Film review of American Graffiti American Graffiti shows the life in early 1960s and it’s made by George Lucas in 1973. The movie shows a summer night which happened in a small town called Modesto in California and it describes the adventure night about the teenagers who were graduated from high school. There are four main characters in the film called Curt‚ John‚ Terry and Steven. It’s describe a life at the end of the summer in a small town called Modesto in 1962. There was a evening about the
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social tension in American society. Moreover‚ there was no shortage of producer willing to interplay that tension. The 1960‚ was a time of custom cars‚ teenagers cruising the strip showing off their works of art‚ picking up girls and learning the gossip of the week. Rock and roll music was at its peak. It only made since to release a film in the early 1970’s‚ just before all this would change. George Lucas did just that‚ with his 1973‚ released of the nostalgic move American Graffiti. Classic custom
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what is unknown. There are countless American artists that are also known for their imaginative ideas that have transformed American culture. These artists are known for not only changing what people do‚ but also altering what people think. George Lucas is a screenwriter‚ producer‚ director‚ and recipient over ten Academy Awards and through his work he has changed the public ’s expectations of a successful director. George Lucas’ original ideas changed American ’s view of the Sci-Fi genre forever
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every day. Harrison Ford worked as a stagehand for The Doors‚ he built sound studios for Sergio Mendes‚ and he made cabinets for George Lucas. At the time George Lucas was not a well-known producer like he is now and he was producing the film American Graffiti. He offered Harrison Ford a small role in the film to make a little extra money and Harrison said yes. Later‚ as George Lucas become more famous‚ he asked Harrison Ford to do construction work for a bigger office. One day while doing construction
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Just A Man With A Space Opera A couple hundred million people are born every year‚ each of those people have the option to do something amazing with their lives. Statistically‚ only about eight-thousand of those people make their mark on this world. One of those eight thousand people is the writer‚ director and executive producer of the Star Wars series‚ and creator of Lucasfilm and ILM. George Lucas is a man who changed the way movies were filmed and who started a trend that would continue to
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American Graffiti (1973) This classic move focuses on a single night in the early Sixties‚ the hopeful future of the main characters is followed by the events which occur. Steve (Ron Howard)‚ and Curt (Richard Dreyfuss) will be leaving for college the very next day‚ the build up of years of hard work. Finally they’ll be able to leave their small hometown and "spread their wings"‚ experiencing life in ways they never have. Curt is unattached to anyone‚ but Steve will be leaving behind his longtime
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bleak outlook on continuing to make movies‚ Fincher was offered the movie Se7en. Even after his original flop he was still granted a decent sum of money to produce the film. It was a hit and his career took off in flight. Two of his most popular and astounding movies include Fight Club and Se7en. An eerie mix of passion and human destruction‚ Fincher used distinct colors‚ actors and effects to bring to life a disheartened
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George Lucas Slide 1: No other 20th century filmmaker has had a greater impact on the film industry than George Lucas. His zeal for innovation forged a new relationship between entertainment and technology that revolutionized the art of motion pictures. His uncanny business acumen turned film licensing and merchandising into a multibillion-dollar industry. And his "Star Wars" trilogy ushered in the era of the Hollywood mega-blockbuster. Slide 2: In 1967‚ Lucas re-enrolled as a USC graduate student
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California on May 14‚ 1944. Lucas was a single child while his father sold nuts on his Walnut Farm. Before graduating Modesto high school in 1958‚ Lucas was in a car accident that left him in the hospital for three months. Lucas then became interested in movie making and photography. With getting into filming Lucas’s career took off. Lucas would film car races with a camera. Lucas’s filming style got the attention of Haskell Wexler‚ a great cameraman‚ who helped Lucas get into the college of USC. Lucas
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Conversation‚ Gene Hackman and John Cazale take center stage in a film about a paranoid surveillance expert who has a change of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered. While this was a great movie in my opinion‚ It was definitely a movie that brought together a cast full of newer actors that would go on to become even bigger names in Hollywood. One of these rising stars in particular was a young Harrison Ford. Ford was born July 13‚ 1942‚ in Chicago‚ Illinois
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