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American Graffiti (1973) -- A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
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Writers:
George Lucas (written by) and
Gloria Katz (written by) ...
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Release Date:
11 August 1973 (USA) more
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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 | full synopsis
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Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 5 nominations more
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The American Garden more (194 total)

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Additional Details

Runtime:
110 min | 112 min (re-release) (1978)
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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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The scene at the liquor store in which Terry asks Debbie for money was shot in one take. Candy Clark wanted to do a second take because she flubbed her "Did you get it?" line, but Lucas said that was it, they were printing that first take. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: Just before Curt goes to sit down on the car to watch TV he is running through the intersection on foot and behind him there is a 1973 Olds Cutlass. more
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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Soundtrack:
Some Enchanted Evening more

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What does Curt yell as they drive past the police car?
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61 out of 66 people found the following review useful.
The American Garden, 5 August 2004
Author: (caspian1978@hotmail.com) from Attleboro, MA

The summer of 1962, for these four Youths, it's the closest they will ever get to the Garden of Eden. The music, the cars, the drinking, the dancing, and the innocence, American Graffiti is a harder film to make than Star Wars. To identify with the generation and to create truth from the characters, George Lucas's masterpiece is American Graffiti. From the town Big shot, the future Race car Driver, the Perfect Couple, and the local Nerd, it is amazing how the audience identifies with all these characters from out past. Like a page out of the high school year book, this movie jumps back into the early 60's, before the war, before the lines were drawn, the age of innocence in America would soon be coming to an end. This is the last party of the summer before the dream finally ends.

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