"You haven't seen American Grafitti ?" my dad says, in a shocked voice; the same shocked voice he had when I was 27 and told him I'd never seen one Star Wars movie. So tonight, I watched it. American Grafitti, not Star Wars . Now, I'd seen movies like this before... Dazed and Confused, Superbad... those "it all happened one crazy night" coming-of-age movies that totally capture a specific period of youth in a specific decade of time. In this case, it's a movie made in the 70s, set in the 60s. Just a little American Graffiti Trivia from good ole' trusty IMDb.... It was released in 1973. It cost $777,000 to make and grossed $115 million worldwide - it's one of the most profitable movies ever made. It was the second production of Lucasfilms, with Frances Ford Coppola as the director. Apparently, George Lucas had trouble finding financing for the film and after seeing how much money it made, Coppola said he never quit
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