Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) USA
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Director:George Lucas
Studio:Lucasfilm
Writer:George Lucas
Rating:6.4 (169,105 votes)
Rated:PG
Date Added:2009-02-14
Last Seen:2009-09-25
ASIN:B00003CX5P
UPC:024543023937
Awards:Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 49 nominations
Genre:Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Release:2005-03-22
IMDb:0120915
Duration:133
Picture Format:Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages:English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX, English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary by writer-director George Lucas producer Rick McCallum editor Ben Burtt animation director Rob Coleman and visual effects supervisors John Knoll Dennis Muren and Scott Squires Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Subtitles:English
Features:Exclusive deleted-scenes documentary features seven new sequences completed just for this DVD release: Complete Podrace Grid Sequence, Extended Podrace Lap Two, The Waterfall Sequence, The Air Taxi Sequence, Dawn Before the Race, Anakin's Scuffle with Greedo, Farewell to Jira
Multi-angle storyboard to animatic to film segment featuring the Submarine and Podrace Lap 1 sequences
Award-winning twelve-part Web documentary series that chronicles the production
Never-before-seen production photo gallery with special caption feature
Theatrical teaser and launch trailers, and seven TV spots
DVD-ROM weblink to exclusive Star Wars content
George Lucas  ...  (Director)
George Lucas  ...  (Writer)
 
Liam Neeson  ...  Qui-Gon Jinn
Ewan McGregor  ...  Obi-Wan Kenobi
Natalie Portman  ...  Queen Padmé Amidala
Jake Lloyd  ...  Anakin Skywalker
Pernilla August  ...  Shmi Skywalker
Frank Oz  ...  Yoda
Ian McDiarmid  ...  Senator Palpatine
Oliver Ford Davies  ...  Gov. Sio Bibble
Ray Park  ...  Darth Maul
Hugh Quarshie  ...  Capt. Panaka
Ahmed Best  ...  Jar Jar Binks
Anthony Daniels  ...  C-3PO
Kenny Baker  ...  R2-D2
Terence Stamp  ...  Supreme Chancellor Valorum
Brian Blessed  ...  Boss Nass
Comments: Every generation has a legend. Every journey has a first step. Every saga has a beginning.

Summary: The evil Trade Federation, led by Nute Gunray (Carson) is planning to take over the peaceful world of Naboo. Jedi's Qui-Gon Jinn (Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (McGregor) are sent to confront the leaders. But not everything goes to plan. The two Jedis escape, and along with their new Gungan friend, Jar Jar Binks (Best) head to Naboo to warn Queen Amidala (Portman), but droids have already started to capture Naboo and the Queen is not safe there. Eventually they land on Tatooine, where they become friends with a young boy known as Anakin Skywalker (Lloyd). Qui-Gon is curious about the boy, and sees a bright future for him. The group must now find a way of getting to Coruscant and to finally solve this trade dispute, but there is someone else hiding in the shadows. Are the sith really extinct? Is the Queen who she really says she is? and what's so special about this young boy? All these questions and more in the first chapter of the epic Star Wars saga.