American Graffiti

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coming-of-age film film teen film

American Graffiti is a 1973 coming-of-age film directed by George Lucas that nostalgically portrays a group of teenagers cruising and confronting life choices over one night in early 1960s California.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
American Graffiti canonical	53
American Graffiti film series	6
American Graffiti (1973 film)	3
American Graffiti franchise	1
film "American Graffiti" (fictionalized)	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coming-of-age film ⓘ film ⓘ teen film ⓘ
boxOfficeSuccess	true ⓘ
cinematography	Haskell Wexler ⓘ Jan D'Alquen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	George Lucas ⓘ
distributor	Universal Pictures ⓘ
editor	Marcia Lucas ⓘ Verna Fields ⓘ
follows	a group of teenagers before leaving for college ⓘ
genre	comedy-drama film ⓘ coming-of-age film ⓘ period film ⓘ teen film ⓘ
hasSequel	More American Graffiti ⓘ
includedIn	National Film Registry ⓘ
influenced	later teen ensemble films ⓘ
mainSubject	cruising culture ⓘ growing up ⓘ teenagers ⓘ
musicBy	Bill Haley & His Comets ⓘ Buddy Holly ⓘ Chuck Berry ⓘ The Beach Boys ⓘ Various artists ⓘ
narrativeLocation	one night ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
notableCastMember	Candy Clark ⓘ Charles Martin Smith ⓘ Cindy Williams ⓘ Harrison Ford ⓘ Mackenzie Phillips ⓘ Paul Le Mat ⓘ Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ Ron Howard ⓘ Wolfman Jack ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	American car culture ⓘ rock and roll era ⓘ
producer	Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ Gary Kurtz ⓘ
productionCompany	Lucasfilm ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ
recognizedAs	culturally significant film ⓘ
releaseDate	1973 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 112 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	George Lucas ⓘ Gloria Katz ⓘ Willard Huyck ⓘ
settingPlace	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Modesto ⓘ surface form: Modesto, California
settingTime	early 1960s ⓘ
theme	life choices ⓘ nostalgia for youth ⓘ transition to adulthood ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ron Howard → actedIn → American Graffiti ⓘ

George Lucas → directed → American Graffiti ⓘ

Verna Fields → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Verna Fields → workedOn → American Graffiti ⓘ

Richard Dreyfuss → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Modesto → isSettingFor → American Graffiti ⓘ

this entity surface form: film "American Graffiti" (fictionalized)

Marcia Lucas → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Marcia Lucas → editedFilm → American Graffiti ⓘ

Walter Murch → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Walter Murch → designedSoundFor → American Graffiti ⓘ

Ronald William Howard → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

subject surface form: Ron Howard

More American Graffiti → basedOn → American Graffiti ⓘ

More American Graffiti → partOf → American Graffiti ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Graffiti film series

More American Graffiti → follows → American Graffiti ⓘ

Gary Kurtz → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Gary Kurtz → workedOn → American Graffiti ⓘ

Gary Kurtz → producerOf → American Graffiti ⓘ

Wolfman Jack → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Wolfman Jack → appearedIn → American Graffiti ⓘ

Paul Le Mat → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Paul Le Mat → portrayedIn → American Graffiti ⓘ

Paul Le Mat → castMemberOf → American Graffiti ⓘ

Paul Le Mat → hasBreakthroughWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Verna → workedOn → American Graffiti ⓘ

subject surface form: Verna Fields

Cindy Williams → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Cindy Williams → appearedIn → American Graffiti ⓘ

Mackenzie Phillips → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Dreyfuss → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard Dreyfuss

Jan D'Alquen → knownFor → American Graffiti ⓘ

Jan D'Alquen → workedOn → American Graffiti ⓘ

Fred Roos → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Candy Clark → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Candy Clark → participatedIn → American Graffiti ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Graffiti (1973 film)

Charles Martin Smith → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Charles Martin Smith → actedIn → American Graffiti ⓘ

Marcia Griffin → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Marcia Griffin → edited → American Graffiti ⓘ

Gloria Katz → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Gloria Katz → workedOn → American Graffiti ⓘ

Debralee Scott → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Debralee Scott → appearedInFilm → American Graffiti ⓘ

Willard Huyck → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Willard Huyck → wroteScreenplayFor → American Graffiti ⓘ

Verna Hellman → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

Verna Hellman → edited → American Graffiti ⓘ

Bo Hopkins → notableWork → American Graffiti ⓘ

John Milner → fictionalUniverse → American Graffiti ⓘ

John Milner → appearsIn → American Graffiti ⓘ

John Milner → firstAppearance → American Graffiti ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Graffiti (1973 film)

Terry "The Toad" Fields → appearsIn → American Graffiti ⓘ