The trailer has been released for “A Disturbance in the Force,” a new documentary feature about the infamous “Star Wars Holiday Special” which scored a single airing on CBS in 1978 and was subsequently buried officially.
Jeremy Coon and Steve Kozak write and direct the documentary which features interviews with various celebrities, including Seth Green, Weird Al Yankovich, Paul Scheer, Taran Killam, Donny Osmond, Bonnie Burton, Bruce Vilanch, Steve Binder and the late Gilbert Gottfried.
The synopsis reads: “In 1977, ‘Star Wars’ became a cultural phenomenon that single-handedly revitalized a stagnant film industry, and forever changed how films were sold, made, and marketed. Movies would never bse the same again.
A year later, neither would television. In 1978, CBS aired the two-hour ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ during the week of Thanksgiving and was watched by 13 million people. It never re-aired.
While some fans of the franchise are aware of this dark secret, this bizarre two hours of television still remains relatively unknown among the general public. Simply put, we will answer how and why did the ‘Holiday Special’ get made.”
It’s a closer look at the bygone era of event television. The film will have its world premiere at SXSW in Austin on March 11th. More details are up at holidayspecialdoc.com.
