American Graffitti  -1973

Director : George Lucas

Writers : George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck

Rating : PG

Running Time : 107 mins

Cast : Ron Howard, Candy Clark, Harrison Ford, Richard Dryfuss, Susan Sommers

  Filmaker George Lucas' second directorial effort and his first big hit was set in 1962 America on the night before the graduating class of that year split up. An instant classic perfectly attuned to the mood of early 70s baby boomers who'd just woken up after Vietnam, Watergate and the hippie era. Besides setting George and producer Coppola on the road to movie megadon, this launched the acting careers of Ron Howard, Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, Candy Clark, Charlie Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Joe Spano, Paul Le Mat and Kathleen Quinlan, all of whom interact as cruising teens on the strip in Modesto, California, and take their first steps into the turbulent 60s. Susanne Sommers also had a small part in this film as the mystrious Blonde everyone had a crush on and Harrison Ford was just ultra badass in his black chevy, but that lil yellow ford was the sh-t! This is a great movie filled with cool rock-n-roll music, great action, gorgeous girls, cool hotrods and just a laid back look at everything young american. Its a funny but serious movie with tons of gorgeous cars and an amazing feel for the young americans lives just before they hit maturity in the 1960's pre vietnam era. This film to me is one of the Icon's of American youth movie's.

If you've never seen this one and want to see a GREAT film.....................Then Get it!

10 Stars