Synopsis
Where were you in '62?
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
1973 Directed by George Lucas
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Richard Dreyfuss Ron Howard Paul Le Mat Charles Martin Smith Cindy Williams Candy Clark Mackenzie Phillips Wolfman Jack Bo Hopkins Manuel Padilla Jr. Beau Gentry Harrison Ford Jim Bohan Jana Bellan Deby Celiz Lynne Marie Stewart Terence McGovern Kathleen Quinlan Timothy F. Crowley Scott Beach John Brent Gordon Analla John Bracci Jody Carlson Del Close Chuck Dorsett Stephen Knox Joe Miksak George Meyer Show All…
American Graffiti – Loucuras de Verão, Американські ґрафіті, Sista natten med gänget, Svengijengi -62, Graffiti américain, Gençlik Yılları, 美国风情画, Američki grafiti, American Graffiti - Nova Geração, Американские граффити, Amerykańskie graffiti, Νεανικά Συνθήματα, Sidste nat med kliken, אמריקן גרפיטי, Americké graffiti, 청춘 낙서, Graffiti américains, Loucuras de Verão, Американски графити, Amerikos grafičiai, アメリカン・グラフィティ, Американські графіті, 美國風情畫, Locura de verano, Nổi Loạn Kiểu Mỹ, دیوارنویسی آمریکایی, Siste natten med gjengen
I love Star Wars but it's a tragedy that it prevented us from ever getting more movies from the George Lucas who made American Graffiti
Pretty good for a movie about teenagers driving around saying hello to each other
The Summer of '62. Before JFK went to Dallas. Before Vietnam. Before the Watts riots. The last summer of innocence for the first group of Baby Boomers. Our main characters in American Graffiti are these kids. They have no clue what's ahead of them.
The music. The lack of a musical score is replaced by an almost constant soundtrack. The songs for the most part, follow the plot. This is something we will later see in two of my favorite movies: Dazed and Confused and Everybody Wants Some. I feel a slight disconnect with the song selections. I didn't grow up with this music. You could say some of it is "square". One of our characters reflects on how the…
The illusions of freedom before the collapse of a culture. Lucas is more relevant than ever.
"This was the most perfect, dazzling creature I've ever seen!"
"She's gone. Forget it."
You're the most beautiful, exciting thing I've ever seen in my life and I don't know anything about you.
Films that sweep you away into a time long gone, and make you feel like you've always been there are a rarity. Theyre even more antiquated today, which makes the existence of films like American Graffiti worthy of being put in special little time capsules. (Or a certain Library of Congress.)
This film may take place in the very early 60's but the laid back, nocturnal, real time hangout vibe of the film is the story of every American youth's summer years. This is your fathers story. This is your grandfathers story and his father before him. This is our story.…
"there's a great big beautiful world out there. and here i sit sucking on popsicles"