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Remakes, sequels frame summer fare; Lucas' 'Star Wars' finale, Spielberg's 'Worlds' on tap.
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The Washington Times
Publication Date: 13-MAY-05 |
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Full Article Title: Remakes, sequels frame summer fare; Lucas' 'Star Wars' finale, Spielberg's 'Worlds' on tap.(SHOW) |
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Byline: Gary Arnold, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The tradition of the blockbuster-movie summer began almost 30 years ago, with the appearance of Steven Spielberg's movie version of "Jaws" in June 1975. Its phenomenal success and seasonal example were decisively reinforced two years later when George Lucas' "Star Wars" took the business by storm after opening (at a mere three dozen theaters) on Memorial Day weekend.
Since then, it has remained awesomely lucrative to reserve potential phenoms for Memorial Day and Fourth of July breakouts. In many cases their performance has helped float the entire summer. In other years, there were so many supplementary hits that the season could more or less carry the year.
This summer, there's a definite air of familiarity and perhaps finality about the principal attractions. Mr. Lucas concludes the "Star Wars" saga with a sixth chapter, subtitled "Revenge of the Sith," opening nationally on Thursday. It is, of course, meant to account for the calamitous events that led to the plot of the exuberant prototype of 1977....
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