George Lucas' zeitgeist-altering epic "Star Wars" came out in May of 1977 to overwhelming audience enthusiasm and massive financial success. Its light, adventurous tone, and pleasantly archetypal characters, not to mention its state-of-the-art special effects, hit a nerve with the general public, and the film was embraced to a degree only seen a few times since in the pop culture firmament. To this day, filmmakers have sought to emulate its success. The only film that ever came close was Luigi Cozzi's 1978 film "Star Crash," a film that nearly matched "Star Wars" in terms of financial success and pop recognition. That last part was a joke, but I encourage y'all to watch "Star Crash" nonetheless.
However, the version of "Star Wars" seen by audiences in 1977 was notably different from the one that can be seen by audiences in 2023. Over the decades, multiple subtle changes have been made to the original film.
However, the version of "Star Wars" seen by audiences in 1977 was notably different from the one that can be seen by audiences in 2023. Over the decades, multiple subtle changes have been made to the original film.
- 9/23/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The company behind the nationwide pro-firearms event Gun Appreciation Day has plans for a new follow-up effort meant to target minorities: "What Would Django Do?"
Following Gun Appreciation Day -- a Jan. 19 event that called for supporters to rally for the right to bear arms -- president of the Republican consulting firm Political Media, Larry Ward, plans to launch "What Would Django Do?," a campaign targeting minorities in the gun debate, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ward has partnered with Jonathan David Farley, principal of the "progressive" Warren Group, for the "What Would Django Do?" effort, which they hope to develop into a nonprofit charity.
“We’ll make sure we aren’t violating copyrights, and if we are, we’ll have to change the name," Ward told THR. "But Django is perfect for what we’re trying to do, which is to promote gun rights to minorities. We’ll tackle...
Following Gun Appreciation Day -- a Jan. 19 event that called for supporters to rally for the right to bear arms -- president of the Republican consulting firm Political Media, Larry Ward, plans to launch "What Would Django Do?," a campaign targeting minorities in the gun debate, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ward has partnered with Jonathan David Farley, principal of the "progressive" Warren Group, for the "What Would Django Do?" effort, which they hope to develop into a nonprofit charity.
“We’ll make sure we aren’t violating copyrights, and if we are, we’ll have to change the name," Ward told THR. "But Django is perfect for what we’re trying to do, which is to promote gun rights to minorities. We’ll tackle...
- 1/24/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Quentin Tarantino's latest film is being seen as a vehicle for the pro-gun movement in the Us to rally African American support
It is on course to be its director's highest-grossing film and has been nominated for five Oscars. But one rightwing Us group sees an opportunity in Quentin Tarantino's anti-slavery polemic Django Unchained that the film-maker is unlikely to have imagined when he wrote it: promoting the importance of gun ownership rights to African American audiences.
Political Media, which recently raised eyebrows in the Us in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut shootings with the launch of a controversial Gun Appreciation Day (complete with strident slogan: "Hands off my guns!") sees Tarantino's tale of a firearm-toting freed slave-turned bounty hunter as the perfect vehicle to convince black voters to support anti-gun control measures. The group's president Larry Ward told the Hollywood Reporter his latest campaign would be dubbed "What Would Django Do?...
It is on course to be its director's highest-grossing film and has been nominated for five Oscars. But one rightwing Us group sees an opportunity in Quentin Tarantino's anti-slavery polemic Django Unchained that the film-maker is unlikely to have imagined when he wrote it: promoting the importance of gun ownership rights to African American audiences.
Political Media, which recently raised eyebrows in the Us in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut shootings with the launch of a controversial Gun Appreciation Day (complete with strident slogan: "Hands off my guns!") sees Tarantino's tale of a firearm-toting freed slave-turned bounty hunter as the perfect vehicle to convince black voters to support anti-gun control measures. The group's president Larry Ward told the Hollywood Reporter his latest campaign would be dubbed "What Would Django Do?...
- 1/23/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
It's a popular talking point with conservatives that the purpose of the Second Amendment is to act as a check on a tyrannical government, our own government. According to liberal radio and TV host Thom Hartman, though, the original purpose of the amendment was to act as a check on rebellious slaves, which might just put a kink in Gun Appreciation Day founder Larry Ward's theory about Martin Luther King.
- 1/16/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
Appearing on CNN this morning, "Gun Appreciation Day" chairman Larry Ward said that if blacks had been armed, there never would have been slavery in America. "I think Martin Luther King, Jr. would agree with me if he were alive today that if African Americans had been given the right to keep and bear arms from day one of the country's founding, perhaps slavery might not have been a chapter in our history," Ward told CNN host Carol Costello.
- 1/11/2013
- by Andrew Kirell
- Mediaite - TV
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