The Ewok Adventure

"You'll live the adventure... You'll love its heroes."

1984 1h 37m EN

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5.8

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39%

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5.3

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★5.8TMDB · 436🥫39%Rotten Tomatoes★5.3IMDB · 13,046

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Synopsis

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Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.

“You'll live the adventure... You'll love its heroes.”

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Cast

Eric Walker
Mace Towani
Warwick Davis
Wicket W. Warrick
Fionnula Flanagan
Catarine Towani
Guy Boyd
Jeremitt Towani
Aubree Miller
Cindel Towani
Daniel Frishman
Deej Warrick
Debbie Lee Carrington
Weechee Warrick
Tony Cox
Widdle Warrick

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Korty
Writers: George Lucas
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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42 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CAST

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Part of the "Star Wars: The Ewok Adventures Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Korty, shot by John Korty. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Peter Bernstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor John Nutt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Eric Walker and Warwick Davis and Fionnula Flanagan carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You'll live the adventure... You'll love its heroes.".

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The take

John Korty directs. John Korty behind the camera. Peter Bernstein scores. John Nutt cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
242 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Star Wars: The Ewok Adventures Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by John Korty, shot by John Korty. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Peter Bernstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor John Nutt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Eric Walker and Warwick Davis and Fionnula Flanagan carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "You'll live the adventure... You'll love its heroes.".
9IMDB entry: tt0087225 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 11 themes, including "rescue", "space marine", "monster", "parent child relationship".
11Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: John Korty
Original score: Peter Bernstein
Editing: John Nutt
Production design: Joe Johnston
Costume design: Cathleen Edwards
Makeup / hair: Yvonne Curry
VFX supervisor: Michael Pangrazio
Sound: Randy Thom
Stunt coordinator: Michael Cassidy
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Ewok Adventure (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes: 39% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 5.3/10 · 13,046 votes
MPAA: TV-G

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 1 nomination total

Part of

Star Wars: The Ewok Adventures Collection

The Ewok Adventures is a 1984 American made-for-TV film duology based in the Star Wars setting. It was released theatrically in Europe as Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, and is known by that title today. The film focuses on the struggles of a brother and sister, stranded on the forest moon of Endor, in locating their parents, who have been kidnapped by a monster known as the Gorax. The film is set sometime between the fifth and sixth episodes of the Star Wars saga. It is the first of two spin-off films featuring the Ewoks from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. A sequel to this movie released in 1985. While the sequel's working title was simply Ewoks II, it was released as Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

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r96sk2021-02-07
★ 6/10
A spin-off from the <em>'Star Wars'</em> franchise: <em>'The Ewok Adventure'</em>. It's not good, but holds a little bit of charm to it. There isn't really any acting in this to praise, it's all rather lame and forgettable - as you'd possibly expect given two of the leads are child actors, who are likeable if nothing else. The effects are bang average. The most important part, the plot, is something I found very uninteresting; I was never invested or intrigued. I guess it is made for the younger audience, but they still coulda done a better job with this.

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