American Graffiti
Released by Hyperion Pictures on August 11, 1973
Directed by
George Lucas
Producers
Francis Ford Coppola
Walt Disney, Jr.
Screenplay by
Gloria Katz
Willard Huyck
Music Supervisor
Walter Murch
Production Company
American Zoetrope
Cast
Richard Dreyfuss as Curt Henderson
Ronny Howard as Steve Bolander
Paul Le Mat as John Milner
Charles Martin Smith as Terry "The Toad" Fields
Cindy Williams as Laurie Henderson
Candy Clark as Debbie Dunham
Mackenzie Phillips as Carol Morrison
Wolfman Jack as Disc Jockey
Bo Hopkins as Joe Young
Manuel Padilla, Jr. as Carlos
Harrison Ford as Bob Falfa
Lynne Marie Stewart as Bobbie Tucker
Terry McGovern as Mr. Wolfe
Kathleen Quinlan as Peg
Scott Beach as Mr. Gordon
Susan Richardson as Judy
Kay Ann Kemper as Jane
Joe Spano as Vic
Debralee Scott as Falfa's Girl
Suzanne Somers as "The Blonde" in the T-Bird
Through a series of vignettes,
American Graffiti takes place on one summer night in 1962 when four high school friends cruise the streets of their small town before they must part ways and begin their adult lives.
The plot and storyline are pretty much the same as OTL, and there were no cuts to the footage before the film's first theatrical release.
After
American Graffiti proved commercially and critically successful, father and son reached a compromise on Lucas's space opera script. Junior will serve as executive producer on said project, but it will be released under his father's label. Walt, who wanted to turn Lucas's story into animated feature, reluctantly agreed to let Junior put the project into live action production.