Which Harrison Ford film was directed by George Lucas before his success with Star Wars; American Graffiti, Dynasty, or The Conversation?
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Dynasty (film) Dynasty is a 1976 NBC television film directed by Lee Philips. It stars Harrison Ford, Sarah Miles and Stacy Keach. The film was made during the period before "Star Wars" in which Ford's career was gaining momentum after his roles in "American Graffiti" and "The Conversation".
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American Graffiti American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed and co-written by George Lucas starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, and Wolfman Jack. Suzanne Somers and Joe Spano also appear in the film. Set in Modesto, California in 1962, the film is a study of the cruising and rock and roll cultures popular among the post–World War II baby boom generation. The film is told in a series of vignettes, telling the story of a group of teenagers and their adventures over a single night.
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Desire Street (film) Desire Street, also known as "La Calle Del Deseo" or "Calle Deseo", is a 2011 Spanish, Chinese, and U.S. co-production drama film, written and directed by Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi. Headed by actress Alexandra Smothers, the film features an ensemble cast also starring Alejandra Walker, Ellen Clifford, Javier Lopez, Kjord Davis, and Jesus Guevara. Revolving around an eccentric and dysfunctional Mexican immigrant family living in Los Angeles, California, the film is divided into three parts, each one with a story reflecting a family member (mother Carmen, daughter Bess and son Andrea) and the relationship that they establish with a new neighbor, a prostitute (Lucy Bell).
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Journey to Shiloh Journey to Shiloh is a 1968 Technicolor epic western film starring James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Harrison Ford, Brenda Scott, Albert Popwell, Jan-Michael Vincent, Robert Pine, Noah Beery and directed by William Hale. As well early starring performances from Caan and Sarrazin, it also features small parts for up-and-coming actors Harrison Ford and Jan-Michael Vincent.
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Harrison Ellenshaw Harrison Ellenshaw (born Peter Ellenshaw, July 20, 1945 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American matte painter, following his British-born father Peter Ellenshaw. He started his career at Walt Disney Studios. He later joined George Lucas's effects studio Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), where he produced many of the matte visual effects backgrounds for the films "Star Wars" (1977) and "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980). He then returned to Disney to work on the film "Dick Tracy" (1990), and eventually headed Disney Studio's effects department, Buena Vista Visual Effects (BVVE). He was also visual effects supervisor for "Tron" (1982), where he had the distinction of being the first person to have that credit in a film.
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Listen to Me Marlon Listen to Me Marlon is a 2015 documentary film written, directed and edited by Stevan Riley about the movie star and iconic actor Marlon Brando.
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Nation of Exiles Nation of Exiles is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by filmmaker Bavand Karim.
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Marcia Lucas Marcia Lou Lucas (née Griffin; born October 4, 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American film editor who was most well known for her work on the early 1970s films of Martin Scorsese. Lucas won the Academy Award for Best Editing in 1977 for "Star Wars," which was written and directed by her first husband, George Lucas.
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The Making of Star Wars The Making of Star Wars is a television special produced by 20th Century Fox, which aired on the ABC Television Network on September 16, 1977. It was written by Richard Schickel and directed and produced by Robert Guenette.
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Lego Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 Lego Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 is a 2009 comedy short film directed by a director Peder Pedersen and produced by M2Film for Lego and Cartoon Network in collaboration with Lucasfilm.
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A Decade Under the Influence (film) A Decade Under the Influence is a 2003 American documentary film, directed by Ted Demme and Richard LaGravenese. It was produced by Independent Film Channel. It is about the "turning point" in American cinema in the 1970s: New Hollywood. This was the final film Ted directed (his uncle Jonathan Demme died a decade later).
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Green Street (film) Green Street, or "Green Street Hooligans", is a 2005 British-American independent drama film about football hooliganism in the United Kingdom. It was directed by Lexi Alexander and stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. In the film, an American college student falls in with a violent West Ham football firm (the Green Street Elite) run by his brother-in-law's younger brother and is morally transformed by their commitment to each other.
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Napoleon's Barber Napoleon's Barber is a 1928 American featurette drama film directed by John Ford, and filmed in the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system. The film, Ford's first talkie, is now considered to be a lost film.
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The Delta Force The Delta Force is a 1986 Israeli-American action–thriller starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin (in his final film appearance) as leaders of an elite squad of Special Forces troops based on the real life U.S. Army Delta Force unit. It was directed by Menahem Golan and featured Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Vaughn, Steve James, Robert Forster, Shelley Winters, George Kennedy, and an uncredited Liam Neeson in an early role. The film was produced in Israel. Two sequels were produced entitled "" and the direct-to-video "". "The Delta Force" was "inspired by" the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
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Gerald (film) Gerald is a 2010 American comedy-drama film written, produced and edited by Tim Gallagher, directed by Marc Clebanoff (director of "Break"), and stars Louis Mandylor and Mackenzie Firgens with Deborah Theaker and Mickey Rooney. The main character, Gerald, was inspired by "Forrest Gump", Seymour Krelborn of "Little Shop of Horrors" and Mr. Gallagher's personal experience with mentally challenged individuals.
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Idiocracy Idiocracy is a 2006 American satirical science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Judge and starring Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, and Dax Shepard. The film tells the story of two people who take part in a top-secret military human hibernation experiment, only to awaken 500 years later in a dystopian society where advertising, commercialism, and cultural anti-intellectualism have run rampant, and which is devoid of intellectual curiosity, social responsibility, and coherent notions of justice and human rights.
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Harrison Ford filmography Harrison Ford is an American actor and voice actor who has appeared in numerous films. He is known for portraying Han Solo in "Star Wars" (1977), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), "Return of the Jedi" (1983), and "" (2015); Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "The Temple of Doom" (1984), "The Last Crusade" (1989) and "The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008); and Rick Deckard in "Blade Runner" (1982). He also played Jack Ryan in "Patriot Games" (1992) and again in "Clear and Present Danger" (1994).
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John Ford filmography John Ford (1894–1973) was an American film director whose career spanned from 1913 to 1971. During this time he directed more than 140 films. Born in Maine, Ford enter the filmmaking industry shortly after graduating from high school with the help of his older brother, Francis Ford, who had established himself as a leading man and director for Universal Studios. After working as an actor, assistant director, stuntman, and prop man – often for his brother – Universal gave Ford the opportunity to direct in 1917. Initially working in short films, he quickly moved into features, largely with Harry Carey as his star. In 1920 Ford left Universal and began working for the Fox Film Corporation. During the next ten years he directed more than 30 films, including the westerns "The Iron Horse" (1924) and "3 Bad Men" (1926), both starring George O'Brien, the war drama "Four Sons" and the Irish romantic drama "Hangman's House" (both 1928 and both starring Victor McLaglen). In the same year of these last two films, Ford directed his first all-talking film, the short "Napoleon's Barber". The following year he directed his first all-talking feature, "The Black Watch".
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Twice Upon a Time (1983 film) Twice Upon a Time is a 1983 American animated fantasy comedy film directed by John Korty and Charles Swenson. It is the first animated film produced by George Lucas. The movie uses a form of cutout animation which the filmmakers called "Lumage", involving prefabricated cut-out plastic pieces that the animators moved on a light table.
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The Story of Star Wars The Story Of Star Wars is a 1977 record album presenting an abridged version of the events depicted in the film "Star Wars", using dialogue and sound effects from the original film. The recording was produced by George Lucas and Alan Livingston, and was narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne. The script was adapted by E. Jack Kaplan and Cheryl Gard.
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Cowboys &amp; Aliens Cowboys & Aliens is a 2011 American science fiction Western film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde. The film is based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. The plot revolves around an amnesiac outlaw (Craig), a wealthy cattleman (Ford), and a mysterious traveler (Wilde) who must ally to save a group of townspeople abducted by aliens. The screenplay was written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, based on a screen story by the latter two along with Steve Oedekerk. The film was produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Kurtzman, Orci and Rosenberg, with Steven Spielberg and Favreau serving as executive producers.
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Star Wars Gangsta Rap The "Star Wars Gangsta Rap" is a parody song based on the original "Star Wars" trilogy. The song was later popularized as a Flash animated music video and was the first winner of the Audience Choice Award in the Lucasfilm-sponsored Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards.