5-25-77

5-25-77, released as 25-5-77 in the United Kingdom, is a 2022 coming-of-age film written and directed by Patrick Read Johnson and produced by Fred Roos and Gary Kurtz.

As a high school senior, Pat has yet to finish any of his films, much to the frustration of his best friend Bill Holmes, who is also his filmmaking partner and lead actor.

They visit Trumbull's studio, where they stumble upon Steven Spielberg and his team shooting effects for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Lightman takes Pat to another studio – Industrial Light & Magic – where the technicians there are trying to wrap up the effects shots for Star Wars.

Pat returns home, to the disappointment of his family that he failed to make inroads with any of the people he met.

On the release date, May 25, 1977, a series of events cause Pat to miss each of the first day's showing of Star Wars, including a fight with Bill, taking Robin to the hospital, and sleeping with Linda for the first time – and then breaking up.

Two weeks later, Robin takes Pat to the theater, which is finally showing Star Wars, and the line to get in goes around the block.

[4] On December 25, 2020, its director announced on his Facebook and Twitter pages that it would be available to stream, buy and see in select theaters on May 25, 2021, but the release was postponed.