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American Graffiti premiered on August 2, 1973, at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, and was released on August 11, 1973, in the United States. The film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Aug 11, 1973 · American Graffiti: Directed by George Lucas. With Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith. A group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.
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- Comedy, Drama
- George Lucas
- 1973-08-11
- GEORGE LUCAS MADE THE MOVIE PARTIALLY OUT OF SPITE. The young director's previous film and first feature, the futuristic sci-fi drama THX-1138, had been a disappointment both critically and commercially.
- IT WAS SAVED FROM BECOMING A TV MOVIE BY THE GODFATHER. Universal Pictures gave Lucas a budget of $600,000, or about $3.5 million in 2016 dollars, to make the movie—in other words, not very much.
- CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, THERE IS NO ACTUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN AMERICAN GRAFFITI AND HAPPY DAYS. Happy Days premiered five months after American Graffiti was released.
- THE STUDIO WANTED TO CHANGE THE TITLE. Universal executives didn't know what American Graffiti meant as a title (they weren't alone), and begged Lucas to change it.
Aug 9, 2023 · In 1973, fresh off the flop of his first feature, “THX 1138,” Universal released George Lucas’ “American Graffiti” — a box-office sensation and cultural touchstone that almost wasn’t.
The great divide was November 22, 1963,and nothing was ever the same again. The teenagers in “American Graffiti” are, in a sense, like that cartoon character in the magazine ads: the one who gives the name of his insurance company, unaware that an avalanche is about to land on him.
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American Graffiti - (Original Trailer) Teenagers enjoy the last night of a 1962 summer in George Lucas' American Graffiti (1973) featuring a host of future stars.
May 24, 2023 · “Where were you in ’62?” asked the movie posters when American Graffiti debuted in the summer of 1973. It didn’t matter where you were, because watching the film, whether for the first time or the 40th, puts you right where Lucas wants you to be.
