{"id":9352,"date":"2005-08-18T05:30:26","date_gmt":"2005-08-18T02:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/18\/american-graffiti\/"},"modified":"2005-08-18T05:30:26","modified_gmt":"2005-08-18T02:30:26","slug":"american-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/18\/american-graffiti\/","title":{"rendered":"American Graffiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><!-- IMDB tt0069704 --><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/rummovie\/tt0069704.jpg?w=660&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"American Graffiti (1973)\" \/>&#8220;<a href =\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0069704\">American Graffiti<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; one of the missing pieces in my movie watching history.  Not anymore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by:<\/strong> George Lucas<br \/>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong> Comedy, Drama<br \/>\n<strong>Cast:<\/strong> Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Wolfman Jack, Bo Hopkins, Manuel Padilla Jr., Beau Gentry, Harrison Ford, Jim Bohan, Jana Bellan, Deby Celiz<br \/>\n<strong>IMDB raintg:<\/strong> 7.6<br \/>\n<strong>My rating:<\/strong> 6.0 [rate 6.0]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What is interesting about this film?  Well, it was directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, and stars a young Harrison Ford, who isn&#8217;t even playing the main role.  It was also produced on a tight schedule and low budget of only $777,777.77.<\/p>\n<p>The story is pretty simple and did not in itself required much of my attention.  But the music and the cars were excellent.   I could easily just listen to this film or just watch it without a sound.  Both the audio and visual richness provide for an excellent excuse for everything.<\/p>\n<p>But there were some interesting technological achievements, considering the film is from 1973.  Lots of in car footage and people talking while driving several cars was interesting to see.<\/p>\n<p>I also kept feeling this de ja vu thing during the whole film, but that was easily explained when I checked the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0069704\/movieconnections\">movie connections<\/a> page.  This film inspired a lot of activity, I tell you.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>&#8220;American Graffiti&#8221; &#8211; one of the missing pieces in my movie watching history. Not anymore. Directed by: George Lucas Genres: Comedy, Drama Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Wolfman Jack, Bo Hopkins, Manuel Padilla Jr., Beau Gentry, Harrison Ford, Jim Bohan, Jana Bellan, Deby &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/18\/american-graffiti\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">American Graffiti<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[1976,1980,1561,500],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-9352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-movies","tag-francis-ford-coppola","tag-george-lucas","tag-harrison-ford","tag-romance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13229,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/18\/apocalypse-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":9352,"position":0},"title":"Apocalypse Now","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The last time I saw \"Apocalypse Now\" was probably back in high-school, and it was with the Russian translation. \u00a0So I think it's fair to say that I haven't seen this movie until now. \u00a0I saw parodies, some scenes, and heard a lot, but I never actually sat down and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;5 stars&quot;","block_context":{"text":"5 stars","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/movies\/movie-reviews\/5-stars\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/apocalypse_now-335x500.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8182,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/11\/09\/the-patriot-games\/","url_meta":{"origin":9352,"position":1},"title":"The Patriot Games","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 9, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Watched \"Patriot Games\" on DVD. 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