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[Nils Luehrmann]

Star Wait

Studio:Monkeys in Silk ProductionsYear:2005Run Time:74 minutesRating:NRAspect Ratio:1.33 OARAudio:English 2.0 DD StereoSpecial Features:Commentary, Extra Footage, Additional Documentary, Crew Bios, Credits, Easter EggRelease Date:November 1, 2005





The Movie...

Give a Nerd Some Lovin'

Every time a new Star Wars movie comes out, hundreds of Star Wars fans wait in line for 6 weeks. Who are these people? How do they deal with passersby making fun of them and most importantly, how do they go to the bathroom? Star Wait has these answers and many more.

Director Michael Rotman and Editor Adam Schenck stood in the "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" line with this colorful cast of characters to answer these questions and more.

Unless you never watched or read the news around the time each of the Star Wars films were released, you probably already heard about these dedicated fans who have camped out as long as six weeks in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, many of which have made it a pilgrimage for every Star Wars release. This project documents the experience of participating with these fans, and reveals for more about them then just their appreciation and devotion for Star Wars.

The documentary is played out in nine 'episodes'; curiously, this is the same number as the Star Wars series was originally going to be scripted for.

Episode I___: Welcome to the Line
Meet some of the cast. How do their badges help them avoid spoilers?

Episode II__: Give a Nerd Some Lovin'
A look at the couples and singles in the line.

Episode III_: The Visitors
A band preaching the love of Jesus plays 'til all hours of the night while also trying to form Hollywood's largest prayer circle.

Episode IV__: For a Good Time Call...
Everyone from all over the world calls the pay phone on Hollywood Blvd, including George Lucas.

Episode V___: Questions from the Street
You have questions for the line members? So did every single tourist who walked by the line.

Episode VI__: Tickets
The tickets finally go on sale... Maybe....? And Josh gets in a fight with Matt.

Episode VII_: Nerds Gone Wild
They get tattoos and get in a fight with a punk band. No, really.

Episode VIII: Media Darlings
Media from all over the world arrives the day of the movie and won't leave the line members alone.

Episode IX__: The End of The line
They waited for 6 weeks and they finally get to see the movie. But did they like it?


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The Movie: 3 / 5

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The Picture...

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The Picture: 3 / 5

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The Sound...

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The Sound: 2 / 5

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The Special Features...

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• Commentary #1: Special Guests
  Chap. 1,2__: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, and Josh (Elvis) Weinstein (The Original Members of Mystery Science Theater 3000)
  Chap. 3____: Jason Guy (Big Brother 3)
  Chap. 4____: Paul F. Tompkins (Mr. Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Daily Show)
  Chap. 5,6,9: Samm Levine (Freaks and Geeks, Club Dread, Not Another Teen Movie, The Mayor)
  Chap. 5,9__: Paget Brewster (Huff, Friends, Andy Richter Controls the Universe)
  Chap. 6____: John Daley (Freaks and Geeks, Kitchen Confidential, Regular Joe)
  Chap. 7____: Tarek Hamond and David Martinez (The punk rockers that fought with the line)
  Chap. 8,9__: Dana Gould (The Simpsons, The Ben Stiller Show)
  
• Commentary #2: Line Members
  Grimlock, Peter, Corey and Melanie
  
• Commentary #3: Filmmakers
  Michael Rotman (Director/Producer) and Adam Schenck (Editor/Producer)
  
• Commentary #4: Special Star Wars Track
  Amy Allen (The Jedi 'babe' Aayla Secura from Star Wars Episodes II and III)
  
• Documentary: Star Wait Again
  A 15 minute short revisiting many of the former line members for a 'then and now' perspective. Most were once again waiting in line for several weeks at Grauman's Chinese Theater for the opening of SW:III despite being told by everyone involved that the film was not going to be shown there. On the last day, George Lucas sent a couple dozen storm troopers from the So Cal Garrison (part of the infamous 501st Stormtrooper Legion who escorted them to the front of the line at their choice of either the Vista Theater or Arclight Cinemas so all's well that ends well.
  
• Extra Footage
  Over an hour of additional material (17 clips), much of which is even more entertaining than what made the final cut.
  
• A Special Easter Egg
  a multi-page gallery featuring 50 of the ID badges made for those members in the line. The last page includes the badges for Michael Rotman and Adam Schenck, the director and editor of 'Star Wait', as well as a photo of the backside of the ID badges. Each badge also identifies if the person was a member of 'the line' for Episode I, and where they ranked in that line. They also identify what state they are from, and what 'spoiler acceptance' level they are at (identified by the color of the light saber).
  
  To find this egg, go to the main menu, highlight 'Chapter I', then press the 'right' arrow key once. Wait 1 second, then press the 'right arrow key two more times. Don't press enter! The Gallery will appear automatically after the third time you hit the arrow key.
  

The Special Features: 3.5 / 5

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The Bottom Line...

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(RECOMMENDATION)

 

[Mike Frezon]

Nils: I especially find your section on the special features to be quite revealing!



Well, well said!

Actually, I wasn't going to pick this up..but when I read the back of the box at my local Target, I thought it looked like a lot of fun. My son and will be will finishing up Episode III this weekend. I may spin this after we're done with that.

 

[Nils Luehrmann]

:b

I think you are going to love this DVD! I also picked it up at target just out of pure curiosity, and the great price. Once I started, I couldn't stop watching. Several of the commentaries are really entertaining, and be sure to check out the extra footage!

I retired from DVD reviewing years ago, but because no one was even talking about this DVD I figured I'd brush of the cob webs and turn on the "blaa blaa blaas"

I've been so darn busy today that I've hardly had a chance to do anything but the formatting, and had it not been for David's help even that wouldn't have been done.

I'll try and get this out by the weekend.

 

[Kevin M]

.....sadly....this does indeed look like a great deal of DVD reviews out there these days.

 

[Nils Luehrmann]

__1 8.4 (63615) Sin City
__2 8.3 (_6120) King Kong
__3 8.3 (66696) Batman Begins
__4 8.2 (_2072) Capote
__5 8.1 (_3627) Good Night, and Good Luck.
__6 8.1 (27191) Serenity
__7 8.0 (_1038) Squid and the Whale, The
__8 8.0 (74952) Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
__9 8.0 (_7018) Walk the Line
_10 8.0 (_1191) Match Point
_11 8.0 (_7521) Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
_12 8.0 (11690) Cinderella Man
_13 7.9 (_3411) Brokeback Mountain
_14 7.9 (_3318) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
_15 7.8 (26838) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
_16 7.8 (_1019) Manderlay
_17 7.6 (_5878) Constant Gardener, The
_18 7.6 (_9254) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The
_19 7.6 (_2882) Me and You and Everyone We Know
_20 7.5 (11889) History of Violence, A
_21 7.5 (28577) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
_22 7.5 (12449) 40 Year Old Virgin, The
_23 7.5 (_5717) Broken Flowers
_24 7.5 (_5202) Pride & Prejudice
_25 7.5 (_5832) Lord of War
_26 7.4 (_2049) Hustle & Flow
_27 7.4 (17069) Wedding Crashers
_28 7.4 (_4640) Descent, The
_29 7.4 (_9338) Corpse Bride
_30 7.3 (_2007) Weather Man, The
_31 7.3 (_5905) Jarhead
_32 7.3 (_2492) Green Street Hooligans
_33 7.2 (_1444) Great Raid, The
_34 7.2 (_1049) Thumbsucker
_35 7.2 (_1326) North Country
_36 7.2 (_8774) Danny the Dog (Unleashed)
_37 7.1 (_1237) Proof
_38 7.1 (_1309) Shopgirl
_39 7.1 (10284) Saw II
_40 7.1 (_5724) Rent
_41 7.1 (_3955) Upside of Anger, The
_42 7.0 (_2250) In Her Shoes
_43 7.0 (_1946) Waiting...
_44 7.0 (_5315) Coach Carter
_45 7.0 (_3789) Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The
_46 6.9 (_6214) Devil's Rejects, The
_47 6.9 (_1035) Wolf Creek
_48 6.9 (_1136) Oliver Twist
_49 6.9 (_1357) Stay
_50 6.9 (_2427) Syriana
_51 6.9 (21702) Kingdom of Heaven
_52 6.8 (16115) Hitch
_53 6.8 (_6053) Four Brothers
_54 6.8 (16325) Island, The
_55 6.8 (_2706) Just Like Heaven
_56 6.8 (_1135) Happy Endings
_57 6.8 (_7639) Jacket, The
_58 6.7 (20878) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The
_59 6.7 (10765) Hostage
_60 6.7 (_3325) Sky High
_61 6.7 (_8231) Red Eye
_62 6.7 (_5476) Exorcism of Emily Rose, The
_63 6.7 (10997) Land of the Dead
_64 6.7 (_1246) Dear Wendy
_65 6.7 (45230) War of the Worlds
_66 6.6 (12509) Interpreter, The
_67 6.6 (22870) Mr. & Mrs. Smith
_68 6.6 (_2677) Lords of Dogtown
_69 6.5 (22187) Constantine
_70 6.5 (_8051) Robots
_71 6.5 (_4393) Fever Pitch
_72 6.4 (11525) Madagascar
_73 6.4 (_7401) Assault on Precinct 13
_74 6.3 (_6488) Skeleton Key, The
_75 6.3 (_4431) Elizabethtown
_76 6.2 (_8062) Longest Yard, The
_77 6.1 (_3890) Transporter 2
_78 6.0 (_7420) Flightplan
_79 6.0 (16893) Fantastic Four
_80 6.0 (_1034) Because of Winn-Dixie
_81 5.9 (_9103) Sahara
_82 5.9 (_1495) Ice Princess
_83 5.9 (_3806) Lot Like Love, A
_84 5.9 (_7344) Brothers Grimm, The
_85 5.9 (_1862) Last Days
_86 5.9 (_1505) Bad News Bears
_87 5.8 (_2095) Must Love Dogs
_88 5.8 (_1365) Two for the Money
_89 5.8 (_6844) Amityville Horror, The
_90 5.7 (_2975) Legend of Zorro, The
_91 5.7 (_1711) Derailed
_92 5.7 (_1315) Just Friends
_93 5.6 (_9795) Be Cool
_94 5.6 (_2643) Domino
_95 5.6 (_1489) Valiant
_96 5.6 (_1069) Cry_Wolf
_97 5.6 (_2316) Revolver
_98 5.5 (_3792) Dark Water
_99 5.5 (_2558) Chicken Little
100 5.5 (_4337) Guess Who
101 5.5 (_9111) Hide and Seek
102 5.4 (_6769) White Noise
103 5.4 (_1629) Racing Stripes
104 5.4 (_2680) Kicking & Screaming
105 5.4 (_7510) House of Wax
106 5.4 (_1973) Man of the House
107 5.3 (_6992) Doom
108 5.3 (_2974) Aeon Flux
109 5.2 (_3044) Wedding Date, The
110 5.2 (_6246) Pacifier, The
111 5.1 (_6388) Bewitched
112 5.1 (_1889) Into the Blue
113 5.1 (_9657) Ring Two, The
114 5.1 (_1338) Beauty Shop
115 5.1 (_4607) Monster-in-Law
116 5.1 (_8629) Elektra
117 5.0 (_1808) Diary of a Mad Black Woman
118 4.9 (_4243) Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
119 4.8 (_4372) Cursed
120 4.7 (_3475) Herbie: Fully Loaded
121 4.7 (_1245) Perfect Man, The
122 4.6 (_6443) Dukes of Hazzard, The
123 4.6 (_1593) Cave, The
124 4.6 (_5018) Stealth
125 4.1 (_4957) xXx: State of the Union
126 4.1 (_2549) Are We There Yet?
127 4.1 (_2850) Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
128 4.0 (_5036) Boogeyman
129 3.8 (_1059) Sound of Thunder, A
130 3.7 (_1264) Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D, The
131 2.9 (_1999) Fog, The
132 2.3 (_3470) Get Rich or Die Tryin'
133 2.3 (_5959) Alone in the Dark
134 2.1 (_3199) Son of the Mask
135 1.9 (_1661) Honeymooners, The
136 1.5 (_1076) In the Mix

__1 8.5 (__869) C.R.A.Z.Y.
__1 8.5 (__718) Moartea domnului Lazarescu
__1 8.4 (_1555) Black
__7 8.1 (__822) Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage
_17 7.7 (__711) Paradise Now
_17 7.7 (__626) Paha maa
_26 7.5 (__682) Caché (Hidden)
_27 7.4 (__807) De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped)
_28 7.4 (__507) Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey, The
_28 7.4 (__560) Adams æbler
_31 7.3 (__609) Dalkomhan insaeng (A Bittersweet Life)
_32 7.3 (__960) Poupées russes, Les (The Russian Dolls)
_36 7.2 (__539) Barfuss (Barefoot)
_72 6.5 (__627) Vet hard
_77 6.2 (__731) Qi jian (Seven Swords)
_77 6.1 (__670) San wa (The Myth)
_81 6.0 (__630) Tau man chi D (Initial D)
117 5.1 (__532) Empire des loups, L'

__2 8.3 (__935) Grizzly Man
__5 8.2 (_1137) Murderball
__8 8.0 (_5109) Marche de l'empereur, La (March of the Penguins)
_14 7.9 (__758) Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
_16 7.8 (__911) Mad Hot Ballroom
_33 7.3 (_1935) Aristocrats, The
_41 7.1 (__503) Rize
_42 7.0 (__776) Inside Deep Throat

_16 7.8 (__655) MirrorMask
_17 7.7 (__712) Junebug
_23 7.5 (__857) Everything Is Illuminated
_35 7.2 (__864) Unfinished Life, An
_65 6.7 (__502) Where the Truth Lies
_66 6.6 (__789) Ballad of Jack and Rose, The
_69 6.6 (__587) Memoirs of a Geisha
_69 6.6 (__974) Goal!
_69 6.5 (__582) Pooh's Heffalump Movie
_72 6.4 (__605) Greatest Game Ever Played, The
_76 6.2 (__804) League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, The
_82 5.9 (__763) Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
_85 5.9 (__962) Zathura
_88 5.8 (__994) Prime
_90 5.7 (__683) Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
_91 5.7 (__947) Ice Harvest, The
101 5.5 (__675) Man with the Screaming Brain
120 4.8 (__532) Man, The
125 4.3 (__580) Roll Bounce
126 4.1 (__903) Into the Sun
129 4.0 (__528) Rebound
131 3.6 (__889) Crow: Wicked Prayer, The
131 3.3 (__607) King's Ransom
132 2.8 (__591) Yours, Mine and Ours

__1 9.4 (___29) Block Party
__1 8.7 (___34) Imagine Me & You
__1 8.4 (__336) Transamerica
__7 8.1 (__311) Why We Fight
_10 8.0 (_1191) Match Point
_16 7.8 (_1019) Manderlay
_17 7.7 (___30) White Countess, The
_20 7.6 (__196) Matador, The
_26 7.5 (__682) Caché (Hidden)
_37 7.2 (__483) Don't Come Knocking
_46 7.0 (___89) Cock and Bull Story, A
_46 7.0 (__386) Mrs. Henderson Presents
_47 6.9 (__300) Nanny McPhee
_47 6.9 (_1035) Wolf Creek
_58 6.8 (__170) Casanova
_58 6.8 (___29) Winter Passing
_69 6.6 (__587) Memoirs of a Geisha
_72 6.5 (__232) Hostel
_76 6.3 (__417) Factotum
_77 6.2 (___62) Bubble
_78 6.1 (__256) Family Stone, The
_87 5.9 (__278) Magic Roundabout, The (Doogal)

___ ___ (_____) Cheaper by the Dozen 2
___ ___ (_____) Fun with Dick and Jane
___ ___ (_____) Munich
___ ___ (_____) New World, The
___ ___ (_____) Producers, The
___ ___ (_____) Ringer, The
___ ___ (_____) Rumor Has It...