{"id":11754,"date":"2017-05-25T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-hamilton-cast-wishes-star-wars-happy-birthday-and-more-40th-anniversary-tributes\/"},"modified":"2017-05-25T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-hamilton-cast-wishes-star-wars-happy-birthday-and-more-40th-anniversary-tributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-hamilton-cast-wishes-star-wars-happy-birthday-and-more-40th-anniversary-tributes\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: 'Hamilton' Cast Wishes 'Star Wars' Happy Birthday and More 40th Anniversary Tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Birthday Greeting of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the cast of Broadway’s Hamilton <\/em>sing “Happy Birthday” to Star Wars<\/em>, which turns 40 today, in the below clip from The Star Wars Show<\/em>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Film Score Cover of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking of musical performances in tribute to Star Wars<\/em>, here are two guys covering “The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)” on accordion (via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tAnother musical performance of Star Wars <\/em>can be found in this video of pianist Sonya Belousova in costumes playing specially customized Star Wars <\/em>pianos. The Millennium Falcon <\/em>one is currently up for auction, as reported by Fashionably Geek<\/a>. <\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Alternate Poster of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThe unused Star Wars <\/em>poster below was painted by my father, Jim Campbell, for the release of the first movie. Read all about the gig in my old interview with him<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Movie Science of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tKyle Hill celebrates the anniversary with an explanation of what hyperspace should actually look like:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Reworked Movie of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tLego wishes Star Wars <\/em>a happy 40th with this video of Star Wars <\/em>scenes redone with the toy bricks:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tAlso in honor of the Star Wars <\/em>anniversary, here’s a look at one of the many massive crowds lined up to see the movie in 1977:<\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\tLegend has it George Lucas watched in amazement from across the street at Hamburger Hamlet as this line formed. Happy 40th Star Wars! pic.twitter.com\/MSDoAqgb1U<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\u2014 Don Barrett (@donbarrettmusic) May 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Supercut of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tIMDb does their part to celebrate the occasion with this supercut of parodies of the Star Wars <\/em>trench run from movies and TV:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Movie Trivia of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tNerdist gets in on the occasion by presenting 10 Star Wars <\/em>facts only diehard fans know (are you one of them?):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tIn honor of the anniversary, of course we present the original trailer for the original release of the original Star Wars<\/em>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

<\/span>and <\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:: http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39hamilton39-cast-wishes-39star-wars39-happy-birthday-more-40th-anniversary-tributes\/22668?wssac=164&wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Birthday Greeting of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the cast of Broadway’s Hamilton <\/em>sing “Happy Birthday” to Star Wars<\/em>, which turns 40 today, in the below clip from The Star Wars Show<\/em>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Film Score Cover of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking of musical performances in tribute to Star Wars<\/em>, here are two guys covering “The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)” on accordion (via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tAnother musical performance of Star Wars <\/em>can be found in this video of pianist Sonya Belousova in costumes playing specially customized Star Wars <\/em>pianos. The Millennium Falcon <\/em>one is currently up for auction, as reported by Fashionably Geek<\/a>. <\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Alternate Poster of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThe unused Star Wars <\/em>poster below was painted by my father, Jim Campbell, for the release of the first movie. Read all about the gig in my old interview with him<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Movie Science of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tKyle Hill celebrates the anniversary with an explanation of what hyperspace should actually look like:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Reworked Movie of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tLego wishes Star Wars <\/em>a happy 40th with this video of Star Wars <\/em>scenes redone with the toy bricks:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tAlso in honor of the Star Wars <\/em>anniversary, here’s a look at one of the many massive crowds lined up to see the movie in 1977:<\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\tLegend has it George Lucas watched in amazement from across the street at Hamburger Hamlet as this line formed. Happy 40th Star Wars! pic.twitter.com\/MSDoAqgb1U<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\u2014 Don Barrett (@donbarrettmusic) May 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Supercut of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tIMDb does their part to celebrate the occasion with this supercut of parodies of the Star Wars <\/em>trench run from movies and TV:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Movie Trivia of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tNerdist gets in on the occasion by presenting 10 Star Wars <\/em>facts only diehard fans know (are you one of them?):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tIn honor of the anniversary, of course we present the original trailer for the original release of the original Star Wars<\/em>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

<\/span>and <\/span><\/p>\n

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