Stephen Danley

Star Wars at the Movies

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It has often been said that Star Wars changed the way movies were made, but it also fundamentally changed the way they were seen. Featuring stories from a diverse ensemble of fans from around the world and across generations, the Star Wars at the Movies Podcast logs personal, firsthand accounts that define the saga’s eras of theatrical exhibition and sustain a popular culture that is still thriving. The show presents an international oral history which delves into the lasting impact of seeing the movies for the first (or 100th) time, along with the theatrical localities and all of the circumst...

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Stephen Danley

Episodes

Ep 2: The Empire Strikes Menlo Park with Shawn Moynihan 30.06.2017 46:55

Returning stateside, Feature Presentation guest and Staten Islander Shawn Moynihan looks back at his permanent transformation upon seeing STAR WARS for the first time at the Fox Plaza Theatre in the Summer of 1977, reading the entire EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Marvel comic adaptation before seeing the hard-hitting sequel in Menlo Park, New Jersey and enduring one of the worst movies ever made to catch a...

Ep 1: X-Wing Trench Fever with Mark Newbold 25.05.2017 40:28

The first episode of the Star Wars at the Movies Podcast is a 40th Anniversary commemoration with a distinctly British sensibility. Following a brief look back at the original film's U.K. debut, Feature Presentation guest Mark Newbold from Jedi News recounts his moviegoing memories growing up in the West Midlands of England. Newbold revisits his March 1978 first viewing of STAR WARS at the former...

Star Wars at the Movies: Podcast Teaser 09.12.2016 21:17

In this inaugural "teaser" episode of the Star Wars at the Movies Podcast , host Stephen Danley introduces the show's concept and outlines its basic format, revisiting his first truly cinematic experience with the Star Wars Trilogy at a special hometown screening at the Arlington Theatre in the summer of 1992. Plus, a breakdown the very first (and at times, quite foreboding) teaser trailer for STA...