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Release Date:
11 elokuu 1973 (USA)
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Tagline:
...is back! [1978 Re-release] more
Plot:
A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars.
Another 7 wins
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5 nominations
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User Comments:
Seems almost an accidental classic
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Curt Henderson |
 | Ron Howard | ... | Steve Bolander (as Ronny Howard) |
 | Paul Le Mat | ... | John Milner |
 | Charles Martin Smith | ... | Terry 'The Toad' Fields (as Charlie Martin Smith) |
 | Cindy Williams | ... | Laurie Henderson |
| Candy Clark | ... | Debbie Dunham |
| Mackenzie Phillips | ... | Carol |
| Wolfman Jack | ... | XERB Disc Jockey |
| Bo Hopkins | ... | Joe Young |
| Manuel Padilla Jr. | ... | Carlos |
| Beau Gentry | ... | Ants |
 | Harrison Ford | ... | Bob Falfa |
| Jim Bohan | ... | Officer Holstein |
| Jana Bellan | ... | Budda |
| Deby Celiz | ... | Wendy |
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Runtime:
110 min | 112 min (re-release) (1978)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (original relase) |
Dolby (re-release) (1975)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
South Korea:15 |
USA:PG (certificate #23582) |
Brazil:14 |
Australia:M |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Denmark:15 (video rating) |
Finland:K-12 |
Iceland:L |
Norway:16 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:AA (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) |
West Germany:16
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One of the main reasons why so many studios initially turned down the script was because George Lucas wanted at least 40 songs on the soundtrack, which would obviously lead to a large bill over the rights to these songs. Universal finally agreed to fund the picture when Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola (fresh from the success of The Godfather (1972) the year before) came on board as producer.
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Goofs:
Continuity: While talking to Kurt at the radio station, Wolfman Jack pulls the tone arm off of a turntable. Seconds later, he does it again.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Terry Fields: Hey, what do you say, Curt? Last night in town - you guys gonna have a little bash before you leave?
Steve Bolander: The Moose have been looking for you all day.
[hands check to Curt]
Steve Bolander: They got worried - thought you were trying to avoid them or something.
Terry Fields: What is it? What do ya got?
Curt Henderson: Oh, great.
Terry Fields: That's $2000 man! $2000!
Steve Bolander: Mr. Jennings gave it to me to give to you. He says he's sorry it's so late, but it's the first scholarship the Moose Lodge has given out. And he, uh, says they're all very proud of you back at the lodge.
Curt Henderson: Cute. Why don't you hold it for me for awhile?
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Terry Fields: Hey, what do you say, Curt? Last night in town - you guys gonna have a little bash before you leave?
Steve Bolander: The Moose have been looking for you all day.
[hands check to Curt]
Steve Bolander: They got worried - thought you were trying to avoid them or something.
Terry Fields: What is it? What do ya got?
Curt Henderson: Oh, great.
Terry Fields: That's $2000 man! $2000!
Steve Bolander: Mr. Jennings gave it to me to give to you. He says he's sorry it's so late, but it's the first scholarship the Moose Lodge has given out. And he, uh, says they're all very proud of you back at the lodge.
Curt Henderson: Cute. Why don't you hold it for me for awhile?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#25.4)" (2001)
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Soundtrack:
Fannie Mae
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I don't know if George Lucas really knew what he had in this picture--surely the script seemed funny enough, and the thought of the cars and the period music was enticing--but did he really know these "unknown" actors who bring these characters to life? It seems almost a fluke, shot in 29 days and on a tight budget, but "American Graffiti" is a four-star classic. It is perhaps pure nostalgia, mixing pathos and humor, sadness and craziness, hope and reflection, in quiet little bursts of excitement. After cruising with Milner all night, teenage Carol hates to say goodbye but does, waving from her porch with the light on; Toad survives one bad accident after another, but his real moment is in hearing praise from his date (fantastic, husky-voiced Candy Clark, dolled up like a speeding Sandra Dee) just before she says good night; after chasing his dream date all night, Kurt (Richard Dreyfuss, green and anxious, and appealingly bemused) finally gets to talk to the stunning blonde wonder on the telephone, where she whispers a wrenching goodbye. The whole movie is steeped in reflection. It has great, great humor, yet it leaves one with a bittersweet melancholia. For yesterday is in the past, with our music, our memories, and our hesitant farewells.