Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

release date:	May 19, 1999
genre:	Sci-Fi
running time:	131 min.
director:	George Lucas
studio:	20th Century Fox
producer(s):	Rick McCallum
cast:	Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Samuel L. Jackson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best, Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Pernilla August, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Adrian Dunbar, Terence Stamp, Oliver Ford Davies, Ray Park, Warwick Davis, Hugh Quarshie, Madison Lloyd, Brian Blessed, Ralph Brown, Silas Carson, Dhruv Chanchani, Celia Imrie, Andy Secombe, Cin , Khan Bonfils, Alan Ruscoe, Michelle Taylor, Michaela Cottrell, John Fensom, Christina Disilva, Jerome Blake, Nishan Hindes, Nifan Hindes, Keira Knightley
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Movie Synopsis

Set before the birth of Luke Skywalker, word is that Lucas wants to imbue his new trilogy with a more somber atmosphere than the ones that came before. As the official -- and very snazzy-looking, Star Wars site (www.starwars.com) lets us know ... "The new designs partake of Star Wars origins and destiny in a symbolic and poetic image that draws upon the very heart of the saga, expressed in the isolated figure of a young boy, Anakin Skywalker. As the banner and poster designs suggest, Episode I is about momentous beginnings. 'We want people to understand that this is not just one film, but the beginning of an epic saga,' commented Jim Ward, Director of Marketing for Lucasfilm. 'Episode I is a Star Wars film, and of course it is filled with excitement and spectacle, but it is also special in that it is the first part of the grand story arc that culminates in the classic Star Wars films. Episode I reveals events that will cast a long shadow in the Star Wars saga, clearly something that comes through in the banner and one sheet design.'