Opening Night

Star Wars (original 1977 release print)

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George Lucas’ galaxy-shaking space fantasy screens from a glorious original 1977 dye transfer IB Technicolor British release print.

Thursday 12 June 17:30 NFT1

Thursday 12 June 20:30 NFT1

  • Director

    George Lucas

  • With

    Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness

  • USA 1977. 121min

  • 35mm

  • Certificate

    U

A long time ago, before it conquered the galaxy, captivated countless imaginations and forever shifted popular culture, George Lucas’ phenomenon began life as the magical tale of a young Jedi named Luke Skywalker, who joins with a pair of droids, a pilot, a Wookiee and an elder Jedi to rescue Princess Leia and help defeat Darth Vader and the dark side of the Force. In these very special screenings, we present the film exactly as experienced by audiences on its original 1977 release. Screening from one of the precious handful of dye transfer IB Technicolor prints produced uniquely for the first British release, and preserved in the BFI National Archive, this has some of the wear that comes with an archive print, but its colour is gloriously unfaded. Truly unmissable.

James Bell

Tickets £28, concessions £23 (Members pay £2.50 less).

These screenings will be balloted for BFI Members.