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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coming-of-age film → film → teen film →
boxOfficeSuccess	true →
cinematography	Haskell Wexler → Jan D'Alquen →
countryOfOrigin	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 → Modesto, California →
settingTime	early 1960s →
theme	life choices → nostalgia for youth → transition to adulthood →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gary Kurtz → Marcia Lucas → Paul Le Mat → Richard Dreyfuss → Ron Howard → Verna Fields → Walter Murch → Wolfman Jack →	notableWork
Gary Kurtz → Verna Fields →	workedOn
Ron Howard →	actedIn
Wolfman Jack →	appearedIn
More American Graffiti →	basedOn
Paul Le Mat →	castMemberOf
Walter Murch →	designedSoundFor
George Lucas →	directed
Marcia Lucas →	editedFilm
More American Graffiti →	follows
Paul Le Mat →	hasBreakthroughWork
Modesto ("film "American Graffiti" (fictionalized)") →	isSettingFor
More American Graffiti ("American Graffiti film series") →	partOf
Paul Le Mat →	portrayedIn
Gary Kurtz →	producerOf