Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D Review

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D


Release Date: 9th February 2012 - Australia


Production Companies
Lucasfilm Ltd.

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: PG

Runtime: 136 minutes


Budget: $115,000,000

Box Office Gross: $102,739,593 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
When the peaceful planet of Naboo gets invaded by the greedy Trade Federation, it's up to Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi to stop its leader, Nute Gunray, from taking control of the planet. After rescuing its Queen from the invasion, they end up stranded in the desert world of Tatooine, where they discover a young boy

named Anakin Skywalker

who has the unique power

of the Force. After winning

the podrace, Anakin joins

the Jedi, Queen Amidala,

with her trusted bodyguard,

Captain Panaka and a

banished Gungan, Jar Jar

Binks, to liberate Naboo.

Confront the Trade

Federation as well as a

dangerous enemy named

Darth Maul.

Little did they know that the invasion was the first part of a grander scheme from an evil force shrouded in the darkness known as the Sith.


Cast
Liam Neeson - Qui-Gon Jinn
Ewan McGregor - Obi-Wan
Kenobi
Natalie Portman - Queen
Amidala/Padmé
Jake Lloyd - Anakin Skywalker
Ian McDiarmid - Senator
Palpatine/Darth Sidious
Ahmed Best - Jar Jar Binks
Pernilla August - Shmi
Skywalker
Ray Park - Darth Maul
Peter Serafinowicz - Darth Maul/Battle Droid Commander/Gungan Scout (Voice)
Anthony Daniels - C-3PO (Voice)
Kenny Baker - R2-D2
Silas Carson - Nute Gunray/
Ki-Adi-Mundi/Lott Dod/

Republic Cruiser Pilot
Jerome St. John Blake -

Rune Haako/Orn Free

Taa/Oppo Rancisis/Mas

Amedda/Horox Ryyder/

Graxol Kelvynn/Mik Regrap

Hugh Quarshie - Captain
Panaka
Andy Secombe - Watto (Voice)
Frank Oz - Yoda (Voice)
Samuel L. Jackson - Mace Windu
Terence Stamp - Supreme
Chancellor Finis Valorum
Brian Blessed - Boss Nass (Voice)
Lewis Macleod - Sebulba (Voice)
Oliver Ford Davies - Sio Bibble
Warwick Davis - Wald/Pod Race Spectator/

Mos Espa Citizen
Ralph Brown - Ric Olié
Steve Speirs - Captain Tarpals
James Taylor - Rune Haako (Voice)
Greg Proops - Fode (Voice)
Scott Capurro - Beed (Voice)
Dhruv Chanchani - Kitster

John Fensom - TC-14

Lindsay Duncan - TC-14 (Voice)

Alan Ruscoe - Daultay Dofine/Plo Koon/

Bib Fortuna

Margaret Towner - Kira

Chris Sanders - Daultay Dofine (Voice)
Hassani Shapi - Eeth Koth
Gin Clarke - Adi Gallia
Khan Bonfis - Saesee Tiin
Michaela Cottrell - Even Piell
Dipka O'Neill Joti - Depa Billaba

Michelle Taylor - Yarael Poof

Phil Eason - Yaddle

Mark Coulier - Aks Moe

Celia Imrie - Fighter Pilot Bravo 5

Benedict Taylor - Fighter Pilot Bravo 2

Clarence Smith - Fighter Pilot Bravo 3

Dominic West - Palace Guard

Karol Silva - Rabé

Sofia Coppola - Saché
Keira Knightley - Sabé

Bronagh Gallagher - Republic Cruiser Captain

Amanda Lucas - Tey How (Voice)/

Diva Funquita

Toby Longworth - Lott Dod/Gragra

(Voice)

Marc Silk - Aks Moe/Sil Unch (Voice)

Matthew Wood - Bib Fortuna/

Ody Mandrell (Voice) (Uncredited)

Sally Hawkins - Villager (Uncredited)

Roman Coppola - Senate Guard

(Uncredited)

Richard Armitage - Naboo Fighter

Pilot (Uncredited)

John Knoll - Lt. Rya Kitsch - Bravo 4/

Flag Bearer (Cameo) Uncredited)

Rick McCallum - Naboo Courier (Cameo)

(Uncredited)

Ben Burtt - Naboo Courier (Cameo)

(Uncredited)

Paul Martin Smith - Naboo Courier (Cameo)

(Uncredited)

Dan Madsen - Kaadu Handler (Cameo)

(Uncredited)

Crew

Writer/Executive Producer/Director -
George Lucas

Script Supervisor - Jayne-Ann Tenggren
Producer - Rick McCallum

Casting Director - Robin Gurland

Production Designer - Gavin Bocquet
Design Director/Visual Effects Production
Designer: ILM - Doug Chiang

Concept Artists: USA - Marc Gabbana,

Kurt Kaufman, Iain McCaig, Ed Natividad,

Jay Shuster and Terryl Whitlatch
Supervising Art Director - Peter Russell

Art Directors - Phil Harvey, Fred Hole,

John King and Rod McLean

Art Director: Second Unit - Ricky Eyres

Art Director: Tunisia - Ben Scott
Set Decorator - Peter Walpole
Property Master - Ty Teiger
Live-Action Creature Effects Supervisor -
Nick Dudman

Chief Makeup Artist - Paul Engelen
Costume Designer - Trisha Biggar
Director of Photography - David Tattersall

Director of Photography: Second Unit -

Giles Nuttgens

Production Supervisor - David Brown

Production Manager - Jo Burn

Production Manager: Tunisia - Peter Heslop

Unit Manager: Tunisia - Jeremy Johns

First Assistant Director - Christopher Newman

Second Assistant Director - Bernard Bellew

Third Assistant Director - Ben Howarth

Location Managers - Robert Jordan

and Richard Sharkey

Second Unit Director - Roger Christian

Helicopter Pilot - Marc Wolff

Stunt Coordinator/Sword Master - Nick Gillard

Special Effects Supervisor: ILM - Geoff Heron

Animatronic Model Design Supervisor -

Chris Barton
Visual Effects Supervisors - Dennis Muren,
John Knoll and Scott Squires
Additional Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM -

Scott Farrar
Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM -

Barry Armour

Visual Effects Producers: ILM - Ned Gorman,
Jeff Olson, Heather Snith, Ginger Theisen and
Judith Weaver

Visual Effects Art Director: ILM -

David Nakabayashi

Visual Effects Storyboard/Conceptual Artists:

ILM - Brice Cox Jr., Warren Fu, Jules Mann

and Noel Rubin

Effects Directors of Photography: ILM -

Martin Rosenberg, Pat Turner, Ray Gilberti

and Pat Sweeney

Camera Operators: ILM - Carl Miller and

Vance Piper

Animation Director - Rob Coleman

Animation Supervisor: Ground Battle, ILM -

Tom Bertino

Technical Animation Supervisor: ILM -

James Tooley
Lead Computer Graphics Supervisor: ILM -

Kevin Rafferty

Computer Graphics Supervisors: ILM - Jon

& Tim Alexander, Christophe Hery,

Douglas Smythe, Euan K. MacDonald,
Greg Maloney, Patrick T. Myers,

Habib Zargarpour and Tom L. Hutchinson

Pre-Visualisation/Effects Supervisor - David Dozoretz

Viewpaint Supervisor: ILM - Jean Bolte

Motion Capture Supervisor: ILM - Jeffrey B. Light

Digital Modelling Supervisor: ILM - Geoff Campbell

Model Supervisor: ILM - Steve Gawley

Chief Model Makers: ILM - Charles Bailey,

William Beck, Barbara Affonso, Brian Gernand,

Keith London, Ira Keeler, Giovanni Donovan,

Lorne Peterson and Steve Walton

Chief Model Maker: ILM/Puppeteer: C-3PO

(Uncredited) - Michael Lynch

Model Maker: ILM/Puppeteer: R2-D2

(Uncredited) - Don Bies
Editor/Sound Design/Supervising

Sound Editor - Ben Burtt

Editor - Paul Martin Smith

Supervising Sound Editor - Tom Bellfort

Supervising Sound Editor/ADR Recordist -

Matthew Wood

Sound Recordist - John Midgley

Sound Effects Editors - Teresa Eckton

and Christopher Scarabosio

Foley Editors - Bruce Lacey and Marian Wilde

Foley Mixer - Tony Eckert

Foley Artists - Dennie Thorpe and Jana Vance

Dialogue/ADR Editors - Sara Bolder

and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

Re-Recording Mixers - Tom Johnson

and Gary Rydstrom

Re-Recording Mixer/Scoring Engineer -

Shawn Murphy

Music - John Williams

Music Editor - Kenneth Wannberg

Review
In its 3D version, THE PHANTOM MENACE looked good in some parts, but the film still has flaws, like the dopey Jar Jar Binks. Star Wars fans will find the podracing sequence more exciting in 3D. I don't mind the character of Yoda changing from a puppet to CGI. It's the way that Lucas intended.

Those who have seen the 2D version and did not know about the Star Wars franchise will get a chance to watch this 3D experience of a movie that they have finally waited a lifetime. If you prefer the film in 2D, you might have to get it on Blu-ray. So please comment on what you thought of this version.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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