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5-25-77 is a american film of genre Drama directed by Patrick Read Johnson released in USA on 25 may 2017 with John Francis Daley

5-25-77 (2017)

5-25-77
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Released in USA 25 may 2017
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating64% 3.2442753.2442753.2442753.2442753.244275

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 premier of Star Wars on May 25, 1977. Johnson began funding the project in 2001 and filming took place in 2006. An incomplete "preview cut" was exhibited on May 25, 2007 at Star Wars Celebration IV and at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2008, where it won the Heineken Red Star Award.

The film was first known as 5-25-77; the title was then changed to '77. In 2012, the title was reverted to 5-25-77.

In a interview Patrick Read Johnson said the film is finished and has a distributor in place for a theatrical and VOD release.

Actors

John Francis Daley

(Pat Johnson)Austin Pendleton

(Herb Lightman)Colleen Camp

(Janet Johnson)Neil Flynn

(Dr. Callahan)Justin Mentell

(Tony)
And :
Steven Coulter
Kenneth Mitchell
Patrick Read Johnson
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