Talk:American Graffiti

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budget

In the summary box to the right of the article the budget is stated to have been $777,777.77 - a curious amount, is it correct ?

middle america

How are the teenagers 'middle american'? I find this confusing.

probably should be "middle-class American" --Ed Poor

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The article reads like the blurb from the DVD I watched last month: paean, etc. Can we copy stuff like that, unattributed? --Ed Poor

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This sentence doesn't seem correct:

a group of small-town middle-American California teenagers who are scheduled to leave their town for college, and spend one last night together.

1. Only 2 of the teenagers in the group are leaving town for college: the Richard Dreyfuss character, and the Ron Howard character
2. They don't spend the night together: they all go their separate ways during the night.

--Ed Poor

I wrote the blurb myself from memory, I didn't copy it from anything. Change it as needed. And in my mind, middle America means small-town. It doesn't mean middle class, because middle class can be any city. And it doesn't mean midwestern, that's a specific ___location. -- Zoe

Zoe: I wasn't sure if you meant middle-class, Midwestern, or W.A.S.P.. Thanks for the clarification. 206.15.46.129 (The poster of the original comment.)

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Wolfman Jack's Radio Station

Tim Horrigan: If I recall correctly, Wolfman Jack's character in the movie works out of a studio in his station's transmitter shack, somewhere on the outskirts of the fictional California town in the film. And the town is several hundred miles north of Mexico.

Trivia

Latest comment: 19 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

If anyone cares, the plate #of the Deuce was THX1138. (Very cute...) Trekphiler 02:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Actually, it was THX138. Midwinter 01:39, 23 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Strange Occurence at the Beginning

At the very beginning, when you see the Universal log, you hear a short burst of voices before it goes to the opening. I haven't seen this film is ages, but the video, which has the short burst of noise, says 1985 on it.