Spool Film Podcast

With Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the horizon, we thought it would make sense to go back and re-assess the original six Star Wars films, we opted to start with the prequels and recorded a podcast with special guest Carol Mulligan on hand.Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)Nigel’s rating – ★★½Released: 16 July 1999 (Ireland), US release May 19, 1999Awards: 2000 MTV Movie Awards’ Best Action Sequence (For the pod race), Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor (Ahmed Best – Jar Jar Binks), Three Oscar nominations – (Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Visual Effects)Fun Fact: “For the first time in motion picture history, a widely released feature film will be made available to moviegoers via digital projection. (June 1999)”With Episode I – The Phantom Menace, George Lucas opted not to please the fans who had stayed united as nerds, defending his world of creatures for over twenty years, but instead decided that the best way to serve the Star Wars brand was to create a film that was m