<I>Hardware Wars </I>
date: label: Date
content: 1978
name: label: Directed by
content: Ernie Fosselius, American, born 1945
label: Written by
content: Ernie Fosselius, American, born 1945
label: Produced by
content: Ernie Fosselius, American, born 1945
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A short satirical film with the title Hardware Wars. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. In the form of a movie trailer, the film parodies the science fiction film Star Wars.
label: Description
content: In the opening scene, a logo that reads [20th / CENTURY / FOSS] appears on screen, followed by an introduction to the main characters, who are billed as Fluke Starbucket (Scott Mathews), Augie "Ben" Doggie (Jeff Hale), Princess Anne-Droid (Cindy Furgatch), Ham Salad (Bob Knickerbocker) and Darph Nader. Shortly after, a toaster and a steam iron are seen flying through space, with the toaster shooting toast at the iron. The rest of the film continues in this manner, where scenarios and characters from the Star Wars franchise and other films, such as The Wizard of Oz, are parodied as voiceover narration (by Paul Frees) plays in the background.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Film
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.44.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 14 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 500 Feet