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With Star Wars, even purists feel only slight resentment at the alterations, because the main addition is a scene intended for the original but pulled because of technological and budgetary constraints. In The Empire Strikes Back the necessity for or even the intention behind the changes is not as clear...

Author: By Benjamin Cavell, | Title: THE EMPIRE FALLS SHORT | 2/27/1997 | See Source »

But the next bit of news was significantly less welcome. Apparently, Sir Alec is not an entirely contented participant in the Star Wars, which was originally just a nutty sci-fi picture he agreed to work on because of his admiration for George Lucas, eclipsed the rest of his long...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: Alive and Well | 2/22/1997 | See Source »

In fairness, I can see where Guinness is coming from. He has had a truly remarkable film career, and was already a much admired star when Star Wars was not even a gleam in Lucas's eye. His portrayal of Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai, for...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: Alive and Well | 2/22/1997 | See Source »

Few eyebrows are raised, then, when a single gal named Linda (Natalie Canerday) takes Karl in as company for said Frank (Lucas Black), her son. If this were a Hollywood movie, Karl would be hit by a beam of light, Babyface would croon a Tender Ballad, and Karl's newfound...

Author: By Nick K. Davis, | Title: Thornton's One-Man Show a Gem | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

In 1997 I'm still old. The Star Wars generation is middle-aged. But Lucas' epic has got younger. Innocence will do that to a movie.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: OUR CRITIC RIDES A TIME MACHINE | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

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