5-25-77

[Rodney-2187]

5-25-77 Official Trailer #1 (2012) John Francis Daley Movie - YouTube

[Rodney-2187]

5-25-77 is a coming of age film written and directed by Patrick Read Johnson and produced by Fred Roos and Gary Kurtz. It stars John Francis Daley as a teenage filmmaker living in Wadsworth, Illinois, and his excitement for the premiere of Star Wars on May 25, 1977. Johnson began funding the project in 2001 and filming took place from 2004-2006. Additional shots were filmed in 2015 and 2016, making the filming course span a total of thirteen years.

Release date: May 25, 2017

[jacobsever]

Awe, it's little Sam Weir from Freaks & Geeks.

[Rodney-2187]

5-25-77 Trailer - Ain't It Cool News Exclusive!!! - YouTube

[captveg]

I'm glad he got to finish it.

[ArrestedDevelopment]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

Awe, it's little Sam Weir from Freaks & Geeks.

Oh, hi Cindy.

[Nicholas Vargo]

Theatre list to be posted later this week (Most likely on Thursday to coincide with May the Fourth Be With You)!

[blurayfriend]

Lol at John Francis Daly. He's the modern day Will Wheaton.

[Arawn]

Wil

[Samus Aran]

5-25-77 - Official Trailer (2022) John Francis Daley, Austin Pendleton - YouTube

MVD Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to this movie for a limited theatrical release this month, followed by VOD and physical release. If you saw this movie in 2017, it's supposed to be a lot different now.

[hermit]

Will this EVER come out? I've been waiting for this for 10 years. According to the amazon listing, the blu-ray has been pushed back to november.

[Poya]

I can't wait for the sequel: 12-19-01

[Nicholas Vargo]

Originally Posted by hermit

Will this EVER come out? I've been waiting for this for 10 years. According to the amazon listing, the blu-ray has been pushed back to november.

The movie got a brief theatrical release in the midwest about a week or two ago but most theatres have already pulled it. Beyond that, it has played at two film festivals: The Skyline Indie Film Festival in Virginia and the DTLA Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA. As one of the ones who got to see the 2017 cut twice, I made the voyage out to L.A. from San Diego to see the final film. A lot of changes have been made (including a final sound mix and even better visual effects along with the music clearances that have kept this movie from coming out) but the movie is just as good as it was then and possibly even better. Some of the changes are subtle but they help the movie flow better than before. The movie runs 2 hours and 12 minutes.

As for the home video release, I believe that the October 11th date was a placeholder that became the real deal by accident. November 8th will be the definitive date for home video and streaming purchasing. Patrick Read Johnson was at the L.A. screening along with a few others (including Alan Parsons himself) and during his Q&A, he mentioned that not only will the November 8th release contain a commentary and a photo gallery, but a deluxe edition is also in the works for a later date that will contain about an hour of deleted scenes (Anyone who heard about or saw 5-25-77 at Celebration IV in 2007 knows that that version ran about 3 1/2 hours) and probably other stuff as well.

The movie might still get a brief theatrical run in the parts of the country that haven't played it yet but with MVD being a small theatrical distributor, I know they are struggling to get theaters so we'll have to wait and see. Since the L.A. film festival screening, Johnson actually got invited up to ILM to screen the movie there but that was the last thing I heard about it since.

[hermit]

Originally Posted by Nicholas Vargo

The movie got a brief theatrical release in the midwest about a week or two ago but most theatres have already pulled it. Beyond that, it has played at two film festivals: The Skyline Indie Film Festival in Virginia and the DTLA Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA. As one of the ones who got to see the 2017 cut twice, I made the voyage out to L.A. from San Diego to see the final film. A lot of changes have been made (including a final sound mix and even better visual effects along with the music clearances that have kept this movie from coming out) but the movie is just as good as it was then and possibly even better. Some of the changes are subtle but they help the movie flow better than before. The movie runs 2 hours and 12 minutes.

As for the home video release, I believe that the October 11th date was a placeholder that became the real deal by accident. November 8th will be the definitive date for home video and streaming purchasing. Patrick Read Johnson was at the L.A. screening along with a few others (including Alan Parsons himself) and during his Q&A, he mentioned that not only will the November 8th release contain a commentary and a photo gallery, but a deluxe edition is also in the works for a later date that will contain about an hour of deleted scenes (Anyone who heard about or saw 5-25-77 at Celebration IV in 2007 knows that that version ran about 3 1/2 hours) and probably other stuff as well.

The movie might still get a brief theatrical run in the parts of the country that haven't played it yet but with MVD being a small theatrical distributor, I know they are struggling to get theaters so we'll have to wait and see. Since the L.A. film festival screening, Johnson actually got invited up to ILM to screen the movie there but that was the last thing I heard about it since.

Thanks for that. I'm in canada, so i'll have to wait

[MazeRunner]

Originally Posted by Nicholas Vargo

The movie got a brief theatrical release in the midwest about a week or two ago but most theatres have already pulled it.

My theatre got it for a week lol.

[C.C. 95]

Originally Posted by blurayfriend

Lol at John Francis Daly. He's the modern day Will Wheaton.

Actually- while Wil Wheaton is a has-been....John Francis Daly is a successful Screenwriter and Director.
He co-directed GAME NIGHT, the VACATION remake, and the recent DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS movie.
He co-wrote HORRIBLE BOSSES 1 & 2, VACATION, THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2, and SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

[John1701D]

Originally Posted by C.C. 95

Actually- while Wil Wheaton is a has-been....John Francis Daly is a successful Screenwriter and Director.
He co-directed GAME NIGHT, the VACATION remake, and the recent DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS movie.
He co-wrote HORRIBLE BOSSES 1 & 2, VACATION, THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2, and SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

You're responding to a 5 year old post from a banned member.

[C.C. 95]

Originally Posted by John1701D

You're responding to a 5 year old post from a banned member.

Yes, I knew it was an old post.
Getting good information out there is never a bad thing.

[Samus Aran]

$16.49 on Blu as part of MVD's Black Friday sale.

https://mvdshop.com/collections/blackfriday2022

[Bolty]

Originally Posted by John1701D

You're responding to a 5 year old post from a banned member.

Yeah, but the guy may still be lurking and he just got put in his place!