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Hardware Wars - Collector's Edition Compilation
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Directed by Ernie Fosselius Produced by Ernie Fosselius Michael Wiese Runtime: 65 min Release Date: January 2008 Filmmaker's Website Send to Friends |
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Plot Outline
When George Lucas created the world of Star Wars over twenty-five years ago, he also inspired an alternative world inhabited by the "Original" Flying Toasters, Deadly Waffle Irons, and Hot Cinnamon Buns. A world called Hardware Wars.
Hardware Wars, a critically acclaimed, award-winning 1977 short (which Lucas calls "my favorite spoof"), is the acknowledged granddaddy of all Star Wars parodies and the ONLY film to feature flying, battling steam-iron spaceships and Digi Redo 8.2 sound!
This parody is presented in the form of a movie preview. Young Fluke Starbucker, under the tutelage of Auggie "Ben" Doggie, learns to master the power of the Force, while teaming up with Ham Salad to rescue Princess Anne-Droid and aid her fight against the evil Empire.
The download version of the Collector's Edition includes:
- Title 1: Antique Sideshow, a Prequel revealing the recent re-discovery of Hardware Wars
- Title 2: The original Hardware Wars
- Title 3: An interview with Fosselius on the hit TV show "Creature Features"
- Title 4:The Director's Commentary like none you've ever heard
- Title 5: A rare look at a pirated Foreign Version from 1979
- Title 6: The Producer's comments
- Title 7: The never-seen-before Director's Cut
Awards
Most Popular Short Film of the Year, Chicago Film Festival
Finalist List, Academy Award Nominations
Golden Venus, Miami Film Festival
Golden Eagle, CINE Film Festival
First Prize, Birmingham Film Festival
First Prize, Edinburgh Film Festival
Second Place, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Second Place, Concord Sci-Fi Festival
Judges' Award, San Francisco Ad Club
Award of Merit, Sinking Creek Film Festival
Blue Ribbon, The American Film Festival
Reviews
"Hardware Wars is my favorite Star Wars parody." - George Lucas on The Big Breakfast Show, UK, August 1999
"... an ingenious parody" - New York Times
"... delightfully batty" - San Francisco Examiner
".... the hottest short subject to hit the screen" - Rolling Stone
".... best for its special effects" - Village Voice
"... wit and pleasure" - San Francisco Bay Guardian
"The classic Star Wars parody is back. " - Star Wars Insider
"Hardware Wars remains as outrageously funny as ever." - Entertainment Today
Interview of Michael Wiese of Hardware Wars
Other reviews
Castlist
Frank Robertson - 4-Q-2
Scott Mathews - Fluke Starbucker
Jeff Hale - Augie 'Ben' Doggie
Cindy Furgatch - Princess Anne-Droid
Bob Knickerbocker - Ham Salad
Artie Deco - himself
Walt Kraemer - (voice)
Paul Frees - Narrator (voice)
Sonny Budddy Jr. - (voice)
Sound
Luther Green
Walt Kraemer
Cinematographers
John V. Fante
Michael Wiese
Special Effects
John Allardice
Ernie Fosselius
Andy Lesniak
Glen David Miller
Fred Tepper