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• Studio: Mediatrip.com
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (112 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0615115187
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This live-action short film mines comic gold from sly conjecture: three days before graduation in 1967, USC film student George Lucas (Martin Hynes) is still struggling with his unfinished script for an "agricultural space tragedy," fending off interruptions from a bong-toting stoner roommate and a pretentious, black-clad neighbor and rival whose pompous threats of industry domination are interrupted by noisy applications of his asthma inhaler. Just when Lucas seems at wit's end, his chance encounter with Marion (Lisa Jakub), an admiring student radical with a distinctive coiffure employing twin buns, provides the filmmaker with the key: "Write what you know."

Thus, director and cowriter Joe Nussbaum deftly and affectionately parodies Shakespeare in Love while skewering the ubiquitous Star Wars mythos in only eight minutes. This droll confection gets all the details right, from its late-'60s countercultural backdrop to a score that nimbly weaves bursts of John Williams-like symphonic bombast with tremulous, neo-Elizabethan chamber motifs. Crisply shot and edited, the film even employs the lateral wipes and keyhole dissolves Lucas resurrected from '30s serials for his epochal space opera. For Star Wars buffs and film fans in general, George Lucas in Love proves a delight. --Sam Sutherland

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39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very enjoyable 9 minutes.., June 20, 2000

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David L. White (Everett, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: George Lucas in Love (VHS Tape)

Several reviewers around here really seem to want a lot from a 9 minute film.

'George Lucas In Love' was a very fun short. From Lucas' roommate Benji talking about an 'all powerful force' to his friends Hal & Chuck working on Hal's 'fastest thing on campus' to a professor whose speech patterns resembled a well known Jedi Master, this film has a heck of a lot crammed into it's 9 minutes. If anything, the filmmakers should have done a 15-20 minute film! The film was very clever and enjoyable. Maybe just a tad bit funnier than 'Hardware Wars'.

The music, cinematography, and acting are all very good, indeed. Anyone who didn't enjoy this at least a little really needs to get a sense of humor. Of course, it's a bit cheesy, but it's meant to be that way. It's presented in the slightly corny, overblown way that 'Hardware Wars' or the 'Naked Gun' films were. The same people who didn't understand those films probably won't understand 'George Lucas In Love'. It's not a 'great' film, but who cares? It's a fun little short by a guy who really loves 'Star Wars'. Some have condemned the filmmakers doing this just for the money. I seriously doubt that Mr. Nussbaum will make a huge fortune from this film and if he does, big deal. Nothing wrong with making money from doing what you love or making money at all. Surely, none of the people who reviewed this film would go and work at their jobs for free and live in a cardboard box under a bridge somewhere! Anyway, GLIL is great fun and a great to watch before your next screening of 'Phantom Menace' or the original trilogy.

31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone's a Critic! 'Lucas' was Phenomenal!, July 16, 2000

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John Greening (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: George Lucas in Love (VHS Tape)

Reading many of these reviews after having seen the movie myself, I've come to the conclusion MANY seem to agree with: This was an amazing film, and those who criticize it are upset that they didn't think of the idea first! It was a 9-minute independent film, and yet wove through Star Wars, George Lucas, and Shakespeare in Love so slyly, that you must applaud Mr. Nussbaum, Mr. Dowling, and Mr. Levy for an amazing piece of cinema.

To those who criticize, go ahead and nag! The people, however, have spoken, making it the most downloaded movie ever on the Internet, and I understand that Mr. Nussbaum is the talk of Hollywood as the next big director out of USC. Don't take my word for it - Read the Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, and the New York Times! If the biggest complaint is that 'Lucas' isn't long enough, it's a testament to the genius and skill of those involved. Bravo!

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nicely done., June 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: George Lucas in Love (VHS Tape)

I've been a Star Wars fan since May 1977 and this is certainly the finest homage to the trilogy and to Lucas that I've seen.

Who knows what really inspired George Lucas to create the Star Wars universe, but this is some very funny conjecture. Lots of quicky sight gags, some oddly familiar characters, and music that you swear you've heard somewhere before come together to tell a sweet and clever little story. I would think that any fan of Star Wars (and we are legion) would get a kick out of this short film.

I'm just sorry I didn't think to make it first. Nice work, Joe Nussbaum! END