Film· 1973· Comedy

American Graffiti

by George Lucas

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  • George Lucas's teenage years in Modesto

George Lucas based the film on cruising the streets of Modesto, California, as a teenager in the early 1960s.

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American Graffiti

On the last night of summer in 1962, in Modesto, California, a group of teenagers cruise the strip, chase girls and race cars before two of them are due to leave for college.

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