American Graffiti

Product Description

This Academy Award-nominated classic, voted probably the most American Film Institute’s top 100 Films Of All Time, features the coming of age of four teenagers on their last summer night before college. Rediscover drag racing, Inspiration Point and drive-ins far and wide again in this nostalgic look back at the early ’60s. The fantastic soundtrack brings you the most memorable rock ‘n’ roll hits of the era. Directed by George Lucas and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, this classic stars Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Suzanne Somers, Cindy Williams, Wolfman Jack and Mackenzie Phillips. Capture the heart of The united states’s last age of innocence with American Graffiti.

Bonus Content:

• The Making of American Graffiti
• Cast and Filmmakers
• Production Notes
• Theatrical Trailer

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Here’s how critic Roger Ebert described the unique and lasting value of George Lucas’s 1973 box-office hit, American Graffiti: “[It’s] not only a great movie but a brilliant work of historical fiction; no sociological treatise could duplicate the movie’s success in remembering exactly how it was once to be alive at that cultural instant.” The time to which Ebert and the film refers is the summer of 1962, and American Graffiti captures the look, feel, and sound of that era by chronicling one memorable night in the lives of several young Californians on the cusp of adulthood. (In essence, Lucas was once making a semiautobiographical tribute to his own days as a hot-rod cruiser, and the film’s phenomenal success prepared the ground for Star Wars.) The action is propelled by the music of Wolfman Jack’s rock & roll radio show–a soundtrack of pop hits that would change into as popular as the film itself. As Lucas develops several character subplots, American Graffiti becomes a flawless time capsule of meticulously re-created memory, as authentic as a documentary and vividly realized through innovative use of cinematography and sound. The once-in-a-lifetime ensemble cast members inhabit their roles so fully that they do not seem like actors at all, comprising a who’s who of performers–some of whom went on to stellar careers–including Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, and Paul Le Mat. A true American classic, the film ranks No. 77 on the American Film Institute’s list of all-time greatest American movies. Befitting that reputation, the collector’s edition DVD includes a full-length remark by Lucas, a at the back of-the-scenes featurette about the film’s production, a photo gallery, and extensive production notes. –Jeff Shannon