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American Graffiti

Movie (1973)

"Where were you in '62?"

American Graffiti takes place in the early 1960’s depicting one eventful graduation night for four friends one their last day together before college – before adulthood. A comedy from director George Lucas and his first extremely successful film.

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Released: Aug 1st, 1973
Budget: $777,000.00
Revenue: $115,000,000.00

American Graffiti Main Cast

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Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
plays Curt
Ron Howard
Ron Howard
plays Steve
Paul Le Mat
Paul Le Mat
plays John
Charles Martin Smith
Charles Martin Smith
plays Terry
Cindy Williams
Cindy Williams
plays Laurie
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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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  • Movie Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Carol first runs from the girls' car to Milner's car, she automatically knows to open the car door with the inside door handle even though there's one on the outside.<I actually drive a 1934 Dodge coupe and a 1926 Model T pickup, both have handles on the outside and probably 50% of the people that go for a ride the very first time reach in and grab the interior handle. Reason being, many early cars the passenger side has keyed locks on the exterior door handle and this lock can be bypassed by using the interior handle. This would actually be likely for someone to reach in on a car in that time frame.
  • Movie Goof (continuity error): When Milner gets blasted with the shaving cream, he wipes it away with his hand - all but a small smudge between his eyes. Even though he missed this smudge, it's clearly gone the next time we see his face.
  • Movie Goof (anachronisms): When Carol and John are walking through the junkyard they go past many 1963, 1962, 1961, and 1960 cars. It would be improbable for these "late model" cars to already be in a junkyard in 1963. There is a 1963 Studebaker Lark, a 1961 Pontiac, and a 1960 Ford for instance.
  • Movie Goof (anachronisms): The pinball machines that the Pharaohs rob are all newer than the 1962 setting of the film. Buckaroo-1965 Base Hit-1967; Royal Guard-1968; Wild Wild West-1969; SkyRocket-1970; Vampire-1971.
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