American Graffiti clip from intro (720p)

Clip from George Lucas' "American Graffiti" (1973; Universal Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd.)

[@TheSaturnV]

Incredible writing. Introduced the main characters, added some background and then set the stage for the entire movie's premise.....in under 2 minutes.

[@us-Bahn]

Don’t you love it when a person comes straight to the point immediately? So much waffling & verbiage going on out there.

[@davisphillips993]

Lucas wrote this with the help of his friends Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck. They all did a great job here.

[@OrbitFallenAngel]

One of the best movies ever made!! 😍 Great music and Great cars..! A awesome time to be alive!!

[@carlocalderon3659]

It’s like what the trailer said “It’s one of those great old feel good movies about romance, racing and rock n’ roll!

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

This movie cured my depression.

[@lilbuckarooski4834]

The way people dressed back then was so modest

[@us-Bahn]

@Adolph Eichmann and what did you ruin, Adolph?

[@jakerios27]

This era had more fun then what we are having now 😂

[@gtc1961]

One of my favorite movies of all time.

[@navajorezathlete1202]

One of the best movies of all time

[@howardford6991]

You just can't stay 17 forever!.................wow, truer words....never spoken

[@deanfarr3249]

These were teenagers in the 1950s not 1990s

[@cindirose3390]

True, a charming smile, white pants and a slicked-back haircut leaning on a slicked-up car ...those hunks last forever in the part of my ponytail-brain which is 17 forever!

[@howardford6991]

@@cindirose3390 ... I saw this movie for the first time at a drive-in theater.......with my parents. My parents both graduated from high school in 1962, so they would have been right around the age of the kids (characters) in the movie. Needless to say this movie meant a lot more to my parents than it did to me. This movie was set in my parents time, in other words. Wish I had understood that at the time.

[@billb9917]

Matthew McConaughey in dazed and confused

[@clicks59]

It’s hard to believe that next year, this movie will be 50 years old…

[@lindaclarke204]

🤯😳🤯😳

[@chrisblore6385]

One of my favorite memories is seeing this at 16 . Still brings back the best of times.

[@grandmasbabyledesma1266]

I was thirteen when I seen this movie on the big screen it put me into another dimension never recovered

[@Kayobear19]

A movie that must be seen by everyone. Everything about this flick is entertaining A GREAT movie & NO cell phones !

[@THX-kw2jh]

My all time favorite movie

[@FactMaster-xc8je]

A better time, a better country

[@starwarsprequelsandsequels7582]

Ok boomer

[@us-Bahn]

1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Ah yes, the good old days.

[@laminage]

No way! Segregation, Racism still took place, if you were Gay or a Alcoholic or a victim of abuse sexual or domestic there was nobody to turn to. Also women didn't have the same rights that a man did.

[@bobhoffman993]

Love that 32 five window

[@kylem7341]

Great way to start off the movie with some Bill Haley. Buckle in folks

[@sarahblackburn1]

I must have aboit 5 DVD's of this film around the hosue ...I love watching it ...Fantastic in every way...The sequel didn't stand up or match this ...This is it ...

[@leefoulds2569]

Love this movie and nostalgia!!

[@vincently1995]

American Graffiti (1973), courtesy of Lucasfilm

[@buzznotabee]

I love American Graffiti and I have 20 years old

[@joeyg2860]

Someone very quickly reset Toad’s Vespa and put the top back on the trash can.

[@scottcoraci1526]

You want to end up like John ? You just can't stay 17 forever....

[@danbasta3677]

Check out the Edsel there.

[@tawnyschlienz9063]

Out of the 4 guys there I would have picked John. I fell head over heels in love with John Milner/ Paul Le Mat, the moment I laid eyes on him. The only man who ever could make me weak in the knees. He's Beautiful. Sexiest man in a white t-shirt and jeans. I would have loved him the way a man should be loved.

[@laminage]

In Europe Vespa Scooters are synonymous with folks.

[@RotiJohn-c3z]

great memories... i had an after-school/evening job in a cinema, when this classic movie was shown.. must have watched it 5 times per week, for some weeks... we memories just about all the lines.. love it... also today.. yea, great memories..

[@brianspangenberg9598]

I remember laughing my butt off when Toad crashed into the news stand.😂

[@BigDogRidgeback]

This was actually a accident but its as funny as hell!

[@Sigma-v1v]

This is a couple months older than my older brother

[@42lookc]

That scooter crash. There is no way that was scripted. Far too random and out of control. It looks like a genuine accident.

[@jorgelopez-pr6dr]

I wish someone could make a movie in this style but set in the 80s. Can you imagine the soundtrack? Cindy Lauper, Air Supply, Journey, Blondie, Olivia Newton John, Starship, Laura Branigan, Foreigner, Lionel Richie, The Police, REO Speedwagon, Kool and the Gang, Peabo Bryson, Juice Newton, Berlin, the Bangles, Belinda Carlisle, ect. Perhaps someone could take the initiative, this would be a great soundtrack.

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

jorge lopez They kinda did .It was called Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

[@ScottWiecenski]

@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Or Valley Girl. Payolas, Plimsoles, Psychedelic Furs, Josie Cotton, Sparks, Eddie Grant, Men at Work, Modern English.

[@danielserrano591]

crokery kart 2

[@Crunkboy415]

When the Toad crashed his scooter that was a real accident.

[@___Steinn___]

Right! He said it in an interview... 😅 great, they used the footage for the movie. Hilarious stuff and it fits so well with his character.

[@paulthomson8824]

that white car looks familiar...

[@frenchinthetrenchh]

My favorite scene in this clip goes from 1:08 to 1:12

[@keith4886]

How America used to be & we've lost it all thanks to all the "goodie goodies" out there along with the "greenies" & what with the EPA & all that other CRAP that helped to make us a nanny nation. Way too much gov't intervention & too many damned RESTRICTIONS

[@kalliejackson1260]

My dad and my family was very unique redneck people I was the only person in my entire high School to see American graffiti we owned the DVD that's saying something cuz there's a lot of kids in there like 50 of them only person to raise my hand my buddy is sick I let him bother DVD so he could do the

[@daljinac2]

Vespa domination

[@bullettube9863]

I just watched a documentary about the making of this movie! Yup, there it was, crashing into the newsstand accidentally, and George Lucas kept it in the movie. Great movie, and a showcase of young talented actors who would all go on to greater things.

[@Meg_Lovegood]

Just like the Water balloon scene it ment to hit Paul but instead hits Mackenzie, this movie is fantastic with great real moments

[@KitKat-pq2zt]

I notice this comment was two years ago. Do you happen to remember what the name of the documentary was? I am interested in watching it.

[@willmont8258]

I always thought that crash was just good acting.

[@AOXOMOXO]

@@Meg_Lovegood The DVD release of AG - Drive in Double Feature has the original release and More American Graffti ...as well as the bonus doc: The Making of American Graffiti...and the theatrical trailer. The doc has extensive interviews with Lucas, the screen writers the cast as well as casting tests. The personal racing history retold by Lucas and antics of Harrison Ford and Paul Lamatt off screen when they threw Dreyfus in the hotel pool...all great stuff.

[@brendaleake]

that character Charles Martin Smith is playing is a dweeb so it would be fitting that he couldn't handle a scooter!

[@ashleygreen6277]

Brilliantly understated performance by Richard Dreyfus throughout this film.

[@chancecoleman4418]

Do you want to end up like John? Me: Yeah, kind of

[@keithwilson6060]

You know what happens to John, right?

[@chancecoleman4418]

@@keithwilson6060 Yeah but still, freak accident

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@chancecoleman4418 Drunk driving is never a freak accident

[@chancecoleman4418]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver It is when you are on the other side of it

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@chancecoleman4418 Nope. Drunk driving is never an accident.

[@Dolphinvideoproductions]

An old classic with some breakout stars.

[@cryptohalloffame]

great acting, great filming, great photography, just great....

[@carlocalderon3659]

I agree with you about everything, but unfortunately there was a sequel ☹️

[@laminage]

@@carlocalderon3659 Yep. Just like Grease 2. One critic said "Rydell High Should Have Closed Down After The Class Of 1959 Graduated". Low Blow.

[@bondseanbond5190]

@@carlocalderon3659 I agree too. Modesto,California is still a nice Place (Concession Stand Nachos/Panda Express in San Diego/Jesus has risen).

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

George, you should have left _Star Wars_ as it was and gone on exploring like Spielberg and Scorsese.

[@kalliejackson1260]

Lost my virginity at a&w at 20 I am 30 now

[@ezHiker35]

If you notice there's a little continuity goof in this scene. After Toad crashes the Vespa he just leans it up against the machines, but when Curt walks past it, it's up on its kickstand (I guess Toad could have run over there really quick and set it up, but doubt it lol).

[@us-Bahn]

Dude you just ruined the movie for me. How will I ever see Mel’s-Drive-In the same?

[@lilolme69]

Yeah, I noticed that. I would guess it was prolly shot a whole other day. Hollywood makes things hard like that,

[@cambo1200]

This was supposed to be 1962 with the movie made in 1973. In 2024 that's like making a movie about kids in 2013!

[@snodgresswilim4817]

Acting like a real road hog and then bam!

[@geoff2082]

ALL TIME FAVOURITE

[@rafaelchipana1470]

La pasaron ase mucho tiempo en la TV peruana en español me gustaría q la pasen de nuevo en vez de los enlatados q pasan los fines de semana

[@timsather2945]

Clipped. For all ages.

[@charliepanayiotou4305]

Came out in the US 50 years ago today

[@rcnelson]

Get out of this turkey town? I wish I could've spent my days there.

[@redironfarm6561]

Great movie

[@billb9917]

Curt later repaid the moose lodge the 2000 after he wrote his novel

[@johngomes4278]

Mr Hollands opus was the name of the novel

[@dr.roberts4508]

Getting out of this Turkey Town.

[@Cinemagoer_64]

They should never remake this movie never! Masterpiece

[@delcaplette7676]

Yes they should and introduce young America to what America could be again.

[@QueenFan12]

@@delcaplette7676 its far too late

[@787BullyBeatDown]

That ‘58 Impala is beautiful

[@christiansoldier1968]

Wasn’t it, though! I love the deuce coupe, but that ‘58 Impala,…oooh maaan!