More American Graffiti - NHRA - Paul Le Mat - Happy New Year

[@40momba]

6:00 Paul Le Mat was a Vietnam Veteran . When "Milner" looks at Toad & said just come back alive it was heart felt !

[@Crusader7077]

I lived a couple of miles away from Fremont Raceway, the old dragstrip where they shot these scenes in More American Graffiti. When I was little, me and my older brother used to sneak inside to watch the races. Unfortunately, the dragstrip was torn down over 20 years and is now replaced by business buildings. I miss the old dragstrip.

[@starchaser2489]

When American Graffiti was filmed in Petaluma Ca. I sat next to George Lucas while filming. Years later I worked for him at Industrial Light and Magic. I made it into A New Hope 1997 remake as a Stormtrooper.

[@BigDogChopperRider]

My Dad actually owned the truck that can be seen in the background around 2:40. They made an announcement at the speedway races one night that they were looking for older vehicles to be used in an upcoming film. They had people bring their cars to San Rafael High School on a specific date. Pictures were taken, and contact information was gathered. They contacted my Dad a few weeks later and told him his truck had been selected. Too bad the movie didn't do better than it did. Nothing could have topped the original!

[@PhilAVega]

I met Paul at a Good Guy's drag n shine event at the Pomona blacktop. He was there sighning in ink for fans back 02 or 03. It was Cool 😎 meeting him. Milner Racing lives on.

[@smoocherooo]

John Milner was my favorite character in American Graffiti. I must have seen that movie 10 times when it played in theaters. I was very sad learning the fate of Milner and Toad. I got to see "More American Graffiti" when it was released on VHS. Milner's segments were the only interesting ones in the movie, but knowing how it would end made me feel very uneasy watching it. But that's what good story telling and filmaking should do.. play with your emotions. Outstanding performance Paul.

[@pamelaparizo]

Paul LeMat is so cool in this role. My husband used to drag race at Lion's in So. California, and this reminds me of him. Thanks for sharing this.

[@skuderman1]

I met Don Garlits at Dragway 42 in Warren, Ohio ion 1972, stood right next to The Swamp Rat #2, awesome moment!

[@mitchellsotera2367]

roy skuderin dragway 42 is a piece of crap, they've spent the past 2 years renovating the place. I met don the snake perdome at Norwalk. All most everybody in my family drag races. My dad, grandpa and great grandpa did, cousins, uncle. I'm 15 so soon enough I will to. We race up at Thompson if you know where that is

[@skuderman1]

Thanks for your input. It was quite some time ago I was there, so I'm sure things have degraded somewhat. Good luck with your racing future.

[@danbasta3677]

roy skuderin Big Daddy, Don Garletts!

[@michaeldavies4871]

I remember Lions in Wilmington...great days!

[@mickeymousebiker1]

Period-perfect drag raceway scenes. BOSS! The best of times!

[@creekjonsun]

Those were the Glory Days . I miss them....

[@captjim007]

Got to meet Paul at a carshow. He is a good guy for real. Got to meet the real Wolfman at Grafitti Night in Modesto in '85 or '86. He was just like you would see on TV, same exact voice.

[@lawrenceklein4918]

First job out of High School, was at GM Assembly in Fremont, Ca. I'd often go to this place after work. I graduated in 1969 from Marina H.S. in San Leandro, Ca. Boy, those were some good times!

[@wodanowitz]

John alias Paul LeMat was a Vietnam Veteran! Wau, I did'ent know that. Respect!

[@hobsonsbob1]

John is the man!!! Old school man

[@tomshiba51]

I never tire of this video. NEVER!

[@SuperOv10]

Tragic End............the key to a great movie !!! John died in 64 , aaaaaaaai was born in 64. and i got the same kind of car...the ending pulls the heart right out of ya....great stuff ha.

[@paulneighbors6066]

Anna Bjorn is another Olivia Newton John. Can't get much prettier than that.

[@BlackKatDemon]

These were my favorite parts in this movie. Loved both the movies. Le Mat was the best chose for this character.

[@mickeymousebiker1]

One of my favorite scenes -- from any movie. Love the rails! Color them gone (just like the best times of my life).

[@larrydrozd2740]

Funny thing.... I grew up in the 70's....all I heard back then was how much better it was "back then" (1950's) and how much it sucked now (1970's). Now when I see these posts, all people talk about is how awesome it was back in the 70's. I had a great time in the 70's.... I was just a kid, it was all I knew, I was in high school, People say the same about the 80's and 90's now....because they were in high school then...just a kid...thats all they knew.

[@MrVelocity111]

My first car at 14 1/2 years old 55 belair hardtop miss the friday nite racing with the local guys thanks fir the trip down memory lane

[@charger771]

would of been sweet if they showed a scene of carol (mackenzie phillips) carrying a purse with Johns piston head off his shifter, key chained on the side of the purse or something with John noticing it as she's walking away.

[@CaliforniaOpenRoad]

The old Fremont Drag Strip... went there and saw Big Daddy Don Garlits and Don Prudhomme back in the day. The strip is now a office park. (We used to hide a couple of guys in the trunk to save money on entrance fee)

[@MeMeDaVinci]

I had never heard of this movie and I have seen American Graffiti more times than I can count.

[@bryanac625]

I watched this tonight to hear "Moon River." What a beautiful song. The song's singer Andy Williams died yesterday at age 84. most of the songs in this movie were selected to go with the scene they are played in. But I'm not really sure why this song was picked for this scene. No complaints though... RIP, Andy. Thanks for such a great voice and such a beautiful tune.

[@roadyrider]

I grew up in Willowbrook and as a kid, I could hear the drag races at Lions on a cold, clear night. I could also hear the figure 8 races at Agajanian's Ascot Park. When I got old enough to drive, I was either at one or the other just about every night. Those were great times that will never come back.

[@redriverraider]

Best part of the movie in my opinion. Love Steve Evans announcing and describing the factory car as "cubic money"!!

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

Long Live John Milner!

[@joeriley3721]

Miss the days!! When anything was possible! Love and true love.the cars motorcycle s and the music. And real friend s

[@giles422]

this is great. Paul LeMat is great. This was John Milner's greatest day. So poignant.

[@razorslice99]

Love this movie , the chick and drag racing. Best part of this film

[@paulgrieshop5024]

You got that right the racing was the best

[@dhernandsd]

wolfman is number 1 always love a 60s fan

[@macfrederick7014]

I envy yall that actually got to live through these times. I know Movies dont portray all the hardships of vietnam and life in general back then , But just to be around with that music , those cars , the life. I would have loved to have been to lions or fremont in its hayday

[@kansascityscarecrow]

Remember watching the first and second graffitis when I was six, seventeen now and they still dont get old!

[@domdom351]

I first saw this movie as a whipper snipper over 20years ago....& still love watching it.. great movie..& th dound track 2.

[@michaelc.6593]

Back when you needed more than a cellphone!! I was there it was cool!!!

[@mvol5973]

Best scenes out of the whole movie

[@GolGar]

I won trophies many times on Wednesday nights….great memories at Fremont Raceway

[@57buickcentury]

I had Paul LeMat put that on a poster when he signed it - although he didn't remember the reference at first!

[@bigblockmustang]

The announcer.. Awesome Steve Evans! Steve will be missed! Les

[@ronaldhagadorn5512]

This movie is real! Love the honesty!

[@40momba]

The story about Milner is my favorite part & I did like Toad's plight . I hate the that in the Milner story they did not pay better attention to the period ,slicks wheels & clothing there is a guy wearing a 1972 Camaro T-shirt . All in all a great story .

[@PappysPerformance]

I wish I could have come up in that era!!!!

[@RideMyBMW]

min 24:15 "The final race for top eliminator" I wrote a script called "American Graffiti III : Top Eliminator" for my college creative writing class.

[@kevinwallis2194]

fremont drag strip. raced there many times. now its all warehouses.

[@txworshipleader]

Interesting fact….well, to me at least, my uncle was the driver of the car that “threw a rod” (it was all pyro, of course). Dave Yount, also known as “the Fremont Flash,” may God rest his soul.

[@CuyahogaMustang]

John Milner rules !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@HoboGus]

The Toad gets his revenge! Ya gotta love the Toad.

[@paulseabrook8179]

Hollywood magic... Small block chevy beating a full blown Hemi. Excellent Movie.

[@flflash4717]

Dude it had camel hump heads a 30-30 Isky cam throw on a blower and a special nitro load......kick an elephants ass!

[@40momba]

Just come back alive !

[@MichaelMopar69]

Great movie I love drag racing love this movie

[@armandobuenpito1099]

Watching this movie this way is more enjoyable! The theatre version reminded of somebody constantly changing the channels.

[@Boxscot49]

That ending in my opinion is kind of creepy seeing that the swerving car off in the distance would kill John.

[@andersport]

In my novel Paul & Rosa, Paul Edmonds is John Milner re-born. It shows what would've happen to Milner if he lived.

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

One can imagine how Eva got the bad news.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

The Actress who played Eva is named Anna Bjorn en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Bjorn .

[@R171-j8v]

Love this movie

[@RideMyBMW]

I think Graffiti 2 fu&%ed up what coulda been a kickass franchise... :D. Love what you did putting together the Milner sequences...Only good thing bout this movie.

[@steveskouson9620]

Fremont raceway, the local dragstrip, for us in Silicon Gulch. Quite a way from Petaluma. steve

[@ChiaJesus]

He was. If you watch the very end of the clip, the car or truck in the distance drives erratically. This is the drunk driver who kills him as stated in the end credits. The collision occurs when both cars are out od site when they dip below the road level.

[@davidlawrence7681]

Kind of a shame they'd written themselves into a corner with Milner. He was the most three dimensional of the characters and it would have been interesting to see him finish growing up. His tragic end lends everything some weight but it would have been nice if it been established as happening later, so he could have appeared in the other sequences.

[@tideshea]

This movie is highly underrated. I never understood why so many people problems. The plot and the timelines are put together very well. I mean, it's not The Godfather II, but a fitting sequel to a classic. My theory is that, in 1979, people were not ready to fondly reminisce about the late-1960s intermingled with the beloved characters from American Graffiti. Those who initially saw it and disliked it are urged to revisit it.

[@rgs4x]

Fremont raceway I loved that place.

[@jamesandrewjohnson]

@TheMadcapLaughs1992 I've never seen it either, but it says that Toad went MIA (missing in action) in the credits of the first movie.

[@andersport]

Too bad Milner was killed in the end. I wish he had lived.

[@mctim64]

Front engine, 6-71, I love it!

[@mrmopar8939]

The blower wine, best part.

[@nemodapimpfish]

new years, RIP milner

[@lect0n7]

wow...this is crazy...Front Engine Top Fuel Dragsters... The reason they don't do front engines on top fuel dragsters anymore is because Big Daddy Don Garlits blew half of one of his feet off when a top fuel front engine dragster's engine blew... & Big Daddy Don Garlits was a Factory Guy in 1964...being that he won the Winter Nationals in 1963 & his first *Big Win* came in 1955...

[@garyszewc3339]

Everybody else still had front engine dragsters, when Garlitts showed up with his first rear engine car. He beat everyone so bad, they all changed to rear engine.

[@danielsmith-ze3wy]

I mean who did grow up wanting race like Milner

[@TheDakotaThurmond]

22:35 Dead mans curve- Jan and dean

[@bwild61]

@PeterCRissKISSgod , You are right! I have this movie many times also and its funny how I have never noticed that guy is the same one from the original American Grafftiti!

[@1sttvbn]

LeMat was very good in "Melvin And Howard".

[@Jenniferkate]

Mackenzie Phillips looks so young in this.

[@gdub454]

Graffiti Nite..Modesto..back in the day was the shit!!..been to 3 of em ..1982,83, n 84

[@sharkfin2009]

More of the movie was shot in Petaluma,CA

[@jazmineeg]

its sad that john died at the end :(

[@Joetrout]

Milners blown small block puts a whooping on hunt bros blown big block!

[@swedewilliam71]

Thanks for posting this. In my opinion, the best part's of A.G. 2 Still gives me goose bumps. Go Milner ! Did Lucas have anything to do with # 2 . The drag racing and " pod " racing from ep#1 have the same feel to it. Thanks again...

[@NishHammer]

right on...love this, thanks man

[@SmittyHeWasNumber1]

The best part of the movie are the war scenes,so damn funny they should have made a movie with that actor.

[@bluecatky]

At 28:34 you can see the way the approaching car in the backgorund is swerving around that will kill John Milner soon.

[@LTBlues2]

I used to own the candy red 57 vette at 22:00. oh i miss that thing bought it in 77 sold in 80 to buy a house. stupid move

[@motherthecar]

I always thought that killing Milner off was bullshit

[@AL454]

LOL when Milner flips Beckwith off at 19:20

[@keepmovingjumping]

"well im not busy but im trying to get busy" :D

[@bobthedistroyer]

@skatepunkze i think its a 1957 GMC it looks like . its parked right next to john Millners 32 ford coupe

[@Ballenxj]

Love it, thanks, and Happy New Year 2019/2020. Thumb up.

[@PeterCRissKISSgod]

HOLY SHIT! i've seen American Graffitti and More American Graffitti so many times i can recite every line, but i just noticed that the short mexican that works on milner's dragster is the mexican from the Pharaohs! he's at :18

[@myretirementlife8731]

at about 23:23 I get goosebumps every time I see it!

[@donnakind6933]

I Love This Movie Alot With Cindy Williams and Ron Howard And I Sure Love That Miller Guy The Way He Runs His Cars and He Is Such A Sexy Person and I Wish I Was His Woman Lol And I Always Love American Griffin

[@TokyoNightsPI]

Poor John-wonder how they wrote the void between American Graffiti and More American Graffiti between the two. Because Carol received the weird piece of machinery that John had in his car in the first film and started talking about going steady. And here she is with a New York guy and he looks pained.

[@RideMyBMW]

Milner´s scenes were the best...Movie shoulda just been about him.

[@tippimail1]

Audios,Fremont Drag Strip.

[@tunaonwhitenocrusts]

Seeing the drunk driver that kills John Milner always gets to me

[@archiebeech5427]

GAWD! isnt that supercharger whine at the top end the coolest sound ever? only thing sweeter is Eva here...

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

As a supporter of Universal Pictures, this is a pretty cool edit. It’s like watching the entire picture, but in the perspective of John Milner, King of American Racing. Good job, sir. :) Oh, and I have a title for this too. “American Graffiti: New Year’s Racing”

[@jexsmx6608]

anna bjorn = example of perfection in female form

[@KathyFernandez-z8s]

Sad how that's the night old John Milner died

[@billwelter4101]

Period correct cars, too. John has a blown SBC because the BBC hadn't come out yet! Surprised no 409 though.... Great movie, love the slingshot dragsters at Fremont! Smoking the hides the entire track, also correct for back then.

[@BobHoffmannBHMY]

I always wanted to edit my DVD to do this.