Hardware Wars 30th Anniversary Edition
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Film Overview

Directed By: Ernie Fosselius View Official Website	Release Date: 2009-01-05 Running Time: 1:03 Content Rating: GA (General Audience)	DVD Region: All Regions Media Format: NTSC-DVD Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Audio Language(s): English
Genres: Comedy >> Farce Influences: Star Wars // Robot Chicken: Star Wars // Family Guy: Star Wars // Porklips Now // Spaceballs

Synopsis

CULT RADIO A-GO-GO! Presents the 30th Anniversary Special Edition DVD of Harware Wars. Follow the adventures of Fluke Starbucker, Arty Deco, Ham Salad and the rest of the Red Eye Knights in this spectacle that was light years ahead of it's time. This is the original Star Wars parody! Before the Robot Chicken Parody, Before the Family Guy Parody... Way Way Before.

This DVD includes over an hour of great content including the Original Uncut Film with newly restored wires and strings, Director's Commentary, Creature Features Interviews with Bob Wilkins and much much more.

This edition is fully approved by and licensed from writer-director Ernie Fosselius.

Cast

Narrator: Paul Frees | bio
Paul Frees began his acting career in 1942, and remained active for over forty years. During this time, he was involved in more than 250 films, cartoons, and TV appearances; like many voice actors, his appearances were often uncredited.

Crew

Director: Ernie Fosselius | bio
Fosselius is known for his satirical short films. One of the most notable, made in 1976 for "Mother's Little Network", a Pythonesque sketch comedy show for WGBH in Boston, was The Hindenburger, in which a flying Big Mac burst into flames over New Jersey while a radio announcer (voiced by Fosselius) emotionally sobbed: "Oh the humanity!"

Fosselius' biggest hit was his 1978 parody Hardware Wars, a 12 minute parody of Hollywood coming attractions that took on the cultural juggernaut that was Star Wars. He followed Hardware Wars with Porklips Now, a sendup of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now which starred Billy Gray of TV's "Father Knows Best". He currently just wrapped his new film Plan 9.1.

Bonus Features

Director Commentary
Theatrical Trailers
Interactive Menus
Deleted & Extended Scenes
Cast Interviews

Accolades

Awards

Most Popular Short Film

Festivals

Chicago Film Festival

Press Reviews

The Official Hardware Wars Wikipedia Page | show/hide snippet
“Hardware Wars won over 15 first place film festival awards, including the award for Most Popular Short Film at the Chicago Film Festival. It is considered to be the most profitable short film of all time, grossing US $1,000,000 as compared to its paltry US $8,000 budget (a much better profit ratio than Star Wars itself). George Lucas said in a 1999 interview on the UK's Big Breakfast TV show that Hardware Wars was his favorite Star Wars parody.”