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** Creator/BobBalaban auditioned for Curt. He turned down the role Terry out of fear of becoming typecast, a decision he later regretted.
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** Creator/BobBalaban auditioned for Curt. He Curt but was instead offered the role of Terry, which he turned down the role Terry out of for fear of becoming typecast, a decision he later regretted.
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* BudgetBustingElement: The film was made on a low budget ($777,000 in 1973 money) and more than a tenth of that ($80,000) was spent on music licensing.
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* DawsonCasting: Creator/RonHoward and Creator/CharlesMartinSmith, both 19 at the time, were the only two real teenage principal actors of the film. Most of the remaining principal cast members were in their 20s with the exceptions of the 12-year-old Mackenzie Phillips, and Creator/HarrisonFord, who turned 30 during filming.
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* DawsonCasting: Creator/RonHoward and Creator/CharlesMartinSmith, both 19 18 at the time, were the only two real teenage principal actors of the film. Most of the remaining principal cast members were in their 20s with the exceptions of the 12-year-old Mackenzie Phillips, and Creator/HarrisonFord, who turned 30 during filming.
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* DawsonCasting: Charles Martin Smith (18) and Creator/RonHoward (18) were the only two real teenage principal actors of the film. Most of the remaining principal cast members were in their 20s with the exceptions of the 12-year-old Mackenzie Phillips, and Creator/HarrisonFord, who turned 30 during filming.
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* DawsonCasting: Charles Martin Smith (18) and Creator/RonHoward (18) and Creator/CharlesMartinSmith, both 19 at the time, were the only two real teenage principal actors of the film. Most of the remaining principal cast members were in their 20s with the exceptions of the 12-year-old Mackenzie Phillips, and Creator/HarrisonFord, who turned 30 during filming.
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* CreatorsOddball: A realistically-grounded coming of age story from a director who's otherwise exclusively directed science-fiction/fantasy.
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* CreatorsOddball: A realistically-grounded coming of age coming-of-age story from a director who's otherwise exclusively directed science-fiction/fantasy.science-fiction and fantasy.
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** Cindy Williams originally wanted to play Carol, and was even willing to have braces put on her teeth for better effect.
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** Cindy Williams Creator/CindyWilliams originally wanted to play Carol, and was even willing to have braces put on her teeth for better effect.
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** '''Titles That Sound Like Porn''': ''The Hot Time'', ''Color Them Wild'', ''The Young Crowd'', ''The Boys and Their Girls''
** '''Various Approaches''': ''Look Back Once'', ''Before We Grow Up'', ''High School's Over'', ''Kids'', ''Buddies No More'', ''Ask Wolfman Jack'', ''Pals 'n Gals'', ''Make-Out'', ''Buddies'', ''Supercola'', ''The Race'', ''Growing Up'', ''The Drag Years'', ''Those Were the Days'', ''The Good Times'', ''The Sock Hop'', ''Wine, Women & Song'', ''Collage'', ''Misadventure'', ''Rebus''.
** '''Various Approaches''': ''Look Back Once'', ''Before We Grow Up'', ''High School's Over'', ''Kids'', ''Buddies No More'', ''Ask Wolfman Jack'', ''Pals 'n Gals'', ''Make-Out'', ''Buddies'', ''Supercola'', ''The Race'', ''Growing Up'', ''The Drag Years'', ''Those Were the Days'', ''The Good Times'', ''The Sock Hop'', ''Wine, Women & Song'', ''Collage'', ''Misadventure'', ''Rebus''.
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** '''Titles That Sound Like Porn''': ''The Hot Time'', ''Color Them Wild'', ''The Young Crowd'', Boys and Their Girls'', ''Make-Out''.
** '''Titles That Sound Like a Musical from TheForties''': ''Pals 'n Gals''; ''Those Were the Days''; ''TheBoys and Their Girls''
Good Times''; ''Wine, Women & Song''.
** '''Various Approaches''': ''Ask Wolfman Jack'', ''The Young Crowd'', ''Look Back Once'', ''Before We Grow Up'', ''High School's Over'', ''Kids'', ''Buddies No More'',''Ask Wolfman Jack'', ''Pals 'n Gals'', ''Make-Out'', ''Buddies'', ''Supercola'', ''The Race'', ''Growing Up'', ''The Drag Years'', ''Those Were the Days'', ''The Good Times'', ''The Sock Hop'', ''Wine, Women & Song'', ''Collage'', ''Misadventure'', ''Rebus''.
** '''Titles That Sound Like a Musical from TheForties''': ''Pals 'n Gals''; ''Those Were the Days''; ''The
** '''Various Approaches''': ''Ask Wolfman Jack'', ''The Young Crowd'', ''Look Back Once'', ''Before We Grow Up'', ''High School's Over'', ''Kids'', ''Buddies No More'',
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** '''Night''': ''Another Slow Night in Modesto'', ''Last Night Together'' ''Last Night to Make Out'' (or ''Last Knight to Make Out''; there's a typo that appears to have been struck out), ''A Night to Get Ready''
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** '''Night''': ''Another Slow Night in Modesto'', ''Last Night Together'' Together'', ''Last Night to Make Out'' (or ''Last Knight to Make Out''; there's a typo that appears to have been struck out), ''A Night to Get Ready''
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* WorkingTitle: Creator/{{Universal}} wasn't all that keen on ''American Graffiti'' as a title, so a large number of alternatives were tossed around before they finally gave in -- ''Another Slow Night in Modesto'', ''The Hot Time'', ''The Wild Summer'', ''Color Them Wild'', ''The Young Crowd'', ''Summer Blood'', ''Wild Is the Blood'', ''The Young and the Doomed'', ''The Last Free Summer'', ''The Summer Before'', ''The Savage Heart'', ''The Cherry Coke Summer'', ''Look Back Once'', ''The Fast and the Deadly'', ''The Fires of Summer'', ''The Violent Four'', ''Before We Grow Up'', ''No More Rock'', ''The Frantic Heart'', ''The Games of Summer'', ''The Toy Dreams Gone'', ''The Yesterday People'', ''The Boys and Their Girls'', ''Last Knight to Make Out'', ''Burger City Blues'', ''A Night to Get Ready'', ''Make Out at Burger City'', ''A Night in '62'', ''Rock Around the Clock'', ''Last Night Together'', ''Remember '62'', ''Goodbye Burger City'', ''High School's Over'', ''Kids'', ''Buddies No More'', ''Ask Wolfman Jack'', ''Pals 'n Gals'', ''Make-Out'', ''Buddies'', ''Supercola'', ''The Race'', ''Growing Up'', ''Burger City'', ''The Drag Years'', ''Those Were the Days'', ''The Good Times'', ''The Sock Hop'', ''Wine, Women & Song'', ''1962 Was Some Year'', ''Collage'', ''Class of '62'', ''The Rock Set'', ''Rock Generation'', ''To Learn About the World'', ''A New World Tomorrow'', ''Misadventure'' and ''Rebus''.
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* WorkingTitle: Creator/{{Universal}} wasn't all that keen on ''American Graffiti'' as a title, so they sent Lucas a large number long list of alternatives were tossed around suggestions that everyone at Lucasfilm hated, before they the studio finally gave in -- relented. Thanks to the Lucas memo listing the titles going viral, they've entered internet lore. Themes for the alternate titles include:
** '''Summer''': ''The Wild Summer'', ''The Last Free Summer'', ''The Cherry Coke Summer'', ''The Summer Before'', ''The Fires of Summer'', ''The Games of Summer''.
** '''Night''': ''Another Slow Night in Modesto'', ''Last Night Together'' ''Last Night to Make Out'' (or ''Last Knight to Make Out''; there's a typo that appears to have been struck out), ''A Night to Get Ready''
** '''Burger City''': ''Burger City'', ''Burger City Blues'', ''Make Out at Burger City'', ''Goodbye BURGER CITY'' (that's how it's capitalized on the list).
** '''Rock''': ''Rock Around the Clock'', ''TheHot Time'', ''The Wild Summer'', ''Color Them Wild'', ''The Young Crowd'', Rock Set'', ''Rock Generation'', ''No More Rock''.
** '''Titles That Sound Like Horror''': ''Summer Blood'', ''Wild Is the Blood'', ''The Young and the Doomed'', ''TheLast Free Summer'', ''The Summer Before'', ''The Savage Heart'', ''The Cherry Coke Summer'', ''Look Back Once'', ''The Fast and the Deadly'', ''The Fires of Summer'', ''The Violent Four'', ''Before We Grow Up'', ''No More Rock'', ''The Frantic Heart'', ''The Games of Summer'', Savage Heart'', ''The Toy Dreams Gone'', Gone''.
** '''Titles That Sound Like Science Fiction''': ''The Yesterday People'', ''To Learn About the World'', ''A New World Tomorrow''.
** '''Titles That Sound Like Porn''': ''The Hot Time'', ''Color Them Wild'', ''The Young Crowd'', ''The Boys and TheirGirls'', ''Last Knight to Make Out'', ''Burger City Blues'', ''A Night to Get Ready'', ''Make Out at Burger City'', ''A Night in '62'', ''Rock Around the Clock'', ''Last Night Together'', ''Remember '62'', ''Goodbye Burger City'', Girls''
** '''Various Approaches''': ''Look Back Once'', ''Before We Grow Up'', ''High School's Over'', ''Kids'', ''Buddies No More'', ''Ask Wolfman Jack'', ''Pals 'n Gals'', ''Make-Out'', ''Buddies'', ''Supercola'', ''The Race'', ''Growing Up'',''Burger City'', ''The Drag Years'', ''Those Were the Days'', ''The Good Times'', ''The Sock Hop'', ''Wine, Women & Song'', ''1962 Was Some Year'', ''Collage'', ''Class of ''Misadventure'', ''Rebus''.
** '''1962''': ''A Night in '62'',''The Rock Set'', ''Rock Generation'', ''To Learn About ''Remember '62'', ''Class of '62'' and the World'', ''A New World Tomorrow'', ''Misadventure'' and ''Rebus''. monumentally inane ''1962 Was Some Year''.
** '''Summer''': ''The Wild Summer'', ''The Last Free Summer'', ''The Cherry Coke Summer'', ''The Summer Before'', ''The Fires of Summer'', ''The Games of Summer''.
** '''Night''': ''Another Slow Night in Modesto'', ''Last Night Together'' ''Last Night to Make Out'' (or ''Last Knight to Make Out''; there's a typo that appears to have been struck out), ''A Night to Get Ready''
** '''Burger City''': ''Burger City'', ''Burger City Blues'', ''Make Out at Burger City'', ''Goodbye BURGER CITY'' (that's how it's capitalized on the list).
** '''Rock''': ''Rock Around the Clock'', ''The
** '''Titles That Sound Like Horror''': ''Summer Blood'', ''Wild Is the Blood'', ''The Young and the Doomed'', ''The
** '''Titles That Sound Like Science Fiction''': ''The Yesterday People'', ''To Learn About the World'', ''A New World Tomorrow''.
** '''Titles That Sound Like Porn''': ''The Hot Time'', ''Color Them Wild'', ''The Young Crowd'', ''The Boys and Their
** '''Various Approaches''': ''Look Back Once'', ''Before We Grow Up'', ''High School's Over'', ''Kids'', ''Buddies No More'', ''Ask Wolfman Jack'', ''Pals 'n Gals'', ''Make-Out'', ''Buddies'', ''Supercola'', ''The Race'', ''Growing Up'',
** '''1962''': ''A Night in '62'',
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* NamesTheSame: The leader of the Pharoahs shares the same name with a [[{{Film/MightyJoeYoung}} giant gorilla]].
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: The film was inspired by Creator/GeorgeLucas' teenage years.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: The film was inspired by Creator/GeorgeLucas' teenage years. Notably, the street racing car crash draws from Lucas’s own accident when he was 18, which caused him to give up racing and turn to filmmaking.
