Noah might have traveled for 40 days and nights in search of land, but did he ever wait 42 straight days and nights for a movie? Starwoids tells the stranger than fiction details of Star Wars fans (A.K.A. Starwoids) and their six week-line-waiting quest to see Episode I - The Phantom Menace on opening day.
Direction
Captures pre-internet fan culture innocence
Production
Kevin Smith cameo before he was EVERYWHERE
Director
Dennis Przywara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures peak 'line culture'—before online ticketing killed the communal campout experience forever.
Many subjects later admitted the six-week wait was more fulfilling than the actual movie, which became a meta-commentary on hype cycles.
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