Attack of the Clones
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Release date: May 16, 2002
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Pernilla August, Ahmed Best, Anthony Daniels, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz, Andy Secombe, Silas Carson, Oliver Ford Davies, Kenny Baker, Christopher Lee, Jimmy Smits
Technical information: Panavision
The second episode (but the fifth film) in the Star Wars cycle follows the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) a decade after the events depicted in The Phantom Menace.
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Music composed and conducted by: John Williams
Music performed by: The London Symphony Orchestra
Williams viewed a rough cut of the film on October 1, 2001 at Skywalker Ranch and spotted it with director George Lucas and sound designer Ben Burtt the next day. He worked on the score fromthat time until he recorded the music in January of 2002 in London.
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"Music, Effects and Pickups"
starwars.com, October 5 2001
"Williams shapes more music for Star Wars," Andy Seiler
USA Today, November 13 2001, D, 6
"The January Grind"
starwars.com, January 4 2002
"Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones," Larry Blake
Mix, June 1 2002
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Internet Movie Database entry for Attack of the Clones
Official web site for Attack of the Clones
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