Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town (film)

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Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town
Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town film Opening titles (1967).jpg
Directed by George Lucas
Written byGeorge Lucas
Paul Golding
Based on Anyone 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 by University of Southern California
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
6 minutes
LanguageEnglish

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]

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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]

See also

References

  1. "anyone lived in a pretty (how) town at the USC School of Cinema-Television". University of Southern California. Archived from the original on August 13, 2006. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  2. "Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Pollock, Dale, Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas, Harmony Books, New York, 1983, ISBN   0-517-54677-9.
  4. 1 2 "Short Shorts Film Festival EXPO 2005". www.shortshorts.org. Retrieved 2025-11-25.