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Stormtrooper Helmet From ‘Star Wars: A New Hope' Sells for $256K at Auction
A screen-used Stormtrooper helmet from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope was sold for $256,000 at an auction held Sunday at Comic-Con in San Diego. The helmet was previously exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, last year as part of an exhibition titled 'Defending America and the Galaxy: Star Wars and SDI.' According to Julien's Auctions and Turner Classic Movies, which organized the event, this original stunt helmet was used in the production and is believed to be featured in scenes on Tatooine as a 'Sandtrooper' helmet. It's said to be one of only six stunt helmets known to have survived and are accounted for in private collections. More from The Hollywood Reporter Darth Vader's Main Lightsaber Set for Auction in Rare Opportunity for 'Star Wars' Fans (Exclusive) Hollywood Flashback: Before 'The Naked Gun,' 'Police Squad!' Took Its Shot George Lucas Heading to Comic-Con for First Time Ever The auction was part of 'Echoes From the Galaxy, A Star Wars Memorabilia Exhibit + Auction,' a two-week event presented at Comic-Con Museum that was touted as having 'sold the world's largest collection of Star Wars artifacts from renowned collectors, fans and insiders of the epic franchise.' Other items that sold include: An original stunt lightsaber prop used by Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi) and original bladed lightsaber prop used by Liam Neeson (Qui-Gon Jinn) in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (each lot $38,400) An original lightsaber hilt prop screen used by Ray Park (Darth Maul) in The Phantom Menace ($76,800) A screen-matched Resistance pilot 'Red Four' helmet from Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens with a Lucasfilm certificate of authenticity ($32,000) An original hero metal GLIE-44 blaster used by Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) in The Force Awakens ($44,800) An original production-made lightsaber for Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill, cast from the molds of a touring lightsaber from Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi ($25,600) An original prop right hand worn by Anthony Daniels as C-3PO in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back ($16,000) A'Holographic Tumbler' ensemble designed by Bob Mackie worn in the infamous 1978 The Star Wars Holiday Special TV show Part of the proceeds from the auction will benefit Comic-Con Museum, a division of San Diego Comic Convention, a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation that aimed to raise awareness of and appreciation for comics and related art forms. And nearly 300 props, production materials and memorabilia assembled by collectors Steve Sansweet, Gus Lopez, Duncan Jenkins, and Lisa Stevens and Vic Wertz were offered up for the auction, with the intention of creating a permanent home for The Saga Museum of Star Wars Memorabilia from a portion of the proceeds. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Greatest Needle Drops in Film History The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best Solve the daily Crossword
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Stormtrooper Helmet From ‘Star Wars: A New Hope' Sells for $256K at Auction
A screen-used Stormtrooper helmet from Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope was sold for $256,000 at an auction held Sunday at Comic-Con in San Diego. The helmet was previously exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., last year as part of an exhibition titled 'Defending America and the Galaxy: Star Wars and SDI.' According to Julien's Auctions and Turner Classic Movies, which organized the event, this original stunt helmet was used in the production and is believed to be featured in scenes on Tatooine as a 'Sandtrooper' helmet. It's said to be one of only six stunt helmets known to have survived and are accounted for in private collections. More from The Hollywood Reporter Darth Vader's Main Lightsaber Set for Auction in Rare Opportunity for 'Star Wars' Fans (Exclusive) Hollywood Flashback: Before 'The Naked Gun,' 'Police Squad!' Took Its Shot George Lucas Heading to Comic-Con for First Time Ever The auction was part of 'Echoes From the Galaxy, A Star Wars Memorabilia Exhibit + Auction,' a two-week event presented at Comic-Con Museum that was touted as having 'sold the world's largest collection of Star Wars artifacts from renowned collectors, fans and insiders of the epic franchise.' Other items that sold include: An original stunt lightsaber prop used by Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi) and original bladed lightsaber prop used by Liam Neeson (Qui-Gon Jinn) in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (each lot $38,400) An original lightsaber hilt prop screen-used by Ray Park (Darth Maul) in The Phantom Menace ($76,800) A screen-matched Resistance pilot 'Red Four' helmet from Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens with a Lucasfilm certificate of authenticity ($32,000) An original hero metal GLIE-44 blaster used by Oscar Issac (Poe Dameron) in The Force Awakens ($44,800) An original production-made lightsaber for Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill, cast from the molds of a touring lightsaber from Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi ($25,600) An original prop right hand worn by Anthony Daniels as C-3PO in Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back ($16,000) A'Holographic Tumbler' ensemble designed by Bob Mackie worn in the infamous 1978 The Star Wars Holiday Special TV show Part of the proceeds from the auction will benefit Comic-Con Museum, a division of San Diego Comic Convention, a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation that aimed to raise awareness of and appreciation for comics and related art forms. And nearly 300 props, production materials and memorabilia assembled by collectors Steve Sansweet, Gus Lopez, Duncan Jenkins, and Lisa Stevens and Vic Wertz were offered up for the auction, with the intention of creating a permanent home for The Saga Museum of Star Wars Memorabilia from a portion of the proceeds. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Greatest Needle Drops in Film History The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best
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7 days ago
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This week on "Sunday Morning" (July 27)
The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Guest host: Tracy Smith COVER STORY: A "Wizard of Oz" the way you've never seen it beforeThis "Wizard of Oz" isn't in Kansas anymore. In fact, it's in Las Vegas, where Sphere is presenting the Judy Garland classic as you've never seen it – a 16K immersive experience on a screen larger than four football fields, with tornado effects, and artists and AI expanding the visions of Emerald City. Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz offers us a glimpse behind the curtain. For more info: ALMANAC: July 27"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date. ARTS: The iconic sculptures of Louise NevelsonIt took the art world decades to recognize Louise Nevelson (1899-1988), but her monochromatic and immersive sculptures, often incorporating found objects, verged on the monumental. Correspondent Faith Salie talks with Nevelson's granddaughter about the artist's impact, and visits exhibitions of Nevelson sculptures in New York City and Columbus, Ohio. For more info: THESE UNITED STATES: Coney IslandWhen the Switchback Railway debuted at New York's Coney Island in 1884, it signaled the arrival of the amusement park. Correspondent Tracy Smith looks at the origin and evolution of an American institution. For more info: MOVIES: Kristin Scott Thomas on the pain behind "My Mother's Wedding"Kristin Scott Thomas, the Oscar-nominated star of "The English Patient" and "Slow Horses," has directed and co-written her first film: the heartfelt "My Mother's Wedding," about three daughters who come together to attend their mom's third nuptials. She talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about writing built on childhood losses. She also discusses overcoming shyness, and making her film debut in Prince's own directing debut, "Under the Cherry Moon." To watch a trailer for "My Mother's Wedding" click on the video player below: For more info: PASSAGE: Remembering Ozzy Osbourne"Sunday Morning" looks back at the life and career of rocker Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, who also became a reality TV star with his family on "The Osbournes." For more info: MUSIC: Michael Feinstein on passing his love of great songs to the next generationMichael Feinstein's love for the Great American Songbook goes far beyond standards written by Gershwin or Porter. He talks with correspondent David Pogue about his musical roots, and the artists of today whose work, he says, add to the Great American Songbook. He also talks about creating the Great American Songbook Foundation, which aims to preserve the cultural legacy of American popular music. For more info: HARTMAN: TBD TV: The hidden side of Johnny CarsonAs host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, Johnny Carson was the king of late-night TV – the pre-eminent Hollywood talent broker, monologist, and national taste-maker. But the public rarely saw the private side of the man who helped tuck tens of millions of Americans into bed each night. Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with Mike Thomas (co-author, with Bill Zehme, of "Carson the Magnificent") about the late-night host's enduring impact and private difficulties; comedians Robert Klein and George Wallace, who describe a "Tonight Show" appearance as comedy's Mt. Everest; and actress Dyan Cannon, who says of Carson, "There was nobody as big a star." (Originally aired March 2, 2025.) READ AN EXCERPT: "Carson the Magnificent" For more info: U.S.: False positivesErin Moriarty reports. This report is published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. For more info: NATURE: TBD MARATHON: Vacation time! (YouTube Video)Take a break, with these classic "Sunday Morning" features about the joys (and miseries) of a summer vacation: FROM THE ARCHIVES: Jazz musicians Chuck Mangione and Gap Mangione (Video)Two-time Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione, known for his hit "Feels So Good," died Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at age 84. In this "Sunday Morning" story that aired Feb. 15, 1987, correspondent Billy Taylor profiled Chuck and his brother, jazz pianist Gap Mangione, about their early partnership as The Jazz Brothers. The two went their separate ways but, 23 years later, regrouped for a series of reunion concerts. The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. Executive producer is Rand Morrison. DVR Alert! Find out when "Sunday Morning" airs in your city "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Full episodes of "Sunday Morning" are now available to watch on demand on and Paramount+, including via Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon FireTV/FireTV stick and Xbox. Follow us on Twitter/X; Facebook; Instagram; YouTube; TikTok; Bluesky; and at You can also download the free "Sunday Morning" audio podcast at iTunes and at Now you'll never miss the trumpet!
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06-07-2025
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Inside "Jaws": Making the film classic
At a dock on Martha's Vineyard is the Orca, the boat from "Jaws." It's a replica, of course; the original one sank, weighed down by a five-ton man-eating shark. The guy next to the Orca, however, is the real thing. Of this Orca, Richard Dreyfuss said, "It's too neat, by far." Actor Richard Dreyfuss, with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz, dockside in Martha's Vineyard with a replica of the Orca from "Jaws." CBS News It's been a while since Dreyfuss was on Martha's Vineyard. He says his memories of making "Jaws" are great. But back then, he did everything he could not to be in the movie. "I turned the film down a couple of times because I was thinking that it was gonna be a bitch to shoot. And I was not wrong!" he laughed. "But it was such an adventure. And if you had to pick one word to describe the shoot, it was waiting." Now 77, Dreyfuss remembers the standing around, but he also knows "Jaws," made here on the island in the summer of 1974, turned him into a Hollywood star. I asked, "Was there ever a moment where you think, 'We're making one of the greatest outdoor films of all time'?" "No," Dreyfuss replied. He was convinced that what they were making was obviously a turkey, "and this thing was gonna crash and burn." The production was a legendary slog. This was the first Hollywood movie to shoot on the unpredictable open seas of the Atlantic. The mechanical shark rarely worked in salt water, and the budget more than doubled. But Steven Spielberg, a 27-year-old director making his first big studio picture, turned misfortune into opportunity. "Jaws" became one of the most influential American films of the 20th century, and ushered in the summer blockbuster. Set 50 years ago over the July 4th weekend, the plot, says Dreyfuss, is simple: "This was the story of three guys against this shark. It was this human thing. And we were really good and we knew it. Wow, a kid getting bitten? And if you remember the beginning of the film, you are terrified before you see the shark." Before the shark brought terror to the big screen, it arrived at the bookstore. In 1974, Peter Benchley's novel became a bestseller. Spielberg read it and immediately wanted to direct the movie version – though he was unhappy with early drafts. So, he asked a friend, screenwriter Carl Gottlieb, to rip it to shreds. "Steven sent it to me with a note on the cover that said, 'Eviscerate it!!'" Gottlieb said. CBS News Gottlieb wrote a lengthy memo, noting, "If we do our jobs right, people will feel about going in the water the way they felt about taking a shower after 'Psycho.'" They did their jobs, all right, led by those three guys: Irish actor Robert Shaw as Quint, the hunter with a shark-infested backstory; Roy Scheider, the police chief afraid of the water; and Dreyfuss, who changed his mind about making "Jaws" after seeing (and hating) his own performance in the film he'd just made, "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz." "I said, 'If I'm not working when this film comes out, I'll never work again,'" Dreyfuss said. "And so, I went back to Steven and begged him for the part, and he gave it to me. They had started shooting on April 2; I was cast on the 3rd; my first day of shooting was the 4th; that was the way it all went." Getting the mechanical shark to work in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean was just one of the production headaches facing the filmmakers behind "Jaws." Universal Pictures Lorraine Gary played Ellen Brody, the police chief's wife. "I had nothing to lose," she said. "I was getting older. I was 32. That's almost ancient! And it sounded like fun." I asked, "What about being cast in this sounded like fun to you?" "Going on location to Martha's Vineyard," Gary replied. "I had never been there. Robert Shaw sounded like fun!" "Well, I think I know what that means. But what does that mean?" "You know what it means. And so do you in the audience!" Gary laughed. Her experience with Roy Scheider? That was less fun. "I feel closer to you than I did to the man who played my husband," Gary said. "I think Roy was very protective of his career. I think he was at that point in his career where he hadn't quite made it to being a big-time star. And, perhaps, he thought that I wasn't top drawer enough to be his wife. I never felt a closeness with him. I felt older, and larger. A big head." "Literally big head?" I asked. "Literally. I mean, he told me, 'Your head is bigger than mine' in the two-shot!" she laughed. In addition to writing the script, Gottlieb played newspaperman Harry Meadows. He earned roughly $13,000 for writing and acting in "Jaws." Though he says much of the dark humor was not on the page. "We were blessed with a cast that could kind of ad lib in character," he said. "With most actors if you say, 'Ad lib,' it makes their part bigger. But these people were ad libbing relatively selflessly. When I spotted something potentially funny, or if there was humor in something, I would say to Steven, 'I think we got a laugh here if we change the line.'" And, he said, Spielberg was always responsive to that. Steven Spielberg filming a scene from "Jaws" in the Nantucket Sound off of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., July 25, 1974. Dick Yarwood/Newsday via Getty Images Then there were the delays. As the shooting schedule tripled from 55 days to 159, the actors started to get under each other's skin. Dreyfuss said, "The thing about Robert Shaw, he knew that he had me psychologically, like, with a little pin through my stomach. And if he said that I couldn't do 25 sit-ups, I couldn't. But I could. And he would say, 'You can't jump off the top of the Orca into the water.' And I couldn't. But I could. He had me!" I spoke to Dreyfuss at the Harbor View Hotel, where some of the cast and crew stayed … and where Oscar-winning editor Verna Fields cut much of the movie. It was also the scene of a "Jaws" food fight. Dreyfuss doesn't quite remember who threw the first lobster roll: "Well, it was either Roy or me." "Jaws" surfaced on June 20, 1975. For the first time ever, a movie opened nationwide, and for the first time ever, a movie made more than $100 million. Asked why it did so well, Gottlieb replied, "You know, why is the Mona Lisa still a hit? It had that combination of things, any three of which or five of which would've made it a hit. But ['Jaws'] had, like, ten of those." "Jaws" changed Hollywood, as well as the lives of everyone associated with it. Steven Spielberg has become the defining director of his generation, and the legacies of Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss are forever linked to this film, a movie that millions of us still think about every single time we stroll toward the ocean. Dreyfuss said, "I will never walk from the beach into the water so that the water comes up to my chest. If and when that ever happens, I'll either be dead or in a mental institution. The fact that I can't see what's happening underneath is so real to me, I can't do it." I asked, "Before 'Jaws' and after 'Jaws'?" "Before 'Jaws," I didn't care!" Dreyfuss replied. WEB EXCLUSIVE: Extended Interview – Richard Dreyfuss on the making of "Jaws" (Video) For more info: Story produced by Gabriel Falcon. Editor: Steven Tyler. See also:
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27-06-2025
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David Lynch Script for Unfinished Film Sells for $150,000 at Auction
Items from David Lynch's personal estate and archive sold for a total of over $4.5 million at a white-glove auction hosted Wednesday by Julien's Auctions and Turner Classic Movies. The famed filmmaker died in January at the age of 78. Standout lots in the auctioned collection included Lynch's director's chair, which sold for $70,000, a 35-millimiter print of his 1977 surrealist classic Eraserhead that went for $40,000, and a personal copy of the script to the Oscar-nominated Mulholland Drive which sold for $98,000. More from Rolling Stone Cannes Honors David Lynch in 'Emotional' Tribute With Visionary's Son in Attendance David Lynch's Cause of Death Revealed David Lynch's Family Announces 'Worldwide Group Meditation' to Honor Director Lynch was know to drink over 20 cups of coffee a day at one point, and his personal La Marzocco GS/3 Home Espresso Machine sold for $35,000. The prize of the night, however, was a set of screenplays related to Lynch's most infamous unfinished film: Ronnie Rocket: The Absurd Mystery of the Strange Forces of Existence. The project, originally begun by Lynch in the late 1970s, is the mythical lost film of Lynch's lifetime. Described by Lynch as a movie 'about electricity and a three-foot guy with red hair,' the director repeatedly came back to the screenplay and script, writing and rewriting Ronnie Rocket but never finding adequate financial backing to fully develop the project. In 2013, Lynch told writer David Breskin that Ronnie Rocket was not a dead project. 'No, no, no, no, never, not in a million years,' Lynch emphasized. 'I'm waiting for the next step to happen to do it, if there is a next step. I'm waiting for a time where I don't really care what happens, except that the film is finished […] It might be a picture that I would love, but I don't know if too many other people are going to dig it. It's very abstract.' 'Ronnie scripts have gone through all sorts of permutations over the years,' An Kroeber, the wife of Eraserhead and Elephant Man sound designer Alan Splet, said of the project. 'I suspect that Ronnie Rocket is David's most thought-about story and may just never be made not because the production company didn't want to shoot it, they and several others were willing, but David wasn't.' The collection of manuscripts sold for a stunning $150,000. 'Every object in this collection served as a window into Lynch's surreal and uncompromising creative world — whether from his groundbreaking films, television work, or personal studio,' Catherine Williamson, Managing Director of Entertainment at Julien's Auctions, said in a statement. 'The global response to the auction speaks not only to the cultural importance of his legacy, but to the profound admiration and reverence he inspires among fans, collaborators, and collectors alike.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Best 'Saturday Night Live' Characters of All Time Denzel Washington's Movies Ranked, From Worst to Best 70 Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century
