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Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town (film)

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Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town (stylized as anyone lived in a pretty [how] town) is a 1967 American short film made by George Lucas inspired by E. E. Cummings' poem of the same name.[1][2]

Directed byGeorge Lucas
Written byGeorge Lucas
Paul Golding
StarringJohn Strawbridge
Nancy Yates
Lance Larson
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Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town
Directed byGeorge Lucas
Written byGeorge Lucas
Paul Golding
Based onAnyone Lived in a Pretty How Town by E. E. Cummings
StarringJohn Strawbridge
Nancy Yates
Lance Larson
CinematographyRick Robertson
Edited byPaul Golding
Music byLynton B. Eckhart
Distributed byUniversity of Southern California
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
6 minutes
LanguageEnglish
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It was one of two films Lucas made after returning to USC's film school as a graduate in 1967 (the other was The Emperor).[3] The film represented a first for the USC film school by being shot in color and widescreen.[3]

The film was shown out of competition in the Special Screening section at the Short Shorts Film Festival EXPO 2005.[4]

Premise

The film focuses on the life cycle of a townspeople, and a photographer who takes pictures of one ignored young couple.[3][4]

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