant Imahara, Polly Ing, Erich Ippen, Brad Isdrab, Velichko Ivanov, Albena Ivanova, Jason Ivimey, Jiri Jacknowitz, Alexis Jacobson, Annie Jan, Patrick Jarvis, Nancy Jencks, Erik Jensen, Mike Jobe, Jay Johnson, Keith Johnson, Doug Jones, Justin Jones, Zoran Kacic-Alesic, Michael Kaelin, Florian Kainz, Pratik Kalani, Luke Kane, Kal Karman, Sandra Ford Karpman, Brian Kasper, Louis Katz, Prateek Kaushal, Paul Kavanagh, Ira Keeler, Kat Kelly, Shawn Kelly, Susan Kelly-Andrews, Stephen Kennedy, Sahil Khurana, Jeff King, Ken Satchel King, Andrea Kistler, John Knoll, Stewart Kojima, Russell Koonce, Mitch Kopelman, Ed Kramer, Todd Krish, Christi Kugler, Swapnil Kulkarni, Martin L'Heureux, Brian La France, Jean-Claude Langer, Toby Langley, Jeroen Lapre, Kimberly Lashbrook, Joe Laude, Brian Lee, Cory Lee, Danny Lee, Lenny Lee, Steven G. Lee, Mohen Leo, C.J. LePage, Kelly Lepkowsky, John M. Levin, Joshua Levine, Victoria Lewis, Lyndon Li, David Lieberman, Jeffrey B. Light, James Lim, Alex Lindsay, Jonathan Litt, Victoria Livingstone, Daniel Lobl, Keith London, Luke Longin, Todd Lookinland, Nancy Luckoff, Michael Dean Ludlam, Valy Lungoccia, Sophie Luto, Craig Lyn, Alan Lynch, Michael Lynch, Anthony Mabin, Euan K. MacDonald, Mike MacKenzie, Philip Maddock, Simon Maddocks, Daniel Malig, Greg Maloney, Chris Manabe, Jules Mann, Raleigh Mann, Mitchell Marciales, Robert Marinic, Anthony Mariya, Alyson Markell, Joshua Marks, Tia L. Marshall, Kevin Martel, Dawn Martin, Neil Martin, Seth Martin, Ken Maruyama, Stephen Mascarenhas, Stuart T. Maschwitz, Dana Masino, Terrence Masson, Bill Mather, Pierre Maurer, Kevin May, Aaron McBride, Ian McCamey, Chris McClintock, Ann McColgan, W. Regan McGee, Glen McIntosh, Rich McKay, Jennifer McKnew, Tim McLaughlin, Rick McMahon, Scott McNamara, Dan McRae, Garrick Meeker, Will Melick, Jeremy Meltzer, Jordan Mendenhall, Lewis Menga, David Meny, Catrin Meredydd, Joseph Metten, Gary Meyer, Fred Meyers, Dan Michalske, Neil Michka, Amy Miller Jenkins, Carl Miller, Kerry Miller, Richard Miller, Kristen Millette, Marzena Milowska, Jim Milton, Michael Min, Christopher Minos, Carlos Miras Sepulveda, Sarosh Mistry, Chris Mitchell, Todd Mitchell, Curt I. Miyashiro, Craig Mohagen, Nadeem Mohd, Terry Molatore, Steve Molin, Jack Mongovan, Amanda K. Montgomery, Michael Morgan, Rodney Morgan, Tim Morgan, David Manos Morris, Katie Morris, Dani Morrow, Wendy Morton, Kenn Moynihan, Jacques Muller, Melissa Mullin, Atyeb Muneer, Daryl Munton, Joseph Murad, Dennis Muren, Dave Murphy, Ben Murray, Aaron Muszalski, Patrick T. Myers, David Nakabayashi, Craig Narramore, Patrick Neary, C. Andrew Nelson, Julie Nelson, Michael C. Newcomer, Vincent Vu Nguyen, Steve Nichols, Jeremy Nicolaides, Ken Nielsen, Jennifer Maryam Nona, Jaime Norman, Barry O'Brien, Luke O'Byrne, Dana O'Connor, Rick O'Connor, Travis O'Neill, Martin Ofori, Masi Oka, Michael Olague, Jeff Olson, Hiromi Ono, Khatsho John Orfali, Randy Ottenberg, David Owen, Christine M. Owens, David Parrish, David Parsons, Justin Pascal, Eddie Pasquarello, Shraddha Kishorbhai Patel, Russell Paul, Stephen Martin Paull, Mary Payne, Marisa Pearl, Brian Peluso, Michael Peters, Mike Peters, Alan Peterson, Lorne Peterson, Aaron Pfau, Jimmy Philip, Cary Phillips, John Pierce, Joshua Pines, Vance Piper, Anthony Pitone, Cliff Plumer, Anne Polland, Evan Pontoriero, Ellen Poon, Brian Pope, Nicolas Popravka, Tony Preciado, Scott Prior, Tom Proost, Christian Quickle, Kevin Rafferty, Chandraji Tharanga Rajakaruna, Ricardo Ramos, Vishwa Ranjan, Ravindra Singh Rathore, Steve Rawlins, Chuck Ray, Philippe Rebours, Jerrell Reddick, James Rees, Kevin Reuter, Dominic Ricci, Magali Rigaudias, Rick Rische, Latham Robertson, Massimiliano Rocchetti, Elsa Rodriguez, Amanda Ronai-Dahle, Corey Rosen, Martin Rosenberg, Alan Rosenfeld, Seth Rosenthal, Thomas Rosseter, Jonathan Rothbart, Don Rottiers, Christian Rouet, Ranjan Kumar Rout, Noel Rubin, Rosi Ruiz, Penny Runge, David Saccheri, Marc Sadeghi, Russell Sadeghpour, Barry Safley, Leslie Safley, Joe Salazar, Alessandro Salis, Mike Sanders, Sable Sanjiv, Beth Sasseen, Harshad Sawant, Robin Saxen, Ellen Schade, Eric Schafer, Frederic Schmidt, Durant Schoon, Jamie Schumacher, Sean Schur, Trish Schutz-Krause, Richard Servello, Felix Serwir, Nidhi Seth, Anthony Shafer, Jeff Shank, Michael Sharck, Maryam Sharifi, Sushant Sharma, Paul Sharpe, Sanket Shembekar, M. Zachary Sherman, Dan Shumaker, Josh Shuman, Prasanna Siddharthan, Linda Siegel, Aleksandra Sienkiewicz, John Silver, Nitin Singh, Nick Sinnott, Philip Sisk, Douglas James Smith, Heather Smith, Kenneth Smith, Kim Smith, Douglas Smythe, Glenn Snyder, Roland So, Tony Sommers, Brian Sorbo, Richard Sowerby, Scott Squires, Tom St. Amand, Christa Starr, Damian Steel, Michael Steffe, Kasy Stein, David Stephens, Jeffrey Stewart, Chris Stillman, John Stillman, Ken Stranahan, Eben Stromquist, Russ Sueyoshi, Alicia Suggs, David Sullivan, Mark Sullivan, Gaurav Sutar, Duncan Sutherland, Doug Sutton, Marc Sutton, Pat Sweeney, Glen Sylvester, Joe Takai, Larry Tan, Mark Tan, David Tanaka, Catherine Tate, Stephanie Taubert, Merzin Tavaria, Chad Taylor, Tim Teramoto, Eric Texier, Ginger Theisen, Neil Thompsett, Kim Thompson, Nick Thompson, Rohan Tirkey, Akshat Tiwari, Bill Tlusty, Lisa Todd, James Tooley, Marc Toscano, Vincent Toscano, Christopher Townsend, Iva Trajkovic, Si Duy Tran, Alan Travis, Marjolaine Tremblay, Alan Trombla, Alex Tropiec Jr., Chi Chung Tse, Daryl Tucker, Ryan Tudhope, Pat Turner, Trevor Tuttle, Yusei Uesugi, Hans Uhlig, Pan Vafeiadis, Saurabh Vaidya, Arturs Vaitilavics, Janis Vaitilavics, David Valentin, James Valentine, Michael Van Eps, Mohit Varde, Sherin Varghese, Bruce Vecchitto, Chris Ventress, Aurelio x. Vera Jr., Monica Verdu, Juvenal Vique, Leandro Visconti, Eric Voegels, Lauren Vogt, Paul Vorsman, Danny Wagner, Mark Walas, Melanie Walas, John Walker, Kevin Wallace, Steve Walton, Andy Wang, David Washburn, Dave Watson, Talmage Watson, Judith Weaver, Robert Weaver, Harold Weed, Susan M. Weeks, R.D. Wegener, Li-Hsien Wei, David Weitzberg, Diana Marie Wells, Colie Wertz, Ken Wesley, Erin West, R. Christopher White, Shane Christopher Wicklund, Chuck Wiley, Marc Wilhite, Scott Wirtz, Carrie Wolberg, Jessica Wolff, Andy Wong, Ron Woodall, Julie Woodbridge, Jeff Wozniak, William R. Wright, Eran Yachdav, Casey Yahnke, Elbert Yen, Jeffery Yost, Melva Young, Dean Yurke, Habib Zargarpour, Wei Zheng, Ken Ziegler, Rita E. Zimmerman, Sean Amlaner, Greg Baxter, Anna Bies, Don Bies, Marty Brenneis, Michael Corcoran, Mike DeMille, Joe DiCesare, James Doherty, Hannes Doornaert, Rejyna Douglass-Whitman, Nika Dunne, C. Michael Easton, David 'Rudy' Grossman, Nelson Hall, Ivo Horvat, Tony Hurd, Matt Jacobs, Rod M. Janusch, Wayne Kennedy, John Le'Burn, Euisung Lee, Stewart Lew, Peter Lish, Marla Newall, Chris Paizis, Mayur Patel, Michael Pecchia, Menelaos Peristeridis, Bruce Powell, Richard Pring, Cesar Quijada, Hanna Reduto, Rajat Roy, George Sakellariou, Adam Savage, Nick Seuser, Emmanuel Shiu, Jimi Simmons, Marcus Stokes, Katrina Stovold, Edward Taylor IV, Kevin Tengan, Paul Theren, Rohit Wesley Thomas, Oliver Thornton, Tristan Tom, Matt Wallin, Matthew A. Ward, Michael Wick, David Wiezer, Ka-Ping Yee, Susumu Yukuhiro

Stunts

Dani Biernat, Ray De-Haan, Sebastian Foxx, Gary Fry, Nick Gillard, Joss Gower, Rob Inch, Morgan Johnson, Baz Karbouris, Thomas J. Larsen, Taylor Murphy, Mark Anthony Newman, Andreas Petrides, Dominic Preece, Marc Cass, Joss Gower

Camera and Electrical Department

John Barry, Mark Binnall, Derek Boyes, Robin Brigham, Neil Brown, Joe Bullen, Sonny Burdis, Ben Butler, Michael Chambers, Ian Coffey, Gary Colkett, Peter Connolly, Vernon Connolly, Jason Coop, Trevor Coop, Jason Curtis, Adam Dale, Lester Dunton, Simon Dutton, Mark 'Rocky' Evans, Shaun Evans, Jonathan Fisher, Camille Griffin, Andrew Haddock, Graham Hall, Steven Hall, Keith Hamshere, Stuart Hurst, Luke Inman, Ed Jones, Giles Keyte, Keith Kirkum, Eddie Knight, Adam Lee, Eduardo Luján, Ron Lyons, Larry 'Dizzy' Meehan, Paul Mills, Stewart Monteith, Peter Myslowski, Giles Nuttgens, Mick O'Connell, Richard Oxley, Mike Parsons, Ben Perry, Garry Ridgwell, Dave Ridout, Roy Rowland, Bill Sansom, Steve Sansom, Lilia Sellami, Keith Sewell, Jon Shenk, Lotfi Siala, David Smith, Andy Subratie, Dathi Sveinbjarnarson, Hassen Tebbi, Mark Thomas, Lucien Nunes Vaz, George White, Jack White, Tim Wiley, Karim Ayari, James Gilligan, Jay Maidment, Dave Moore, Gordon Segrove, Robert Shacklady, Mike Valentine

Animation Department

Miguel A. Fuertes, Jay Rennie, Chuck Duke

Casting Department

Kirsten Hampton, Sally Millson

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Anthony Brookman, Rosaria Coppola, Ivo Coveney, Kay Coveney, John Cowell, Angela Creasor, Arabella Dean, Lou Durkin, Nigel Egerton, Emma Fryer, Steve Gell, Reuben Hart, Laura Johnson, Sharon Long, Susan MacKenzie, Debbie Marchant, Ann Maskrey, Anne Matheson, Ruth Matheson, Sharon McCormack, Naama Mejri, Lester Mills, Caroline Mirfin, Andrea Moon, Michael Mooney, Day Murch, Neil Murphy, Julie Nethercoat, Helen O'Donnell, Marnie Ormiston, Jane Petrie, Angela Pledge, Natalie Rodgers, Karen Shannon, Amber Smit, Peter Thompson, Roslyn Tiddy, Rachel Turner, Emma Walker, Karn Webster, Nicole Young, Catherine Buyse Dian, Sara Hope, Stephen Kill

Editorial Department

Kerry Bailey, Gary Burritt, Aura Gilge, Michael L. Holland, Lyvonne Klingler, Jamie Martin, Jim Passon, Marypat Plottner, Julian Pryce, Joseph Jett Sally, David Suther

Location Management

Ugo Criscuolo, Robert Jordan, Moslah Kraiem, Franco Rapa, Richard Sharkey

Music Department

Jonathan Allen, Jacqueline Barron, Mark Berrow, Ian Bousfield, Tom Boyd, Heather Cairncross, Chris Clad, Richard Clews, Stephen Coleman, Ronald Corp, Eric Crees, Peter Davies, Christopher Dee, George Doering, Michael Dore, Andrew Dudman, Yona Dunsford, Paul Edmund-Davies, Terry Edwards, N. Evans, Sarah Eyden, Rob Fardell, Andrew Findon, Rod Franks, Nigel Gomm, M.B. Gordy, Patrick Harrild, William Haskins, Bob Hughes, Huw Jenkins, Alison Jiear, Tim Jones, Skaila Kanga, Jonathan Lipton, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Lisa Donovan Lukas, Steve Mair, Miriam Mayer, James Maynard, Anne Mcaneney, Maurice Murphy, Shawn Murphy, Peter Myles, John Neufeld, Gordan Nikolitch, Conrad Pope, David Pyatt, Gerry Ruddock, Dennis Sager, James T. Sale, Marni Sanders, Steven L. Smith, James Thatcher, Jake Walker, Lawrence Wallington, Kenneth Wannberg, Bruce White, John Williams, Jonathan Williams, Joe Zimmerman, Rachel Bolt, Danielle Diego, Dave Forty, Ellen Ginsburg, Mark Graham, Darren N. Henson, Joseph Williams

Script and Continuity Department

Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Lisa Vick

Transportation Department

Phil Allchin, George Andrews, Nigel Birtchnell, Garry Clark, Peter Collins, Mark Davies, Brian Estabrook, Peter Graovac, John Hollywood, Fabio Mancini, Lassaad Mejri, Chris Streeter, Steve Timms

Additional Crew

Nina Axelrod, Abdallah Baaloch, Jon Baker, Jolyon Bambridge, Jane Bay, Amel Becharnia, Debra Blanchard, Tamana Bleasdale, Claudia Bravin, Jonathan Bresman, Scott Brewer, Martin Brown, Nick Byrne, Kate Campbell, Laura Cappato, Colin Coughlin, David Craig, Jenny Craik, Mel Claus Crawford, Gabe de Kelaita, Tim De'ath, David Deane, Jo Donaldson, Boyce R. Doyle, Cheryl Edwards, Kathryn Farrar, Shaun Fenn, Sam S Fernandes, Joan Field, Henry Forsyth, Nick Gillard, Wendy Gorman, Raymond Griffiths, Gavin Hale, Lynne Hale, Joe Halford, Barbara Harley, Nathan Holmes, Dean Hood, Kate Jones, Jemma Kearney, John Kearney, Jason King, Paul Kite, Michael Kohn, Koichi Kurisu, Marilena La Ferrara, Melissa Leigh, Leo Martin, Paul Matwiy, Rt Mawhood, Brian McCulley, Sophie Mellor, Anne Merrifield, Tina Mills, Sophie Milton Wright, Janet Nielsen, Hermione Ninnim, Lisa Parker, Tori Parry, Rajeshree Patel, Rino Piccolo, Clare Plummer, Kevin Posnanski, Alan Powell, Penelope Powell, Ardees Rabang, Louisa Rawlins, Mark Reynolds, Steve Ricard, Nicola Rosada, Steve Sansom, Debapriya Senanayak, Vrushank Shah, Jean Simmons, Christian Simpson, Val Sunderland, Michele Tandy, Isobel Thomas, John Torrijos, Sarah Touaibi, Jeannie Udall, Christian von Burkleo, Derek Warman, Sarah Wheale, Betty Williams, Marc Wilton, Winnie Wishart, Marc Wolff, Carla Zacchia, Sarita Allison, Don Austen, David Ayres, Claudia Cimmino, Phil Clarke, Chris Cypert, Steve Dent, Wendy Dixon, Carrie Fisher, Traci Genders, Louis Gendron, David Greenaway, Alan Harris, Anya Keith, Ali Keshavji, Michael Lynch, Chris Miller, James O'Donnell, Andreas Petrides, Peter Robey, Jay Sheveck, H.B. Siegel, Katherine Smee, Joan Washington, Sarah Wheale

Thanks

Gloria S. Borders, Jim Morris

Genres

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Companies

Lucasfilm

Countries

USA

Languages

English, Sanskrit

ContentRating

PG

ImDbRating

6.5

ImDb Rating Votes

798317

Metacritic Rating

51

Short Description

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It starred Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Pernilla August, and Frank Oz. It is the fourth film in the Star Wars film series, the first film of the prequel trilogy and the first chronological chapter of the Skywalker Saga . Set 32 years before the original trilogy, during the era of the Galactic Republic, the plot follows Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi as they try to protect Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo in hopes of securing a peaceful end to an interplanetary trade dispute. Joined by Anakin Skywalker—a young slave with unusually strong natural powers of the Force—they simultaneously contend with the mysterious return of the Sith. The film was produced by Lucasfilm, with 20th Century Fox distributing.

Following the release of Return of the Jedi, talks of a follow-up were proposed, but Lucas was unmotivated to return to the franchise. During the hiatus, the backstories he created for the characters, particularly Anakin s own backstory, sparked interest in him to develop a prequel trilogy during the 1990s. After he determined that computer-generated imagery (CGI) had advanced to the level he wanted for the prequel trilogy s visual effects, Lucas began writing The Phantom Menace in 1993, and production began in 1994. Filming started on June 26, 1997—at locations including Leavesden Film Studios and the Tunisian desert—and ended on September 30. The film marked Lucas first directorial effort after a 22-year hiatus following the original Star Wars in 1977.

The Phantom Menace was released in theaters on May 19, 1999, almost 16 years after the premiere of Return of the Jedi. The film s premiere was extensively covered by media and was greatly anticipated because of the large cultural following the Star Wars saga had cultivated. Upon its release, The Phantom Menace received mixed reviews. While the visual effects, action sequences, musical score, and the cast performances were praised, criticism was largely focused on the screenplay, pacing, Lloyd s performance, and characters, most notably Jar Jar Binks. Despite the mixed reception, The Phantom Menace was a box-office success and broke numerous box-office records during its debut. It grossed more than $924.3 million worldwide during its initial theatrical run, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1999, the second-highest-grossing film worldwide and in North America (behind Titanic), and the highest-grossing Star Wars film at the time (inflation notwithstanding). A 3D reissue, which earned an additional $102.7 million and brought the film s overall worldwide takings to over $1 billion, was released in February 2012. Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005) followed The Phantom Menace, rounding out the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Box Office Budget

$115,000,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$64,820,970

Box Office Gross USA

$474,544,677

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$1,027,082,707

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