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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Jul 18, 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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