It's been a long time -- "a long time..." -- since we heard anything about Patrick Read Johnson's autobiographical indie film 5-25-77. The title, of course, is a reference to the exact date that Star Wars came out in theaters, which is primarily what Johnson's film centers around.
Shot mostly in 2004 (with additional shoots after that) and set in 1976, the film follows Pat Johnson (played by a gangly John Francis Daley), a small-town movie geek whose advance screening of the yet-to-be released Star Wars changes his life forever. You can check out the trailer below, which was first posted online roughly a decade ago:
Alas, outside of a couple test screenings (most notably at Star Wars Celebration IV back in 2007), 5-25-77 never saw the light of day... until now.
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Shot mostly in 2004 (with additional shoots after that) and set in 1976, the film follows Pat Johnson (played by a gangly John Francis Daley), a small-town movie geek whose advance screening of the yet-to-be released Star Wars changes his life forever. You can check out the trailer below, which was first posted online roughly a decade ago:
Alas, outside of a couple test screenings (most notably at Star Wars Celebration IV back in 2007), 5-25-77 never saw the light of day... until now.
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