1:42:08, a Student Film by George Lucas


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Ever wonder what some of the big-name Hollywood directors' pre-fame student and short films were like?

Long before Star Wars or even THX-1138 George Lucas was an ordinary USC film student. For his Senior thesis film he, along with 13 other film students, produced an 8-minute short film known as 1:42:08. The dialoge-free film follows racing driver Peter Brock as he takes a Lotus 23 through Willow Springs Raceway at full-throttle.

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Got more info from a forum I frequent. I posted a link to this video there, and one of the fellows who saw it actually called Pete Brock and quizzed him about the video. He says it's available in the USC film library, so Bothans must have checked it out (at great personal peril) copied and returned it later.
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I always laughed at the "$435.00 hammer" story until I worked for a company that sometimes worked on federal government contracts. One time we were contacted to supply a specific hard-to-get part for the refrigeration system on a U.S. Navy or Coast Guard ship - - by the time our companies' highest paid employee had spent the better part of TWO DAYS filling out compliance forms (manufacturing origin, safety certification, testing history, etc.) that 3 dollar part ended up costing U.S. taxpayers almost $1,000.00...
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