American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy film directed and co-written by George Lucas starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, and Wolfman Jack. Suzanne Somers, Kathleen Quinlan, Debralee Scott, and Joe Spano also appear in the film. Set in Modesto, California, in 1962, the film is a study of the cruising and early rock 'n' roll cultures popular among Lucas's age group at the time. Through a series of vignettes, the film tells the story of a group of teenagers and their adventures over the course of a single night.
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where was the movie american graffiti filmed at
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Petaluma, "Mel's Drive-In" in San Francisco, Sonoma, Richmond, Novato, and the "Buchanan Field Airport" in Concord were some of the locations.
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when was it screened?
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1973
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who were the actors in this film?
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Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith and Cindy Williams, to name a few.
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when was the last actor mentioned born?
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August 22nd, 1947.
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where is the actor from?
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"Van Nuys", a district of Los Angeles, California.
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whom was this person married to?
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Bill Hudson
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where is the first actor mentioned earlier from?
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Brooklyn, New York
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which books did he write?
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He co-authored with science-fiction writer Harry Turtledove for the novel "The Two Georges”.
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when was this novel published?
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1995
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which genre is this novel?
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It is an "alternate history" and "detective thriller".
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which awards did the aforementioned movie win?
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It won "Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)" at the 31st Golden Globe Awards.
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"American Graffiti" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, but lost to "The Sting". Further nominations at the 46th Academy Awards included Best Director (George Lucas), Best Original Screenplay (Lucas, Willard Huyck, and Gloria Katz), Best Supporting Actress (Candy Clark) and Best Film Editing (Verna Fields and Marcia Lucas). The film won Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) at the 31st Golden Globe Awards, while Paul Le Mat won Most Promising Newcomer. Lucas was nominated for Best Director and Richard Dreyfuss was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical. More nominations included Cindy Williams by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Lucas for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, and Lucas, Huyck, and Katz by the Writers Guild of America for Best Original Comedy.
American Graffiti | Accolades
The movie was written and directed by Bill L. Norton who was picked by Lucas as being suitable due to his California upbringing and experience with comedy. Lucas was involved in the production by acting as the executive producer, editing both Norton's screenplay and the finished motion picture, and even manning a camera for sequences set in the Vietnam War.
More American Graffiti | Production
George Lucas has been credited for perfecting the genre by writing and directing "American Graffiti" (1973).
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American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy film directed and co-written by George Lucas starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, and Wolfman Jack. Suzanne Somers, Kathleen Quinlan, Debralee Scott, and Joe Spano also appear in the film. Set in Modesto, California, in 1962, the film is a study of the cruising and early rock 'n' roll cultures popular among Lucas's age group at the time. Through a series of vignettes, the film tells the story of a group of teenagers and their adventures over the course of a single night.
American Graffiti | Introduction
Jan D'Alquen and Ron Eveslage are American cinematographers best known for their work with film director George Lucas on the sleeper hit film, 1973's "American Graffiti". "American Graffiti" is a nostalgic portrait of teenage life in 1962 which spawned numerous imitations such as the TV series, "Happy Days", and films like "The Lords of Flatbush". The budget of "American Graffiti" was a mere $750,000 dollars, on a tight 28-day shooting schedule. Nonetheless, the film went on to gross more than $55 million, making it a blockbuster of its day. "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 come up.
Jan D'Alquen and Ron Eveslage | Introduction
More American Graffiti is a 1979 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Bill L. Norton. It is the sequel to the 1973 film "American Graffiti". Whereas the first film followed a group of friends during the summer evening before they set off for college, this film shows where they end up a few years later. Most of the main cast members from the first film returned for the sequel, including Candy Clark, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Bo Hopkins, and Harrison Ford. Richard Dreyfuss was the only principal cast member from the original film not to appear in the sequel.
More American Graffiti | Introduction
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
American Graffiti | Accolades
Along with "Easy Rider" (1969), "American Graffiti" was one of the first films to eschew a traditional film score and successfully rely instead on synchronizing a series of popular hit songs with individual scenes. "THX 1138" was released in March 1971, and Lucas was offered opportunities to direct "Lady Ice", "Tommy", or "Hair". He turned down those offers, determined to pursue his own projects despite his urgent desire to find another film to direct. During this time, Lucas conceived the idea for a space opera (as yet untitled) which later became the basis for his "Star Wars" franchise. At the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, "THX" was chosen for the Directors' Fortnight competition.
American Graffiti | United Artists
The genesis of "American Graffiti" was in Lucas' own teenaged years in early 1960s Modesto. He was unsuccessful in pitching the concept to financiers and distributors, but found favor at Universal Pictures after every other major film studio turned him down. Filming was initially set to take place in San Rafael, California, but the production crew was denied permission to shoot beyond a second day. As a result, production was moved to Petaluma.
American Graffiti | Introduction
Fred Zinnemann" – From Here to Eternity"
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This would allow the studio to advertise "American Graffiti" as "From the Man Who Gave You "The Godfather"." Production proceeded with virtually no input or interference from Universal. The film was released in the United States on August 1, 1973 to sleeper hit reception. The film cost only $1.27 million to produce and market, but yielded worldwide box office gross revenues of more than $55 million. It had only modest success outside the United States, but became a cult film in France. Universal reissued "Graffiti" in 1978 and earned an additional $63 million, which brought the total revenue for the two releases to $118 million.
Gary Kurtz | "American Graffiti"
Despite unanimous praise at a January 1973 test screening attended by Universal executive Ned Tanen, the studio told Lucas they wanted to re-edit his original cut of "American Graffiti". Producer Coppola sided with Lucas against Tanen and Universal, offering to "buy the film" from the studio and reimburse it for the $775,000 (equivalent to $ million in ) it had cost to make it. 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures made similar offers to the studio. Universal refused these offers and told Lucas they planned to have William Hornbeck re-edit the film. When Coppola's "The Godfather" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in March 1973, Universal relented and agreed to cut only three scenes (about four minutes) from Lucas' cut—an encounter between Toad and a fast-talking car salesman, an argument between Steve and his former teacher Mr.
American Graffiti | Release
Billy Wilder – "Sunset Boulevard"
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It was the final live-action theatrical film in which Ron Howard would play a credited, named character.
More American Graffiti | Introduction
Gene Siskel awarded three-and-a-half stars out of four, writing that although the film suffered from an "overkill" of nostalgia, particularly with regards to a soundtrack so overstuffed that it amounted to "one of those golden-oldie TV blurbs," it was still "well-made, does achieve moments of genuine emotion, and does provide a sock (hop) full of memories." Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" wrote, ""American Graffiti" is such a funny, accurate movie, so controlled and efficient in its narrative, that it stands to be overpraised to the point where seeing it will be an anticlimax." A.D. Murphy from "Variety" felt "American Graffiti" was a vivid "recall of teenage attitudes and morals, told with outstanding empathy and compassion through an exceptionally talented cast of unknown actors".
American Graffiti | Critical reception
At the end of its theatrical run, "American Graffiti" had one of the best cost-to-profit ratios of any motion picture ever. It was the thirteenth-highest-grossing film of all time in 1977, and, adjusted for inflation, is currently the forty-third highest. By the 1990s, "American Graffiti" had earned more than $200 million in box office gross and home video sales. In December 1997, "Variety" reported that the film had earned an additional $55.13 million in rental revenue.
Gary Kurtz | "American Graffiti"
Lucas considered covering duties as the sole cinematographer, but dropped the idea. Instead, he elected to shoot "American Graffiti" using two cinematographers (as he had done in "THX 1138") and no formal director of photography. Two cameras were used simultaneously in scenes involving conversations between actors in different cars, which resulted in significant production time savings. After CinemaScope proved to be too expensive, Lucas decided "American Graffiti" should have a documentary-like feel, so he shot the film using Techniscope cameras. He believed that Techniscope, an inexpensive way of shooting on 35 mm film and using only half of the film's frame, would give a perfect widescreen format resembling 16 mm.
American Graffiti | Cinematography
Although it is full of the material of fashionable nostalgia, it never exploits nostalgia. In its feeling for movement and music and the vitality of the night—and even in its vision in white—it is oddly closer to some early Fellini than to the recent American past of, say, "The Last Picture Show" or "Summer of '42"." Verna Fields and Marcia Lucas were nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing in 1974 for their work on "American Graffiti"; while the film won no Academy Awards, Marcia Lucas, Murch, and Fields all won Academy Awards for later work.
Verna Fields | George Lucas and "American Graffiti"
Lucas spent the rest of 1971 and early 1972 trying to raise financing for the "American Graffiti" script. During this time, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Columbia Pictures all turned down the opportunity to co-finance and distribute the film. Lucas, Huyck and Katz rewrote the second draft together, which, in addition to Modesto, was also set in Mill Valley and Los Angeles. Lucas also intended to end "American Graffiti" showing a title card detailing the fate of the characters, including the death of Milner and the disappearance of Toad in Vietnam. Huyck and Katz found the ending depressing and were incredulous that Lucas planned to include only the male characters.
American Graffiti | Universal Pictures
"Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend"
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In 1967, Fields had hired George Lucas to help edit "Journey to the Pacific" (1968), which was a documentary film written and directed by Gary Goldsmith for the USIA. She had also hired Marcia Griffin for the job, and introduced Griffin and George Lucas; the couple subsequently married. In 1972, Lucas was directing "American Graffiti". While Lucas had intended that his wife would edit the film, Universal asked him to add Verna Fields to the editing team. Over the first ten weeks of post-production, George and Marcia Lucas, along with Fields and Walter Murch (as sound editor), pieced together the original, 165-minute version of the film.
Verna Fields | George Lucas and "American Graffiti"
David Lean - "Lawrence of Arabia"
20th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Director">Best Director</a>
Graffiti () is a 2006 Russian comedy film directed by .
Graffiti (film) | Introduction
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini – "American Splendor"
Gotham Independent Film Awards 2003 | Breakthrough Director
"The Robe directed by Henry Koster"
11th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Motion%20Picture%20%E2%80%93%20Drama">Best Motion Picture – Drama</a>
"The Lost Weekend directed by Billy Wilder"
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Charles Champlin of "The New York Times" called it a "masterfully executed and profoundly affecting movie." Jay Cocks of "Time" magazine wrote that "American Graffiti" "reveals a new and welcome depth of feeling. Few films have shown quite so well the eagerness, the sadness, the ambitions and small defeats of a generation of young Americans." Pauline Kael of "The New Yorker" was less enthused, writing that the film "fails to be anything more than a warm, nice, draggy comedy, because there's nothing to back up the style. The images aren't as visually striking as they would be if only there were a mind behind them; the movie has no resonance except from the jukebox sound and the eerie, nocturnal jukebox look." She also noted with disdain that the epilogue did not bother to mention the fates of any of the women characters.
American Graffiti | Critical reception
In January 1968, the film won first prize in the category of Dramatic films at the third National Student Film Festival held at the Lincoln Center, New York, where it was seen and admired by Steven Spielberg, who had not previously met Lucas. It also came to notice of parts of the mainstream film industry, such as Los Angeles Times film critic Charles Champlin, and Ned Tanen, then a Universal Studios production executive, who was later involved with Lucas' "American Graffiti".
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB | Reception
"American Graffiti" received widespread critical acclaim. Based on 49 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of the critics enjoyed the film with an average score of 8.43/10. The consensus reads: "One of the most influential of all teen films, "American Graffiti" is a funny, nostalgic, and bittersweet look at a group of recent high school grads' last days of innocence". Roger Ebert gave the film a full four stars and praised it for being "not only a great movie, but a brilliant work of historical fiction; no sociological treatise could duplicate the movie's success in remembering exactly how it was to be alive at that cultural instant".
American Graffiti | Critical reception
The film American Graffiti was one of the suggestions. Tagasauris found nearly two dozen unkeyworded photos taken on the film's set. ""Computers couldn’t ID humans in the photo but humans couldn’t know the context.""
Tagasauris | Introduction
Joseph R. Jennings is an American art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "".
Joseph R. Jennings | Introduction
Leon Harris was an American art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "".
Leon Harris (art director) | Introduction
"John Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
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Lucas had wanted his wife, Marcia, to edit "American Graffiti", but Universal executive Ned Tanen insisted on hiring Verna Fields, who had just finished editing Steven Spielberg's "The Sugarland Express". Fields worked on the first rough cut of the film before she left to resume work on "What's Up, Doc?" After Fields' departure, Lucas struggled with editing the film's story structure. He had originally written the script so that the four (Curt, Steve, John, and Toad) storylines were always presented in the same sequence (an "ABCD" plot structure). The first cut of "American Graffiti" was three and a half hours long, and to whittle the film down to a more manageable two hours, many scenes had to be cut, shortened, or combined.
American Graffiti | Editing
As a result, the film's structure became increasingly loose and no longer adhered to Lucas's original "ABCD" presentation. Lucas completed his final cut of "American Graffiti", which ran 112 minutes, in December 1972. Walter Murch assisted Lucas in post-production for audio mixing and sound design purposes. Murch suggested making Wolfman Jack's radio show the "backbone" of the film. "The Wolfman was an ethereal presence in the lives of young people," said producer Gary Kurtz, "and it was that quality we wanted and obtained in the picture."
American Graffiti | Editing
Each of more than 40 scenes in the film had a continuously playing background song that had been popular around 1962, when the film's story was set. Michael Sragow has characterized the effect as "using rock 'n roll as a Greek chorus with a beat". Fields then left "American Graffiti". It took another six months of editing to create a shorter, 110-minute version of the film, but upon its release in 1973 "American Graffiti" was extremely successful both with critics and at the box office. Shortly after its release, Roger Greenspun described the film and its editing: ""American Graffiti" exists not so much in its individual stories as in its orchestration of many stories, its sense of time and place.
Verna Fields | George Lucas and "American Graffiti"
Charles Reisner directed the 1937 film, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by John Victor Mackay.
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | Film
It also won the Michael Powell award for best new British feature at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2010, Corbijn returned as a director with the character-based thriller "The American", starring George Clooney.
Anton Corbijn | Film directing
The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. With 3 wins out of 11 nominations, Steven Spielberg is both the most awarded and most nominated director for this category in the history of DGA. Additionally, Alejandro G. Iñárritu is the only director to win consecutive awards. He was awarded in 2015 and 2016 for his directorial work in "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" and "The Revenant", respectively.
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Introduction
Sam Mendes – "American Beauty"
Online Film Critics Society Awards 1999 | Best Director
Gary Kurtz and George Lucas' first collaboration was on the 1973 film "American Graffiti". Lucas and producer Kurtz initially took the script to American International Pictures, which expressed interest but ultimately deemed "American Graffiti" not violent or sexual enough by the studio's standards. The pair eventually found favor at Universal Pictures, who allowed Lucas total artistic control and the right of final cut privilege on the condition that he and Kurtz make "American Graffiti" on a strict, low budget. Universal initially projected a $600,000 budget, but added an additional $175,000 once producer Francis Ford Coppola signed on to co-produce with Kurtz.
Gary Kurtz | "American Graffiti"
Joshua Logan - "Picnic"
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The film was released in the United States on August 11, 1973 to sleeper hit reception. The film had cost only $1.27 million (equivalent to $ million in ) to produce and market, but yielded worldwide box office gross revenues of more than $55 million (equivalent to $ million in ). It had only modest success outside the United States, but became a cult film in France.
American Graffiti | Release
"Guys and Dolls directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz"
13th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Motion%20Picture%20%E2%80%93%20Musical%20or%20Comedy">Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical</a>
without a dramatic glue to hold the disparate story elements together, "Graffiti" is too disorganized for its own good, and the cross-cutting between different film styles only accentuates the problem." Gene Siskel of the "Chicago Tribune" gave the film 2 stars out of 4 and called it "one long confusing movie" that is "really too ambitious for its own good." On "Sneak Previews", Roger Ebert said he thought it was a "much better film" than Siskel did, that he "had no trouble following it" and that "it's a film worth seeing." Charles Champlin of the "Los Angeles Times" was also positive, writing that "the protagonists are affecting as before and 'More American Graffiti' is an uncommonly evocative trip back to our common past—a stirring reminder in both style and substance of what we've been through." Gary Arnold of "The Washington Post" wrote "All this fussy, arbitrary switching of scenes, years and aspect ratios may wow them back in film school, but the complicated framework reveals nothing but one inconsequential or misleading vignette after another.
More American Graffiti | Critical reception
Red American () is a 1991 Italian comedy-drama film. It was the directorial debut of Alessandro D'Alatri, who was awarded the David di Donatello Award for Best New Director for his work on the film. The film also won the Globo d'oro, the Grolla d'oro and the Ciak d'oro for the cinematography by Alessio Gelsini Torresi.
Red American | Introduction
The film was directed by Sidney Lumet and nominated for five Academy Awards, including best picture and best actor.
Barry Reed (author) | Background
New York Film Critics Circle named Allen best director for "Manhattan". The National Society of Film Critics also named Allen best director along with Robert Benton, who directed "Kramer vs. Kramer". The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Mariel Hemingway) and Best Original Screenplay (Allen and Marshall Brickman). It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the César Award for Best Foreign Film. In "Empire" magazine's 2008 poll of the 500 greatest movies ever made, "Manhattan" was ranked number 76. "The New York Times" placed the film on its "Best 1000 Movies Ever" list.
Manhattan (1979 film) | Accolades
When the studio didn't like the film, I wasn't surprised. But George just said to me, I was stupid and knew nothing. Because I was just a Valley Girl. He was the intellectual." When principal photography had wrapped on "American Graffiti" (1973), George had wanted Marcia to edit the film, but Universal Pictures executive Ned Tanen insisted on hiring Verna Fields, who had just finished editing Steven Spielberg's "The Sugarland Express" (1974). However, Fields worked on the first rough cut of the film before she left to resume work on "What's Up, Doc?" (1972). For the next six months, Marcia edited "American Graffiti" alongside her husband and sound editor Walter Murch to its contractual runtime of 110 minutes.
Marcia Lucas | Feature film editing
In the following lists, the first names, listed in bold type against a blue background, are the winners, and the following names are the remaining nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which takes place in January of the following year.
Golden Globe Award for Best Director | Introduction
Robert Rossen - "All the King's Men"
7th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Director">Best Director - Motion Picture</a>
Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little won the Oscar for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White. Arthur Miller was nominated for Best Cinematography, Walter A. Thompson for Best Editing, Edmund H. Hansen for Best Sound Recording.
This Above All (film) | Awards
1. Luis Buñuel – "That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir") 2. Steven Spielberg – "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" 3. Woody Allen – "Annie Hall"
1977 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Director
After Warner Bros. abandoned Lucas's early version of "Apocalypse Now" (during the post-production of "THX 1138"), the filmmaker decided to continue developing "Another Quiet Night in Modesto", eventually changing its title to "American Graffiti". To co-write a 15-page film treatment, Lucas hired Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, who also added semiautobiographical material to the story. Lucas and producer Gary Kurtz began pitching the "American Graffiti" treatment to various Hollywood studios and production companies in an attempt to secure the financing needed to expand it into a screenplay, but they were unsuccessful. The potential financiers were concerned that music licensing costs would cause the film to go way over budget.
American Graffiti | United Artists
The film's lengthy casting process was overseen by Fred Roos, who worked with producer Francis Ford Coppola on "The Godfather". Because "American Graffiti"'s main cast was for younger actors, the casting call and notices went through numerous high-school drama groups and community theaters in the San Francisco Bay Area. Among the actors was Mark Hamill, the future Luke Skywalker in Lucas' "Star Wars" trilogy. Over 100 unknown actors auditioned for Curt Henderson before Richard Dreyfuss was cast; George Lucas was impressed with Dreyfuss' thoughtful analysis of the role, and as a result, offered the actor his choice of Curt or Terry "The Toad" Fields.
American Graffiti | Casting
William Hornbeck (August 23, 1901 – October 11, 1983) was an American film editor and film industry executive. In a 1977 poll of film editors, he had been called "the best film editor the industry has produced." He was nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and won the award for "A Place in the Sun" (1951). Other important credits include "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), "Giant" (1956), and "I Want to Live!" (1958). He edited films from notable directors including Zoltan Korda, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. Universal Pictures almost brought him on board to completely re-edit George Lucas' "American Graffiti".
William Hornbeck | Introduction
Lucas argued that mentioning the girls meant adding another title card, which he felt would prolong the ending. Because of this, Pauline Kael later accused Lucas of chauvinism. Lucas and producer Gary Kurtz took the script to American International Pictures, who expressed interest, but ultimately believed "American Graffiti" was not violent or sexual enough for the studio's standards. Lucas and Kurtz eventually found favor at Universal Pictures, who allowed Lucas total artistic control and the right of final cut privilege on the condition that he make "American Graffiti" on a strict low budget. This forced Lucas to drop the opening scene in which the Blonde Angel, Curt's image of the perfect woman, drives through an empty drive-in cinema in her Ford Thunderbird, her transparency revealing she does not exist.
American Graffiti | Universal Pictures
George Dudley (May 8, 1897 – June 5, 1959) was an American art director. He was nominated an Academy Award in the category of Best Art Direction for the film "The Rains Came".
George Dudley (art director) | Introduction
Day won seven Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
Richard Day (art director) | Won
Kroot at the sock hop, and an effort by Bob Falfa to serenade Laurie with "Some Enchanted Evening"—but decided that the film was fit for release only as a television movie. However, various studio employees who had seen the film began talking it up, and its reputation grew through word of mouth. The studio dropped the TV movie idea and began arranging for a limited release in selected theaters in Los Angeles and New York. Universal presidents Sidney Sheinberg and Lew Wasserman heard about the praise the film had been garnering in LA and New York, and the marketing department amped up its promotion strategy for it, investing an additional $500,000 (equivalent to $ million in ) in marketing and promotion.
American Graffiti | Release
This is a list of awards and nominations received by American film director Kevin Smith.
List of awards and nominations received by Kevin Smith | Introduction
The financial success of "Graffiti" also gave Lucas opportunities to establish more elaborate development for Lucasfilm, Skywalker Sound, and Industrial Light & Magic. Based on the success of the 1977 reissue, Universal began production for the sequel "More American Graffiti" (1979). Lucas and writers Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz later collaborated on "Radioland Murders" (1994), also released by Universal Pictures, for which Lucas acted as executive producer. The film features characters intended to be Curt and Laurie Henderson's parents, Roger and Penny Henderson. In 1995, "American Graffiti" was deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
American Graffiti | Legacy
Goodman won an Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and was nominated for three more:
John B. Goodman (art director) | Selected filmography
There, Lucas met David Picker, then president of United Artists, who was intrigued by "American Graffiti" and Lucas' space opera. Picker decided to give Lucas $10,000 to develop "Graffiti" as a screenplay. Lucas planned to spend another five weeks in Europe and hoped that Huyck and Katz would agree to finish the screenplay by the time he returned, but they were about to start on their own film, "Messiah of Evil", so Lucas hired Richard Walter, a colleague from the USC School of Cinematic Arts for the job. Walter was flattered, but initially tried to sell Lucas on a different screenplay called "Barry and the Persuasions", a story of East Coast teenagers in the late 1950s.
American Graffiti | United Artists
"Little Boy Lost- directed by George Seton"
11th Golden Globe Awards | Promoting International Understanding
"Carmen Jones" directed by Otto Preminger
12th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Motion%20Picture%20%E2%80%93%20Musical%20or%20Comedy">Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical</a>
"Frank Capra - It's a Wonderful Life"
4th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Director">Best Director-Motion Picture</a>
Fred Zinnemann — "A Man for All Seasons"
24th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Director">Best Director</a>
James W. Sullivan (July 17, 1909 – October 10, 1974) was an American art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "Around the World in 80 Days".
James W. Sullivan | Introduction
"The Search directed by Fred Zinnemann"
6th Golden Globe Awards | Promoting International Understanding
The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film director of the year. American director Martin Scorsese and Swedish director Ingmar Bergman won this award a record three times. Scorsese won for "Taxi Driver" (1976), "Raging Bull" (1980), and "Goodfellas" (1990); Bergman won for "Persona" (1967), "Shame (Skammen)" + "Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen)" (1968), and "The Passion of Anna (En passion)" (1970). Robert Altman, Luis Buñuel, David Cronenberg, Clint Eastwood, Greta Gerwig, Mike Leigh, Terence Malick, Steven Spielberg, and François Truffaut each won the award twice.
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director | Introduction
The film won the Best Theatrical Motion Picture at the 23rd Producers Guild of America Awards; Hazanavicius won Best Director at the 64th Directors Guild of America Awards. The 17th Critics' Choice Awards, 77th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and the 32nd London Film Critics' Circle Awards named the film Best Picture.
List of accolades received by The Artist (film) | Introduction
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Richard Day.
Whoopee! (film) | Awards
It received six nominations at the 10th Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Díaz, winning Best First Feature Film.
César Díaz (film director) | Introduction
1. John Huston – "Prizzi's Honor" 2. Akira Kurosawa – "Ran"
1985 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Director
Robert M. Haas (January 3, 1889 – December 17, 1962) was an American art director. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on over 120 films between 1919 and 1950. He was born in Newark, New Jersey and died in Costa Mesa, California.
Robert M. Haas | Introduction
Jim Sheridan – "In America"
8th Golden Satellite Awards | Best Director
The film was nominated for Golden Globes for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical for Michael Douglas, Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical for Annette Bening, and Best Comedy/Musical. The American Film Institute ranked "The American President" No. 75 on its list of America's Greatest Love Stories.
The American President | Introduction
Adding to the documentary feel was Lucas's openness for the cast to improvise scenes. He also used goofs for the final cut, notably Charles Martin Smith's arriving on his scooter to meet Steve outside Mel's Drive-In. Jan D'Alquen and Ron Eveslage were hired as the cinematographers, but filming with Techniscope cameras brought lighting problems. As a result, Lucas commissioned help from friend Haskell Wexler, who was credited as the "visual consultant".
American Graffiti | Cinematography
David Lean - "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
15th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Director">Best Director</a>
"Johnny Belinda" directed by Jean Negulesco and "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" directed by John Huston
6th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Motion%20Picture%20%E2%80%93%20Drama">Best Picture (tie)</a>
Lucas held firm—his was a story about West Coast teenagers in the early 1960s. Walter was paid the $10,000, and he began to expand the Lucas/Huyck/Katz treatment into a screenplay.
American Graffiti | United Artists
Fred J. Rode (May 19, 1896 – October 1971) was an American set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "Fourteen Hours".
Fred J. Rode | Introduction
1. Woody Allen – "Manhattan" 1. Robert Benton – "Kramer vs. Kramer" 3. Peter Yates – "Breaking Away" 4. Blake Edwards – "10"
1979 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Director
In 1977, Lucas was awarded the Inkpot Award. The American Film Institute awarded Lucas its Life Achievement Award on June 9, 2005. This was shortly after the release of "", about which he joked stating that, since he views the entire "Star Wars" series as one film, he could actually receive the award now that he had finally "gone back and finished the movie." Lucas was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Directing and Writing for "American Graffiti" and "Star Wars". He received the Academy's Irving G. Thalberg Award in 1991. He appeared at the 79th Academy Awards ceremony in 2007 with Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola to present the Best Director award to their friend Martin Scorsese.
George Lucas | Awards and honors
"Leo McCarey - Going My Way"
2nd Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Director">Best Director-Motion Picture</a>
1. Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson – "Lost in America" 2. Woody Allen – "The Purple Rose of Cairo" 3. Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown – "Brazil" 3. Richard Condon and Janet Roach – "Prizzi's Honor"
1985 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Screenplay
The film was nominated for three Academy Awards in 1993, including Best Cinematography (Philippe Rousselot); Best Music, Original Score (Mark Isham); and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Richard Friedenberg). Rousselot won for Best Cinematography. At the Golden Globes, Robert Redford was nominated for Best Director - Motion Picture, but did not win.
A River Runs Through It (film) | Awards and honors
1. John Boorman – "Hope and Glory" 2. John Huston – "The Dead" 3. Juzo Itami – "Tampopo"
1987 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Director
1. John Boorman – "The General" 2. Steven Soderbergh – "Out of Sight" 3. Roberto Benigni – "Life Is Beautiful"
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1998 | Best Director
Krishna Shah's self-created parallel to George Lucas (whom Shah never knew) would again come to the foreground in his 1985 "American Drive-In". The film, a critical and box office washout, was Shah's final movie as director. Veteran critic Leonard Klady of The Los Angeles Times offered that "American Drive-In" "(is) the destitute man's "American Graffiti"." He continued by saying, "(the film) is such a desperate stab at entertainment that if one were stranded on a desert island surrounded by sharks with only "this" movie to watch, you'd opt for water skiing." A review on Letterboxd had similar perspectives, noting that "American Drive-In" "(is) a rip-off, clearly trying to be "American Graffiti"," and later calling the film "the must avoid movie of 1985."
Krishna Shah | American Drive-In
Stanley Kramer – "Judgment at Nuremberg"
19th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Director">Best Director</a>
William Wyler - "Ben-Hur"
17th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Director">Best Director</a>
Jack T. Collis (January 12, 1923 – February 1, 1998) was an American art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "The Last Tycoon". After studying architecture at the "University of Southern California", he began his career as a set decorator at "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer".
Jack T. Collis | Introduction
"The Stunt Man" won Rush Oscar nominations for best director and best script.
Richard Rush (director) | "The Stunt Man"
Mike Nichols - "The Graduate"
25th Golden Globe Awards | <a href="Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Director">Best Director</a>
The following directors have directed multiple award-winning films:
London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year | Multiple winning directors
Phillip Noyce - "The Quiet American"
London Film Critics Circle Awards 2002 | Director of the Year
Oscar winner denoted by * while nominee denoted by ≈
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | Winners
Steven Spielberg did not receive an Academy Award nomination for his directing, but did receive a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and a Golden Globe nomination. The film was later included in Roger Ebert's book series "The Great Movies".
The Color Purple (film) | Introduction