Regular gas was between 30 and 35 cents per gallon in 1962.
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Lucas originally wanted even more of Somers…
An abandoned opening concept would have shown the Blonde driving through an empty drive-in, suggesting that she was essentially Curt's fantasy of the perfect woman rather than an ordinary character.
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“I love you!”
The mysterious Blonde in the T-Bird is Suzanne Somers, years before “Three's Company”. One tiny role in American Graffiti became one of her earliest memorable screen appearances.
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Candy Clark wasn't just funny—Oscar noticed
Clark's performance as Debbie earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Han Solo says "Great kid, don't get cocky!"
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Surprisingly few of these “teenagers” actually were teenagers...
Ron Howard and Charles Martin Smith were both 18. Mackenzie Phillips was only 12. Most of the other principal actors were already in their twenties—and Harrison Ford turned 30 during filming.
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Lucas likes doing that. You might have noticed that, in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," the registration of the plane that rescues Indiana Jones at the beginning is OB-CPO. That being a dual reference to Obi-Wan and C-3PO from "Star Wars."

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I own the soundtrack album, a two-LP set. I bought it after the film just for the last song, “All Summer Long,“ by the Beach Boys.What an amazing song and such a fitting ending. #AmericanGraffiti #TCMParty

When Laurie and Steve dance together and she says "go to hell" and keeps dancing...that's great line delivery and acting from Williams. An emotional moment in the film.
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"And they came all the way from Stockton!" Thirty-one whole miles. #AmericanGraffiti #TCMParty

'Gee I love real tuck 'n' roll upholstery."
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"American Graffiti" has one of the two best Sound Designs in film history. The other is "Apocalypse Now." Both were done by the great Walter Murch.

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During filming in Petaluma, CA, local merchants helped the production by leaving their store lights on all night, giving Lucas more illumination without an expensive lighting setup.
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Don't worry, The Beatles are coming!
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Nice! Thanks.

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Almost this entire movie was filmed at night
Except for the drag race and airplane sequences, filming happened after dark. Cast and crew reportedly worked roughly 9 PM until sunrise for 28 days.
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Yep, #AmericanGraffiti is all source/diegetic music like #RearWindow. Both films use music to put us right in the world of the movie. Both fabulous. #TCMParty