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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977
· Movie
· 121 min
A
MEANRANK
87/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #64
- IMDb #23
- Google retired #596
- Rotten Tomatoes #115
- Metacritic #54
- Letterboxd #284
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #621
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #38
- Metacritic Critics #194
- Metacritic Audience #21
- Criticker #134
- Douban #308
- Kinopoisk #168
- AlloCiné #37
- Trakt #49
Every rating
72–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 96.
See the most agreed on films →A farm boy on a desert planet dreams of adventure beyond his solitary life. He purchases two runaway droids that unknowingly carry secret plans vital to a rebellion against a galactic empire. This act pulls him into a conflict far greater than himself, leading him to team up with a cynical smuggler, his co-pilot, and an old hermit on a mission to deliver the plans and rescue a princess from the empire's ultimate weapon.
Details
- Director
- George Lucas
- Writer
- George Lucas
- Studio
- Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Released
- 25 May 1977
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $11.0M
- Box office
- $775.4M
- Awards
- 23 wins, 15 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (105) →
Awards & nominations
See all 38 →1 major award won · 23 wins from 38 nominations across 33 ceremonies
| Special Achievement Academy Award 1977 | Special Achievement Academy Award | Ben Burtt | Winner |
| Best Actor 1977 | Best Actor | Mark Hamill | Nominee |
| Best Actor 1977 | Best Actor | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
| Best Actress 1977 | Best Actress | Carrie Fisher | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction 1977 | Best Art Direction | John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley and Roger Christian | Winner |
| Best Art Direction 1977 | Best Art Direction | Norman Reynolds and Leslie Dilley | Winner |
| Best Cinematography 1977 | Best Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor | Winner |
| Best Costume Design 1977 | Best Costume Design | John Mollo | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Special Achievement Academy Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Achievement Academy Award | Ben Burtt | Winner |
Best Sound
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Sound | Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler and Derek Ball | Winner |
| Best Sound | Ben Burtt and Don MacDougall | Winner |
| Best Sound | Sam Shaw, Robert Rutledge, Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball, Don MacDougall, Bob Minkler, Ray West, Michael Minkler, Les Fresholtz, Richard Portman and Ben Burtt | Winner |
Best Art Direction
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Art Direction | John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley and Roger Christian | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Norman Reynolds and Leslie Dilley | Winner |
Best Cinematography
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor | Winner |
Best Costume Design
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Costume Design | John Mollo | Winner |
Best Dramatic Presentation
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Dramatic Presentation | George Lucas | Winner |
Best Film Editing
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film Editing | Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew | Winner |
Best Instrumental Composition
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | Winner |
Best Make-up
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Make-up | Rick Baker and Stuart Freeborn | Winner |
Best Music
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Music | John Williams | Winner |
Best Original Music
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Music | John Williams | Winner |
Best Original Score
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Score | John Williams | Winner |
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | John Williams | Winner |
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance | John Williams | Winner |
Best Science Fiction Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Science Fiction Film | Gary Kurtz | Winner |
Best Set Decoration
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Set Decoration | Roger Christian | Winner |
Best Special Effects
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Special Effects | John Dykstra and John Stears | Winner |
Best Visual Effects
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Visual Effects | John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune and Robert Blalack | Winner |
Best Writing
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Writing | George Lucas | Winner |
Scientific and Engineering Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Scientific and Engineering Award | John Dykstra, Alvah J. Miller and Jerry Jeffress | Winner |
Best Actor
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Mark Hamill | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
Best Supporting Actor
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actor | Peter Cushing | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Alec Guinness | Nominee |
Best Actress
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Carrie Fisher | Nominee |
Best Director
1 nomination
| Best Director | George Lucas | Nominee |
Best Editing
1 nomination
| Best Editing | Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew | Nominee |
Best Film
1 nomination
| Best Film | Gary Kurtz | Nominee |
Best Motion Picture – Drama
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Gary Kurtz | Nominee |
Best Original Screenplay
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | George Lucas | Nominee |
Best Picture
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Gary Kurtz | Nominee |
Best Production Design
1 nomination
| Best Production Design | John Barry | Nominee |
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Alec Guinness | Nominee |
Favorite Pop/Rock Album
1 nomination
| Favorite Pop/Rock Album | John Williams | Nominee |
Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | George Lucas | Nominee |