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

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ProducerFrancis Ford Coppola, Gary Kurtz

EAN5050582055986

eBay Product ID (ePID)3953292

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleAmerican Graffiti

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

DirectorGeorge Lucas

Subtitle LanguageBulgarian\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Hungarian\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Swedish\Turkish

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

Release Year2003

FeaturesWidescreen, The Making Of\Weblink\Trailer\Production Notes\Cast and Filmmakers Notes, With Subtitles

Aspect Ratio2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Run Time107 Mins

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Costume DesignerAggie Guerard Rodgers

Set DesignerDouglas Freeman

Production DesignerDennis Lynton Clark

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

AuthorWillard Huyck, Gloria Katz, George Lucas

Dubbing LanguagesGerman\French\Spanish\Italian

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.

Movie/TV TitleAmerican Graffiti

Sound sourceDolby Digital Mono\Dolby Digital Surround

CinematographerJan D'Alquen, Ron Eveslage

Format DescriptionDVD 9

EditorMarcia Lucas, Verna Fields