Features the coming of age of four teenagers on their last summer night before college. Rediscover drag racing, Inspiration Point and drive-ins all over again in this nostalgic look back at the early '60's. One of the most influential of all teen films, American Graffiti is a funny, nostalgic, and bittersweet look at a group of recent high school grads' last days of innocence. The incredible soundtrack brings you the most memorable Rock 'n' Roll hits of the era...

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It's the last night of summer 1962, and the teenagers of Modesto, California, want to have some fun before adult responsibilities close in. Among them are Steve (Ron Howard) and Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), college-bound with mixed feelings about leaving home; nerdy Terry "The Toad" (Charles Martin Smith), who scores a dream date with blonde Debbie (Candy Clark); and John (Paul Le Mat ), a 22-year-old drag racer who wonders how much longer he can stay champion and how he got stuck with 13-year-old Carol (Mackenzie Phillips) in his deuce coupe. As D. J. Wolfman Jack spins 41 vintage tunes on the radio throughout the night, Steve ponders a future with girlfriend Laurie (Cindy Williams), Curt chases a mystery blonde, Terry tries to act cool, and Paul prepares for a race against Bob Falfa (Harrison Ford), but nothing can stop the next day from coming, and with it the vastly different future ushered in by the 1960s. Fresh off The Godfather (1972), producer Francis Ford Coppola had the clout to get his friend George Lucas's project made, but only for $750,000 on a 28-day shooting schedule. Despite technical obstacles, and having to shoot at night, cinematographer Haskell Wexler gave the film the neon-lit aura that Lucas wanted, evoking the authentic look of a suburban strip to go with the authentic sound of rock-n-roll. Universal, which wanted to call the film Another Slow Night in Modesto, thought it was unreleasable. But Lucas' period detail, co-writers Willard Huyck's and Gloria Katz's realistic dialogue, and the film's nostalgia for the pre-Vietnam years apparently appealed to a 1973 audience embroiled in cultural chaos: American Graffiti became the third most popular movie of 1973 (after The Exorcist and The Sting), establishing the reputations of Lucas (whose next film would be Star Wars) and his young cast, and furthering the onset of soundtrack-driven, youth-oriented movies. Although the film helped spark 1970s nostalgia for the 1950s, nothing else would capture the flavor of the era with the same humorous candor and latent sense of foreboding. ~ Lucia Bozzola, all media guide

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• Richard Dreyfuss as Curt Henderson
• Ron Howard as Steve Bolander
• Paul Le Mat as John Milner
• Charles Martin Smith as Terry "The Toad" Fields
• Cindy Williams as Laurie Henderson
• Candy Clark as Debbie "Deb" Dunham
• Mackenzie Phillips as Carol
• Harrison Ford as Bob Falfa
• Wolfman Jack as XERB Disc Jockey
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Одна ночь из жизни свежеиспеченных выпускников школы в маленьком калифорнийском городке. Эта ночь вмещает все главные составные их мира: рок-н-ролл, секс, алкоголь. Но судьба каждого из них не менее причудлива, чем разноцветные надписи на стенах – граффити. Снятый всего за месяц, фильм будущего создателя "Звездных войн" стал культовой картиной 70-х, номинировался на 5 "Оскаров", получил "Золотой глобус" в категории Musical/Comedy, и заслуженно вошел в сотню самых выдающихся американских кинолент, а саундтрек с песнями Чака Бэрри, Бадди Холли и других кумиров того поколения не уступал в популярности фильму. "Американские графитти" - это прекрасная картина с ностальгической нотой, редкий пример душевного американского кино.

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Theatrical Release:: August 11, 1973
DVD Released: Sep 16, 1998
Original Format: DVD9
Studio: Universal Studios
Catalog No.: Not actual

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