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The story of the underappreciated bodybuilder, actor and Star Wars alumnus, David Prowse.The story of the underappreciated bodybuilder, actor and Star Wars alumnus, David Prowse.The story of the underappreciated bodybuilder, actor and Star Wars alumnus, David Prowse.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Colm Meaney
- Narrator
- (voice)
Manuel Martínez Velasco
- Self
- (as Manuel Velasco)
Bob Prowse
- Self
- (as Robert Prowse)
- Directors
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
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David Prowse: I didn't know that I was Luke Skywalker's father until I went to the cinema and saw it in the movie.
- Crazy creditsThe views and opinions expressed in this documentary film are solely those of the commentators in it and do not reflect necessarily the view of the producers, actors or people involved in the production, nor imply endorsement or any affiliation with LucasFilm Ltd or George Lucas himself.
- ConnectionsEdited from Frankenstein (1910)
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Interesting Spanish documentary dealing with a British secondary actor, David Prowse, who played Darth Vader
Enjoyable documentary dealing with David Prowse , the actor who played the main villain, Darth Vader, in first Star Wars trilogy formed by : Star Wars, Empire strikes again, The Return of the Jedi. As his masked appearance marked his life forever and here fans and directors pay tribute to him . As David Prowse never revealed his aspect, and in this documentary we discover why the producers took that fateful decision. As, eventually, in The Return of the Jedi, something strange happened and David was replaced in the final scenes by veteran actor Sebastian Shaw as Darth Vader . It is set thirty years after, when David is an eighty year old actor, a retired bodybuilder, an old-age pensioner who comes to national and international coventions where fans pay agreeable homages .
This unknown and unappreciated actor called David Prowse had a long and unsuccesful career, starting in Hammer Films. There he played Frankenstein, as writer and director Jimmy Sangster met him in Harrods, London mall, where he worked as a gym trainer. As in 1969 Jimmy Sangster discovered him to play "Horror Frankenstein". David played for Hammer Films : "Vampire Circus" by Roger Young and "Frankenstein the monster of hell" by Terence Fisher. And, he even had a brief role without make-up, neither mask in the famous "Clockwork Orange" by Stanley Kubrick and following as a guest star in Benny Hill show . David went on performing adverts as a superhero in Green Cross . As well as he became the personal trainer for Christopher Reeve and his Superman film. However, his greatest hit resulting to be the Stars Wars evil Darth Vader embodiment, in spite of his face appeared totally masked.
In "I am your father" 2015 there are various hosts telling the shooting circumstances of "Star Wars" such as producers Gary Kurtz, Robert Watts, sound technician Ben Burtt, Lou Ferrigno of Hulk and actor Kenny Baker who performed R2-D2. This deserved tribute to David Prowse was narrated by prestigious actor/narrator Colm Meany and was well directed by Tony Bestard and Marcos Cabota.
This unknown and unappreciated actor called David Prowse had a long and unsuccesful career, starting in Hammer Films. There he played Frankenstein, as writer and director Jimmy Sangster met him in Harrods, London mall, where he worked as a gym trainer. As in 1969 Jimmy Sangster discovered him to play "Horror Frankenstein". David played for Hammer Films : "Vampire Circus" by Roger Young and "Frankenstein the monster of hell" by Terence Fisher. And, he even had a brief role without make-up, neither mask in the famous "Clockwork Orange" by Stanley Kubrick and following as a guest star in Benny Hill show . David went on performing adverts as a superhero in Green Cross . As well as he became the personal trainer for Christopher Reeve and his Superman film. However, his greatest hit resulting to be the Stars Wars evil Darth Vader embodiment, in spite of his face appeared totally masked.
In "I am your father" 2015 there are various hosts telling the shooting circumstances of "Star Wars" such as producers Gary Kurtz, Robert Watts, sound technician Ben Burtt, Lou Ferrigno of Hulk and actor Kenny Baker who performed R2-D2. This deserved tribute to David Prowse was narrated by prestigious actor/narrator Colm Meany and was well directed by Tony Bestard and Marcos Cabota.
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- ma-cortes
- Mar 20, 2022
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Box office
- Budget
- €250,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $4,338
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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