Hollywood's Master of Myth: Joseph Campbell - The Force Behind Star Wars

1999

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Documentary charting the contribution to Hollywood movies made by writer Joseph Campbell, whose ideas about mythic structure helped shape Star Wars.

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Veronika Hyks

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George Lucas

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George Miller

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Robert McKee

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Richard Adams

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