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American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, written by Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams and Wolfman Jack.
Mel's Drive-In is a term referring to two American restaurant chains, the successors of a chain founded in 1947 by Mel Weiss and Harold Dobbs in San Francisco, California. It is closely associated with the film American Graffiti.
1973 American Graffiti – Many scenes filmed in and around downtown Petaluma. Drag race scenes on Petaluma Blvd and near the end of the movie on Frates Rd. 1984 Impulse – Farm sequences filmed in Petaluma. 1986 Howard the Duck Flight scenes with Petaluma Bridge. 1997 Inventing the Abbotts Downtown scenes. They brought in a snow machine.
Charles Martin Smith (born October 30, 1953) is an American actor and filmmaker, based in British Columbia, Canada. His breakout role was as Terry "The Toad" Fields in George Lucas' film American Graffiti (1973), which he reprised for its sequel More American Graffiti (1979).
The budget of American Graffiti was a $750,000, and it had a 28-day shooting schedule. The film grossed more than $55 million, making it a blockbuster. [2] American Graffiti was shot entirely on location in small Northern California towns between the cruising hours of 9:00 p.m., when it was just dark enough, and 5:00 a.m., before the sun would ...
In fact, Howard, who’d also costarred in Lucas’s film American Graffiti, was wrapping production on Cocoon when Lucas approached him about helming Willow, an idea (originally called Munchkins ...
More American Graffiti, a 1979 coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Bill L. Norton, had filmed Paul Le Mat's character, John Milner, drag racing here. [3] Hot Rod, the 1979 made-for-television directed by George Armitage and starring Gregg Henry and Pernell Roberts, filmed races here. [4]
Italian news agency ANSA noted that the incident marked the fourth time this year that such graffiti was reported at the Colosseum. It said whoever was responsible for the latest episode risked ...