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Where Were You in ‘73?: Remembering “American Graffiti” on its 50th Anniversary
“American Graffiti is one of those films where a filmmaker brings his youth to the screen with such a sense of sweetness and genuine nostalgia, that his or her personal recollections somehow become universal for the audience.” – Gary Leva, director of Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this longform retrospective commemorating the golden anniversary of the release of American Graffiti, George Lucas’s popular film that nostalgically asked, “Where were you in ‘62?”
American Graffiti starred Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind), Ronny Howard (The Andy Griffith Show, Happy Days), Paul Le Mat (Aloha, Bobby and Rose, Melvin and Howard), Charles Martin Smith (Never Cry Wolf, The Untouchables), Candy Clark (The Man Who Fell to Earth, Blue Thunder), Mackenzie Phillips (One Day at a Time), Cindy Williams (The Conversation, Laverne & Shirley) and Wolfman Jack (popular radio DJ), plus a small, early-career performance by Harrison Ford (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark). The film was nominated for five Academy Awards (Picture, Director, Supporting Actress—Candy Clark, Screenplay, and Film Editing). In 1995 the Library of Congress selected American Graffiti for preservation in the National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.” Its most recent home media release, on 4K UHD, was in November of this year (but received less than high marks for A/V quality in most reviews).[Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- The Digital Bits
- 50th Anniversary
- George Lucas
- 1962
- 1973
- Gary Leva
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Ronny Howard
- Ron Howard
- Paul Le Mat
- Charles Martin Smith
- Candy Clark
- Mackenzie Phillips
- Cindy Williams
- Wolfman Jack
- Harrison Ford
- Universal Studios
- retrospective
- interview
- American Graffiti
- Ray Morton
- Joseph McBride
- Richard Ravalli
- Peter Krämer
- William Kallay
- Beverly Gray
- John Cork
- Rob Hummel
- Roy H Wagner
- Paul Hirsch
- Jon Burlingame
- Larry Blake
- Steve Lee
- John Rotan
- Cliff Stephenson
- Craig Miller