Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE

(Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)

A film directed by George Lucas
1999 - 136 minutes - Color - Dolby Digital - 2.35

SYNOPSIS

(32 Years Before Episode IV) Stranded on the desert planet Tatooine
after rescuing young Queen Amidala from the impending invasion of
Naboo, Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi Master discover
nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker, a young slave unusually strong in the Force. Anakin wins a thrilling Podrace and with it his freedom as
he l eaves his home to be trained as a Jedi. The heroes return to
Naboo where Anakin and the Queen face massive invasion forces
while the two Jedi contend with a deadly foe named Darth Maul. Only
then do they realize the invasion is merely the first step in a sinister
scheme by the re-emergent forces of darkness known as the Sith.

MAIN CAST

Liam Neeson
Ewan McGregor
Natalie Portman
Jake Lloyd
Ian McDiarmid
Pernilla August
Oliver Ford Davies
Hugh Quarshie
Ahmed Best
Anthony Daniels
Kenny Baker
Frank Oz
Terence Stamp
Brian Blessed
Andrew Secombe

Qui-Gon Jinn
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Queen Amidala / Padmé
Anakin Skywalker
Senator Palpatine
Shmi Skywalker
Sio Bibble
Captain Panaka
Jar Jar Binks (voice)
C-3PO (voice)
R2-D2
Yoda (voice)
Chancellor Valorum
Boss Nass (voice)
Watto

ALSO KNOWN AS

Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace (us)
Star Wars: Episode I (us)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Beginning (us)
The Phantom Menace (us)

RELEASE DATES

US Release Date: May 19, 1999
UK Release Date: July 16, 1999

PRODUCTION

Lucasfilm

DISTRIBUTORS

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (...

BOX-OFFICE

Budget
$115,000,000

Worldwide Box-Office
$506,618,295

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