Girl in Cadillac Grungy? You're talking to the woman I love. Exhausted, Curt is awakened by the pay phone. American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, written by Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard (billed as Ronny Howard), Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Yearbook-style photos of the four male leads appear in a shot of the sky next towriting that reveals their adult fates. [14] They pushed hard to get Lucas to adopt any of the titles, but he was displeased with all the alternatives and persuaded Tanen to keep American Graffiti. Bob Falfa : "[17], Although American Graffiti is set in 1962 Modesto, Lucas believed the city had changed too much in ten years and initially chose San Rafael as the primary shooting location. Terry Fields : You're talking to the woman I love. : American Graffiti depicts multiple characters going through a coming of age, such as the decisions to attend college or reside in a small town. : [40] By the 1990s, American Graffiti had earned more than $200million (equivalent to $415million in 2021)[33] in box-office gross and home video sales. After Fields's departure, Lucas struggled with editing the film's story structure. John Milner [30] Producer Coppola sided with Lucas against Tanen and Universal, offering to "buy the film" from the studio and reimburse it for the $775,000 (equivalent to $5million in 2021)[33] it had cost to make it. : Jump out and flatten their tires. He was unsuccessful in pitching the concept to financiers and distributors, but found favor at Universal Pictures after every other major film studio turned him down. : Curt Henderson They cruise the Modesto strip while listening to their favorite rock and roll songs, contemplating what lies ahead of them in their adulthood. Guess what he looks like now! | : No sweat - my mother does it. : Date of death December 31, 1964 Physical description Gender Male Height 5'12" (1,82 m) Eye color blue Behind the scenes Actor Paul Le Mat Our community needs more information on this page! Biographical information 5 Who is the blonde in American Graffiti? "[50] A.D. Murphy from Variety felt American Graffiti was a vivid "recall of teenage attitudes and morals, told with outstanding empathy and compassion through an exceptionally talented cast of unknown actors". [12] This forced Lucas to drop the opening scene in which the Blonde Angel, Curt's image of the perfect woman, drives through an empty drive-in cinema in her Ford Thunderbird, her transparency revealing she does not exist. : John Milner [4] The characters Curt Henderson, John Milner, and Terry "The Toad" Fields also represent different stages from his younger life. John Milner John Milner Danny & the Juniors Producer Coppola encouraged Lucas to cast Wolfman Jack as himself in a cameo appearance. You gonna go after him? [16], Universal initially projected a $600,000 budget but added an additional $175,000 once producer Francis Ford Coppola signed on. [35] The film had cost only $1.27million (equivalent to $8.2million in 2021)[33] to produce and market, but yielded worldwide box office gross revenues of more than $55million (equivalent to $336million in 2021). [19], Although Cindy Williams was cast as Laurie Henderson and enjoyed working with both Lucas and Howard,[20] the actress hoped she would get the part of Debbie Dunham, which ended up going to Candy Clark. : The genesis of American Graffiti took place in Modesto in the early 1960s, during Lucas's teenage years. Directed by George Lucas, this 1973 classic is filled with cruising-for-a-bruising teens, young love, and all of the feels of the last summer before college. The film is so minutely observed you realize that this is George Lucas own story. Later, after the alcohol has made Terry violently sick, he sees Steve's car and attempts to steal it back. I'm too old for you. Great movie scene from American Graffiti. A field car runs through the fields, droppin' cow shit all over the place to make the lettuce grow. John Milner Huyck and Katz found the ending depressing and were incredulous that Lucas planned to include only the male characters. Through a series of vignettes, it tells the story of a group of teenagers and their adventures over the course of a night. [29] Fields worked on the first rough cut of the film before she left to resume work on What's Up, Doc?. There's the bestfriends Curt Henderson (Richard Dreyfuss) and Steve Bolander (Ron Howard), the drag-racing John Milner(Paul Le Mat) and the nerdy Terry "The Toad" Fields (Charles Martin Smith). : Curt, Steve and Laurie attend the high-school sock hop. [6] Howard would later appear in the very similar role of Richie Cunningham on the Happy Days sitcom. . : John Milner By subscribing, I agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, 2023 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, written by Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard (billed as Ronny Howard), Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, and Wolfman Jack. 4 Is American Graffiti based on a true story? John Milner's foe, Bob Falfa went down in another public, flaming defeat the other day so the American Graffiti crowd may circle the wagons around the yellow deuce coupe known as the "fastest car in the valley". What's a field car? Walter was paid the $10,000, and he began to expand the Lucas/Huyck/Katz treatment into a screenplay. Hey! Regardless, Milner does his best to communicate with her. Lucas' ending sees Curt and Steve's roles reversed: Steve promises to stay with Laurie after witnessing John and Bob's explosive drag race, and Curt bids goodbye to his parents and friends. [48] Gene Siskel awarded three-and-a-half stars out of four, writing that although the film suffered from an "overkill" of nostalgia, particularly with regards to a soundtrack so overstuffed that it amounted to "one of those golden-oldie TV blurbs," it was still "well-made, does achieve moments of genuine emotion, and does provide a sock (hop) full of memories. Just do as I say! John Milner Later at the airfield, he says goodbye to his parents and friends before boarding the plane. : File that under uh, C.S. Let's catch 'em at the light. The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: Allegedly Raced UGA Assistant Before Fatal Crash, 2023 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. [54] Dave Kehr, writing in the Chicago Reader, called the film a brilliant work of popular art that redefined nostalgia as a marketable commodity, while establishing a new narrative style.[55]. So I made a film where, essentially, we can get rid of some of those frustrations, the feeling that everything seems futile. [22] The freshman hop dance was filmed in the Gus Gymnasium, previously known as the Boys Gym, at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley. My name? Why the hell do they bother? Despite unanimous praise at a January 1973 test screening attended by Universal executive Ned Tanen, the studio told Lucas they wanted to re-edit his original cut of American Graffiti. John Milner Hey, is this what they call "copping a feel"? While John helps his rival to safety, Laurie begs Steve not to leave her, he assures her that he will stay with her in Modesto. Based on 53 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of the critics enjoyed the film with an average score of 8.5/10. Laurie Henderson This would allow the studio to advertise American Graffiti as "from the man who gave you The Godfather". Good-bye! Terry eventually admits to Debbie that he's been lying about the car all along and he actually drives a scooter; she suggests it's "Almost a motorcycle" and says she had fun with him, agreeing to meet up with him again. Yeah, don't say anything. [4] As he developed the story in his mind, Lucas included his fascination with Wolfman Jack. [47] Roger Ebert gave the film a full four stars and praised it for being "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 to be alive at that cultural instant". [14] Lucas, Huyck and Katz rewrote the second draft together, which, in addition to Modesto, was also set in Mill Valley and Los Angeles. Terry Fields John Milner You take care of yourself, man. You got a bitchin' car. markybgoode 1.64K subscribers Subscribe 3.5K Share Save 548K views 11 years ago A 20 minute insightful conversation with Paul. John Milner Lucas's net worth was now $4million, and he set aside a $300,000 independent fund for his long-cherished space opera project, which would eventually become the basis for Star Wars (1977). Two cameras were used simultaneously in scenes involving conversations between actors in different cars, which resulted in significant production time savings. [21] A key member of the production had also been arrested for growing marijuana,[14] and in addition to already running behind the shooting schedule, the San Rafael City Council immediately became concerned about the disruption that filming caused for local businesses, so withdrew permission to shoot beyond a second day. More American Graffiti is a 1979 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Bill L. Norton. Male Reviews; . : I ain't having no accidents just because of you! : John Milner : What happened, man? Bob Falfa The potential financiers were concerned that music licensing costs would cause the film to go way over budget. Yeah, sure. : [Steve, Terry, Laurie and John wish Curt goodbye]. Oh, wait, there's Dee Dee. More American Graffiti is a 1979 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Bill L. Norton, . John Milner Paradise Road. The anniversary of Milner's death is . American Graffiti evokes mankind's relationship with machines, notably the elaborate number of hot rodshaving been called a "classic-car flick", representative of the motor car's importance to American culture at the time it was made. [12], Lucas spent the rest of 1971 and early 1972 trying to raise financing for the American Graffiti script. [throws a water balloon which misses him and hits Carol]. We see Terry in Vietnam, so desperate to escape that he actually fakes his own death and hides in Europe, hence he's only stated as "missing in action." Terry Fields John Milner The night unfolds with drag races, chasing a mysterious blonde in a Thunderbird, and listening to DJ Wolfman Jack on the radio. Quit laughing! [69] Alongside other films from the New Hollywood era, American Graffiti is often cited for helping give birth to the summer blockbuster. John Milner I don't like that surfin' shit. : Girl in Cadillac A nostalgic slice of Americana pie filmed in a warm, naturalistic style, "American Graffiti" is the simple, wistful story of a group of California teenagers spending one last night togetherafter their high school graduation in 1962. Its what he did in Modesto those final nights before heading off to USC. Filming was initially set to take place in San Rafael, California, but the production crew was denied permission to shoot beyond a second day. Steve and Curt are to travel "Back East" in the morning and start college but the latter has second thoughts about leaving. [16] Filming began on June 26, 1972. Now calling himself "Terry The Tiger", he attempts all night to impress her by lying about the car being his and purchasing alcohol with no ID. Yeah, yeah. 2 What did Suzanne Somers Drive in American Graffiti? John Milner is the tritagonist of the film American Graffiti. United Artists also passed on Star Wars, which Lucas shelved for the time being. Listen, are you with him? Or has a boyfriend? Carol [11], After paying Walter, Lucas had exhausted his development fund from United Artists. Bob Falfa "The Filming of. Hey! [6] The filmmaker was also inspired by Federico Fellini's I Vitelloni (1953). Station Attendant I realized after making THX that those problems are so real that most of us have to face those things every day, so we're in a constant state of frustration. [6] Among the actors was Mark Hamill, the future Luke Skywalker in Lucas's Star Wars trilogy. [16] Instead, he elected to shoot American Graffiti using two cinematographers (as he had done in THX 1138) and no formal director of photography. I'm going to tell him you tried to rape me. : John "Gunner" Gunnell;4743423 said: I'm not sure who owns it, but J. Neal East -- a former auutomotive writer who runs a car book store in So Cal, had his car used to make the sound track. [5][33] The reissue included stereophonic sound[36] and a couple of minutes the studio had removed from Lucas's original cut. Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser! [12] Clearing the music licensing rights had cost approximately $90,000,[31] and as a result, no money was left for a traditional film score. All were offered for sale in San Francisco newspaper ads; only the '58 Impala (driven by Ron Howard) attracted a buyer, selling for only a few hundred dollars. John Milner's 1963 drag racing shot in super wide 2.35:1 and . : Date of birth What was the T Bird in American Graffiti? Carol Aliases Yeah, well I'm not surprised, drivin' a field car! Where is the dazzling beauty I've been searching for all my life? You big weenie! [22] 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures made similar offers to the studio. : Can you help out? While a bit player in the first movie he came into his own as a character in the second one. over there. He held the title of Modesto's undisputed drag racing champion. Mind your own business, John! Here it is. Send me email updates and offers from TMZ and its Affiliates. Paul Le Mat. John Milner John Milner Its a smart, funny and sensitive film unlike anything else he made before or since. Bob Falfa Carol : Debbie is now a hippie who becomes a country-western singer. Shooting in Petaluma began June 28 and proceeded at a quick pace. In the original release, John Milner is listed as having been killed by a drunk driver in June of 1964 in the closing segment just before the final credits. Laurie gets embroiled in Vietnam War protests with her draft-dodging brother, Andy. In his review for The Washington Post, Gary Arnold critiqued Norton's visual experimentation: "All this fussy, arbitrary switching of scenes, years and aspect ratios may wow them back in film school, but the complicated framework reveals nothing but one inconsequential or misleading vignette after another. What's that s'posed to be? John Milner Official Sites The interaction causes Curt to desperately search for her throughout the night. John Milner : You're gonna hafta do one hell of a lot more than that to scare me! Havin' fun, as usual! The first cut of American Graffiti was three and a half hours long, and to whittle the film down to a more manageable two hours, many scenes had to be cut, shortened, or combined. : ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Download the TMZ App on the Apple App Store, Download the TMZ App on the Google Play Store. "The telephone calls [heard on the broadcasts] in the motion picture and on the soundtrack were actual calls with real people. : Paul LeMat Discusses his Role as John Milner in American Graffiti. John Milner He had originally written the script so that the four (Curt, Steve, John, and Toad) storylines were always presented in the same sequence (an "ABCD" plot structure). : [15] Lucas and Kurtz eventually found favor at Universal Pictures, who allowed Lucas total artistic control and the right of final cut privilege on the condition that he make American Graffiti on a strict low budget. Whether or not you accept "More American Graffiti" as canon is up to you. 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