Star Wars Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford Interviews 1977 Brian Linehan's City Lights

Published 2016-06-21
In these rare interviews filmed right before the release of Star Wars in 1977 (Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope), Carrie Fisher talks about Star Wars, Princess Leia, Hollywood Kids, studying in London, Los Angeles and New York City.

Mark Hamill talks about getting his start in television, filming Star Wars in England and Africa, Luke Skywalker, George Lucas, the process of making Star Wars, Star Wars special effects, and upcoming projects.

Harrison Ford, Han Solo, talks about working with George Lucas on Star Wars, performing in the stage play John Brown's Body at Laguna Beach Playhouse, working as an actor, working as a carpenter, filming 1970s films Apocalypse Now and Heroes and working as an actor. He is still a few years away from his debut as Indiana Jones.

From 1974 to 2000, Canada’s Brian Linehan conducted thousands of in-depth interviews with the greatest actors and directors from over 60 years of film history. His programs City Lights and Linehan have not been seen since they first aired and are now available for the first time for licensing. Linehan, a stylishly gifted broadcaster, meticulously did all his own research and that, coupled with his knowledge and passion about film and filmmaking, puts him in a class all by himself.

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Brian Linehan, who passed away in 2004, left his entire estate to The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation to provide training, work opportunities and promotion for young actors of exceptional talent. All of the income of his Foundation is donated to not-for-profit institutions for that purpose. In the decade since his death, recipients of the Foundation’s support have included extraordinary young actors affiliated with the Canadian Film Centre, The National Screen Institute of Canada, the Stratford Shakespearean Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, which, since Brian's passing, has preserved and housed Brian's personal archive and tape library.

All Comments (21)
  • @LadyEng
    Ford's gaze is soooo intense in all his early interviews. He could melt ice. Beautiful, beautiful man, then and always.
  • @jollybee515
    holy crap a young mark hamill....all i can say is oH WoW he is so handsome
  • @scootergreen3
    Great interviewer, he does not interrupt, he lets the star talk.
  • Why were people so well spoken back then? Mark has so much energy I love it.
  • @urinater
    Carrie seemed like a fun and charming person. Mark is the same as he is now. Which is a compliment. But I found the Harrison “story” much more interesting. Only gave up his carpentry to earn money as an actor to pay for the birth of his child.
  • @hugodelin4304
    Mark Hammil the same in 2017 as he was in 1977. (Personality wise)
  • @donmorton4597
    Carrie is beautiful, Mark is awesome and Harrison is too cool.
  • @silkscrim
    Wow interviews back then were actually interesting and real!
  • @BuckRolly1
    This is epic stuff. It's great it's been digitized for future generations
  • @Bman-qx3jl
    I must say. The high standards and quality of interviews back then are sorely missed. What passes for Interviews these days ( insert talk show) is absolute garbage.
  • @Kikeg86
    why harrison ford always looked like he was on his 40's till he become his own grandfather?
  • @Bendijester
    "Star Wars" continues to be my FAVORITE movie of all time! I was so sad when Mark was injured filming "Corvette Summer". I'm glad he continued acting afterwards.
  • @sleepyskorpion
    Male celebrities usually hold eye contact with interviewers for 2 or 3 seconds at a time with long intervals of looking elsewhere in between. But Mark locks eye contact for extended periods. To me, this signals that he's very open and engaged in the present moment. No shit Sherlock. Wait... did I just insult my own comment in my own comment? Hmmm... ok.
  • @paulolone4372
    RIP Carrie Fisher She had a great personality and beautiful too