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A Californian night in 1962 finds four young men leaving college and beginning to party.

Product Identifiers

ProducerFrancis Ford Coppola, Gary Kurtz

EAN5050582847628

eBay Product ID (ePID)102239407

Product Key Features

ActorBo Hopkins, Harrison Ford, Mackenzie Phillips, Wolfman Jack, Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, Ron Howard, Suzanne Somers, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Richard Dreyfuss

Film/TV TitleAmerican Graffiti

DirectorGeorge Lucas

Release Year2011

FormatBlu-ray

LanguageEnglish

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Run Time107 Mins

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Number of Discs1

Production DesignerDennis Lynton Clark

Additional InformationA series of touching and effective vignettes, AMERICAN GRAFFITI presents a powerful collage of youth on the brink of maturity during the innocence of pre-Kennedy-assassination America. The film, set in 1962, follows one night in the lives of several recently graduated high school students. The genial Steve (Ron Howard) prepares to leave for college the next day, and Laurie (Cindy Williams), his girlfriend, is upset by his departure. Laurie's brother, Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), the class intellectual, is also slated for college, but he has serious doubts about his future. Also featured are the hopeless nerd (Charles Martin Smith) and the eternally cool drag racer, John (Paul LeMat), who feels pressure to live up to his reputation. In one of the many subtle, funny scenes, John, after the school dance, picks up chatty 13-year-old Carol (Mackenzie Phillips), thinking she's older than she is. Cruising in their hot rods, eating at Mel's Diner, and listening to Wolfman Jack spin the latest hits, the teenagers draw the audience into a nostalgic web in which the camera jumps from character to character as they each enjoy--or stress over--their last moments of summer freedom. Based on George Lucas's own teenage hot-rodding days in Modesto, California, this brilliant, bittersweet comedy inspired numerous other productions including the long-running TV series HAPPY DAYS. Lucas's second feature, AMERICAN GRAFFITI features an early screen appearance by Harrison Ford, who would figure heavily into the director's next movie, the sci-fi epic STAR WARS.

ReviewsSight and Sound - ...Lucas beautifully establishes his characters...

Costume DesignerAggie Guerard Rodgers

AuthorWillard Huyck, Gloria Katz, George Lucas

CinematographerJan D'Alquen, Ron Eveslage

Set DesignerDouglas Freeman

Sound sourceDolby Digital

EditorMarcia Lucas, Verna Fields

Movie/TV TitleAmerican Graffiti

Consumer AdviceContains mild language, sex references and violence