Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace

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Cast & Crew

Liam Neeson
Qui-Gon Jinn

Ewan McGregor
Obi-Wan Kenobi

Natalie Portman
Queen Amidala, Padmé Naberrie

Jake Lloyd
Anakin Skywalker

Pernilla August
Shmi Skywalker

Frank Oz
Master Yoda
Voice

Ian McDiarmid
Senator Palpatine, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine

Oliver Ford Davies
Sio Bibble

Hugh Quarshie
Captain Panaka

Ahmed Best
Jar Jar Binks, Senator
Voice

Samuel L. Jackson
Mace Windu

Ray Park
Darth Maul

Peter Serafinowicz
Darth Maul
Voice

Ralph Brown
Ric Olié

Terence Stamp
Chancellor Finis Valorum

Brian Blessed
Boss Nass
Voice

Sofia Coppola
Saché

Kenny Baker
R2-D2

Silas Carson
Nute Gunray, Radiant VII Pilot, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Lott Dod

Dhruv Chanchani
Kitster

George Lucas
Director

George Lucas
Writer

George Lucas
Executive Producer

Rick McCallum
Producer

John Williams
Original Music

David Tattersall
Cinematography

Ben Burtt
Film Editing

Paul Martin Smith
Film Editing

Robin Gurland
Casting

Gavin Bocquet
Production Design

Phil Harvey
Art Director

Fred Hole
Art Director

John King
Art Director

Rod McLean
Art Director

Peter Russell
Art Director

Peter Walpole
Set Decoration

Trisha Biggar
Costume Design

Mark Coulier
Special Makeup Effects

Paul Engelen
Key Makeup Artist

Sarah Love
Hair Stylist

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Audience Reviews for Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace

• Jul 20, 2020

  Watching this thing years later, I can finally say, this is not a good movie. I liked it well enough as a kid as a charming little adventure, but as an adult it's kind of a hard watch. I don't know that I was ever bored by anything, but it's wildly inconsistent and just not well put together. The writing is bad, the directing is awkward, and the CGI is about on par with a PlayStation 1 cutscene, if not worse. On top of that, it's really just not necessary. What do we learn from this movie for the overall Star Wars mythos? Basically how Sidious rose to the status of chancellor. Even that is more of a background thing for all the other weird crap happening, and probably could just have been put in the opening scroll of the next film. So it's a bad film, and at times it's pretty cringey. But I'd be lying if I said it wasn't at times an entertaining film. Not always for the right reasons, but it's got some fun stuff. I still like the podracing scene, and that final fight is as good as it was back in the day with some stellar choreography. It's got it's moments, I'll defend it a little bit, but overall it's pretty cringey and pointless.
  Michael M Super Reviewer
• Dec 29, 2019

  This is a terrible, terrible movie. I'm amazed that A) Lucas made a film like this, knowing how beloved the franchise was, and B) that the franchise remained so beloved after this had come out... It introduced Maul though, who is my favourite Star Wars character. So points on that one.
  Gimly M Super Reviewer
• Jun 22, 2016

  Darth Maul, double bladed lightsaber, what could go wrong with this film?! Oh yeah, comic relief Jar Jar Binks and a Tatooine pod race that went about 7-10 minutes too long. It is unfortunate that they wasted arguably the 2nd best villain of the entire franchise in the first abysmal film. About 3 minutes into Jar Jar Binks' screen time you know that the script has a long way to go to dig itself out of that hole.
  

  Patrick W Super Reviewer
• Mar 26, 2016

  A technical achievement in visual effects, makeup, art direction and score that is muddled by a lackluster script and poor acting. The fight scenes, while impressive and tons of fun, lack depth and emotion, and the characters feel like the SparkNotes version of much better characters.
  Matthew M Super Reviewer

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