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Film, Video Web Page The empire strikes back Star wars

About this Item

Title

  • The empire strikes back

Other Title

  • Star wars

Names

  • Kershner, Irvin, direction.
  • Brackett, Leigh, writing.
  • Kasdan, Lawrence, 1949- writing.
  • Hamill, Mark, cast.
  • Ford, Harrison, 1942- cast.
  • Fisher, Carrie, cast.
  • Williams, Billy Dee, 1937- cast.
  • LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation : Lucasfilm, Ltd., 1980 ; United States : CBS/Fox Video, 1984.

Genre

  • Science fiction films
  • Feature films
  • Videodiscs

Notes

  • -  PA72-282 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Lucasfilm, Ltd. Appl. au.: Chapter II Company. NM: motion picture based on preexisting screenplay. DCR 1980; PUB 6May80; REG 13Jun80.
  • -  Story by George Lucas ; music by John Williams ; director of photography, Peter Suschitzky ; edited by Paul Hirsch.
  • -  Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels.
  • -  Videodisc distribution date from copyright notice on disc jacket and label.
  • -  On videodisc jacket: 1425-84.
  • -  Sources used: copyright data base; disc jacket.
  • -  Received: 11/1988; viewing copy; purchase; LC Purchase Collection.
  • -  Received: 10/9/1980; viewing print; copyright deposit--no agreement; Copyright Collection.
  • -  Viewing copy and ref print not screened.

Medium

  • 3 videodiscs of 3 (optical) (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in. viewing copy.
  • 12 film reels of 12 on 6 (ca. 120 min., ca. 11,219 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm. viewing print.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DAA 1839 (viewing copy)
  • FGD 7518-7523 (viewing print)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96512208

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Brackett, Leigh, Writing, Lawrence Kasdan, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Lc Purchase Collection, and Copyright Collection. The Empire Strikes Back. directeds by Kershner, Irvinection United States: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation: Lucasfilm, Ltd., ; United States: CBS/Fox Video, 1984, 1984. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96512208/.

APA citation style:

Brackett, L., Kasdan, L., Hamill, M., Ford, H., Fisher, C., Williams, B. D. [...] Copyright Collection. (1984) The Empire Strikes Back. Kershner, I., dir United States: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation: Lucasfilm, Ltd., ; United States: CBS/Fox Video, 1984. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96512208/.

MLA citation style:

Brackett, Leigh, Writing, et al. The Empire Strikes Back. dir by Kershner, Irvinection United States: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation: Lucasfilm, Ltd., ; United States: CBS/Fox Video, 1984, 1984. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/96512208/>.