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Release Date
• USA: Dec 3, 1999
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 16, 2001
• R2: 20 Sep 2004
Budget $115,000,000
Official Website:
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG for sci-fi action/violence.
Running Time
2 hours, 13 minutes
Country USA
Studio Lucasfilm
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Other Titles
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
• The Phantom Menace
• Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
• Star Wars: Episode I (1998)
• Star Wars: Episode I - Die dunkle Bedrohung (1999)
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Beginning (1998)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, Robots, Deception, Tragedy, Futuristic, Martial Arts, Epic, Fantasy, Love
Tagline: Every generation has a legend. Every journey has a first step. Every saga has a beginning.
Plot: The first of three prequels to George Lucas’s celebrated STAR WARS films, EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE is set some 30 years before the original STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE in the era of the Republic. Naboo, a peaceful planet governed by the young but wise Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman), is being threatened by the corrupt Trade Federation, puppets of an evil Sith lord and his terrifying apprentice, Darth Maul (Ray Park). Jedi knights Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor, performing an amazing vocal imitation of Alec Guinness, the older Obi-Wan) are called on to intervene in the trade disputes. Along the way, they acquire an apprentice of their own in the form of young prodigy Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), or as STAR WARS fans know him, the future Darth Vader. They also encounter Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed Best), a goofy, lizardlike creature who has been banished from his underwater world for clumsiness. When the Trade Federation launches an attack on Naboo, the queen and her allies must battle hordes of robot troopers while Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan face off against the sinister Darth Maul. One of the most anticipated films of all time, THE PHANTOM MENACE sets the stage for the tumultuous events to come. Lucas fills the screen with detailed sci-fi creatures
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| Directed by |
George Lucas
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones |
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| Written by |
George Lucas
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi |
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| Cast |
Liam Neeson
Schindler's List, Batman Begins, Gangs of New York |
 | Ewan McGregor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Moulin Rouge! |
 | Natalie Portman
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Leon |
 | Jake Lloyd
Jingle All the Way, Unhook the Stars, The Stars of Star Wars: Interviews From the Cast |
 | Frank Oz
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi |
 | Ian McDiarmid
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones |
 | Anthony Daniels
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi |
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| Music By |
John Williams
Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Schindler's List |
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