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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
MEANRANK
88/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #33
- IMDb #17
- Google retired #109
- Rotten Tomatoes #79
- Metacritic #119
- Letterboxd #48
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #630
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #17
- Metacritic Critics #576
- Metacritic Audience #6
- Criticker #42
- Douban #360
- Kinopoisk #142
- AlloCiné #18
- Trakt #33
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 76, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 97.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The Rebel Alliance is forced to flee its base on the ice planet Hoth after an attack by the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker journeys to a swamp planet to receive training from a Jedi Master, while Han Solo and Princess Leia are relentlessly pursued by the Empire's forces, leading to a confrontation with the Sith Lord Darth Vader.
Details
- Director
- Irvin Kershner
- Writers
- George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan, Leigh Brackett
- Studio
- Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Released
- 20 May 1980
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $18.0M
- Box office
- $538.4M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →4 major awards won · 6 wins from 12 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| 53rd Academy Awards 1981 | Best Sound | Gregg Landaker | Winner |
| 53rd Academy Awards 1981 | Best Sound | Steve Maslow | Winner |
| 53rd Academy Awards 1981 | Best Sound | Bill Varney | Winner |
| 53rd Academy Awards 1981 | Best Sound | Peter Sutton | Winner |
| 53rd Academy Awards 1981 | Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
| 53rd Academy Awards 1981 | Best Production Design | Harry Lange | Nominee |
| 53rd Academy Awards 1981 | Best Production Design | Alan Tomkins | Nominee |
| 53rd Academy Awards 1981 | Best Production Design | Norman Reynolds | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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12 awards — Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
×| Best Sound | Gregg Landaker | Winner |
| Best Sound | Steve Maslow | Winner |
| Best Sound | Bill Varney | Winner |
| Best Sound | Peter Sutton | Winner |
| Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Harry Lange | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Alan Tomkins | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Norman Reynolds | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Michael D. Ford | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Leslie Dilley | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Film | Winner |
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Winner |