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Feel the force at Commonweal School with Star Wars
documentary screening

in association with
A new documentary about the December, 7pm and media and film
making of Star Wars will be hosted students from the sixth form will
at Commonweal School in Old lead a question and answer session
Town in December. following the screening.
And two of the original Film Studies teacher Cherise
Stormtrooper actors will be on Osolin said: “The students are really
hand to answer questions from the excited. It is really important to the
audience. learning experience to have hands
Some of the scenes for the on work with people from the
feature-length film, Elstree 1976, industry.”
were shot on the roof and in the The independent cinema tour, in
basement of the Wyvern Theatre. support of the UK release, started
The original costumes were on 6 November at the legendary
provided by Luke Kaye of Luke Prince Charles Cinema in London
Skywalker fancy dress company, with showings across the country,
who is also an executive producer culminating with the showing in
on the film. Swindon.
Commonweal School host the All dates include a post-screening
South West screening in their director and cast Q&A including
purpose built C6 auditorium on 8 Laurie Goode (the Stormtrooper
who banged his head) and Anthony
Forrest (these aren’t the droids
we’re looking for Stormtrooper). Actor Paul Blake - the man behind Greedo’s mask back on the 1976 set
The film explores how over the
summer of 1976, a vast army Production, made in association with
of American and British actors The Works, Verax Films and British
and extras donned crazy Film Company. The film was made
costumes to populate between 2012 and 2015. Post-
George Lucas’s universe. Production was funded by a highly
Few of them understood successful Kickstarter crowd-funding
what the film was, let alone campaign.
the impact it would go on The film originally premiered at
to have. London Film Festival 2015
Filmmaker Jon Spira has It was released in the UK on
tracked down some of those Itunes and special edition DVD in
who were there, to find out what November.
it means to exist in the shadow of The running time is 97 Minutes,
such a phenomenon. BBFC Certificate 12, and tickets are
Elstree 1976 is a Canal Cat Films available from facebook/elstree1976

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