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Summary: Excellent Film!
Review: "American Graffiti" is one of the best 70's movies ever made! Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard (the "Happy Days" star), Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Wolfman Jack, and Harrison Ford (from "Indiana Jones", "The Fugitive", and "Blade Runner") are awesome here! The film deals with the Californian high school graduates having fun one late summer night in 1962. If you have not seen "American Graffiti", I suggest you see it right away! You must own the DVD (like I do), if you own a DVD player. An excellent film!
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Summary: Richard Dreyfuss steals the show as Harrison Ford begins....
Review: ...his film career. Richard Dreyfuss does a marvelous job as the nastolgic Curt Henderson. He single handedly makes this film perfect. In this film, Curt and his bud, played by Ronnie Howard, are finally done with school and both contemplating their futures.
The boys make their "last night" in their hometown enjoyable by hanging with friends at the food hop, revisiting their old lockers, racing other kids up and down the strip, all while knowing fully well that they are done with highschool and the reality that comes with knowing that they can't go back to their old school days. I never lived in the sixties, having been born in 1980, but I can see what life might have been life for those of you who did by watching this film. It's funny, heart warming, well acted, and extremely well written. My hat goes off to the cast and crew. This is perhaps the most delightful movie for the look-back-at-the-sixties genre. I highly recommend this film to all of you.
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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: This movie is hilarious! I love it! Carol and John are maybe the best part of the movie....but that's just my humble opinion.
I was kind of skeptical about watching it, since it is a George Lucas film and I am not particularly fond of Star Wars, but i was wrong to be. It's funny right from the get-go.
I definitely recommend this to anyone with a sense of humor.
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Summary: I have always wanted to watch this movie,but never had time!
Review: I'd like to start my review of American Graffiti by saying this is my first time seeing this movie. I know a little bit about Wolfman Jack,but that's all. I also hear it's funny and sad at the same time. I'll have to be the judge of that,I'd imagine.
I cannot wait to order it tomorrow! Hope there's plenty of copies left!
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Summary: Lucas' masterpiece
Review: George Lucas' nostalgic look at the last "innocent" years of America is a great film, loved by critics and audiences alike. Lucas' clever approach to the realism shots adds a certain quality that everyday filmmakers miss. It's the flubs and mumbled lines that make the classic films like this one what they are. Happy Days star Ron Howard and Richard Dreyfuss and Harrison Ford (all pre-famous) are all excellent in their cavellier roles, cruising around the streets while listening to
Wolfman Jack.
The endless line of great songs from the early 60s like "Rock around the Clock", "16 Candles" and "Surfin' Safari" are as memorable as the film itself. One of my all-time favourite films, this is a must-have movie with some great extras on the DVD. Features include an in-depth and fascinating doco by Laurent Bouzerau, a lengthy trailer, production notes and web links. Excellent.
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Summary: More real than reality it¿s self
Review: There are several overlaying plans and plots with many independent scenes from the era (1962). Is it wiser to go off to school or stay local? What are the consequences of your intent and then final action on friends and loved ones.
Yep everyone sees themselves in this movie. I have to admit I do also. That is see all the others as of courses I am above that sort of thing. This is one of the closest depictions of life with out me having to pull out the 8mm and filming. I spent some time in L.A. around the era and moved to Texas to find that distance changes something's but not that way of life. While in Vietnam I was even able to exchange the same urban legends with people from different part of the US.
I am more surprised that George Locus could capture this so well. I am also amazed at the crew they were able to assemble for this film. Most of them went off to do bigger and better parts and it is fun to watch this film in hind sight. Everyone look so young. I really never noticed Harrison Ford until Star Wars.
Getting away from memory lane, the film is so smooth that you forgot that you are watching a movie and the actors do not overwhelm the characters that they play.
Starting out you notice a song or two and think where was I. Then a few more songs and you soon are more rapped up in the music than the story. Having Wolfman Jack there added a touch of reality. I can not put my finger on it but there was something more than formula in this particular movie.
I am not that sensitive but the ending hits you hard as you realize it will never be the same. This is true of any group in any era. I can almost forget that.
By the way the original T-bird styling is back. All in all this is one film that will not collect dust.
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Summary: the best movie about the 50's ever made
Review: this is one of my favorite movies, this film really reminds you of being back in the 50's, this movie has an outstanding soundtrack, i bought it on dvd, the songs rock around the clock and sixteen candles are great with other great songs, and we can't forget fanny mae.
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Summary: We love this movie!
Review: I'm 34years old woman. I used to live in NY when I was college
student. The most people of our generation love America and adomire american life and culture.
This movie make us so. Thats why I went to America when I'm in
a adolescent.
For us, this movie is real dazzling and until now, it charmed.
and so on forever!
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Summary: A more innocent time
Review: Believe me, it was fun being a teenager in the late '50's and early 60's, and this movie captures that relatively innocent fun. Sure, the older generation complained about the "wildness" of the teenagers, but that has been true back to ancient times. But for the average teenager, life just was not really that serious. The sound of the music, the activities, the joy of cruising, all were part of teenage life. Lucas did a terrific job of capturing the mood and spirit of the times. He had a great cast of young actors to work with, great oldies for the musical background, and the movie shows that considerable work was done to bring it all together. This is one truly enjoyable movie. However, most of these reviews seem to miss one important point and that is the rather jolting return to everyday reality provided by the ending in which we're told what happened to each of these happy teenagers. And that ending helps give this extremely entertaining movie a little more meaning. Personally, I just can't put this movie into the realm of "greatest all time movies". It misses that plateau, but it still is prime movie making and well worth seeing.
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Summary: Superb!
Review: I just watched the DVD the other night and I thought that they did a great job of preserving this American classic on the DVD format. It is a must own and I hope to be purchasing it soon. The best thing about the film is that it is so human and even the filmmaking depicts a certain roughness, as explained in the "Making of the movie" section included on the DVD. The film is brilliantly cast and offers a poignant look at the era that was the early 1960s, the end of innocence. I love this film and if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it!
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