American Graffiti (1973)

	Directed by: George Lucas	COUNTRY USA GENRE Drama/Comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE Siste natt med gjengen RUNNING TIME 112 minutes
	Produced by: Francis Ford Coppola Gary Kurtz
	Written by: George Lucas Gloria Katz Willard Huyck

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Curt Henderson	Richard Dreyfuss	½
Steve Bolander	Ron Howard	½
John Milner	Paul Le Mat
Terry "The Toad" Fields	Charles Martin Smith
Debbie Dunham	Candy Clark
Carol Morrison	Mackenzie Phillips
Laurie Henderson	Cindy Williams	½
Bob Falfa	Harrison Ford
Joe Young	Bo Hopkins	½
Himself	Wolfman Jack
Peg	Kathleen Quinlan
The Blonde in T-Bird	Suzanne Somers

Review

George Lucas' unlikely critics' and audience favourite American Graffiti was and remains a detailed, nuanced and significant portrait of a brief but decisive cultural era (the early 1960s), when the burgeoning small-town American youth culture, centered around cruising and rock 'n' roll, had hit its peak. The film is simply structured and seemingly limited in scope, but raises plenty of questions and highlights several interesting contrasts that give it weight to go with the great fun offered by the film's captivating time-travel and Lucas' commanding storytelling – centered around how a bunch of high-school kids spend the last night of their final summer vacation. A number of coming stars (and obscurities) gave intelligent performances, helped by Lucas' fitting perspective gained from first-hand observations and ten years of retrospect.