release dateAugust 11th 1973director George Lucasstarring Richard Dreyfuss
Ron Howard
Cindy Williams
Suzanne SomersRating & Run TimePG / 1h 50mFun fact The DC-7 was once owned by Grand Funk Railroad.where to watch Amazon Prime

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Before George Lucas made billions telling us about a galaxy far, far away, he made an unexpected hit telling us about teenagers in Modesto, California. American Graffiti‘s beauty lies in its simplicity. The film is a coming-of-age classic that follows four teenagers in the early 1960s on their last night of summer vacation.
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Lucas uses that single night as a breaking point between what was and what will be, between childhood and adulthood. He treats the characters (all of which, except for one, are newly minted high school graduates) as full-fledged human beings. The story does not look down on them simply because they are young. Lucas remembers what it was like to be 18 and knows that everything is a big deal. Tonight – this night – might as well be the last night of our lives, and we better act accordingly.

American Graffiti starts with a blast: Bill Haley & His Comets cranking out Rock Around The Clock as various cool cars come and go f...