American Graffiti - Movie Background

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  1. 7. When he left home, LUcas declared he would be one of these by the time his was 30
  2. 9. Francis Ford Coppola signed onto American Graffiti in this role and got more money for the film's budget
  3. 10. The place most high school seniors go after they graduate
  4. 14. The type of sound or music in a movie that the characters hear as well as the audience
  5. 15. Last name of the actor who plays Curt Henderson
  6. 19. Setting of the story
  7. 21. Last name of the actor who plays Laurie Henderson
  8. 23. A director George Lucas knew early in his career that went on to direct the Godfather movies
  9. 24. Last name of the actor who plays Carol
  10. 26. The abbreviation for the name of the university that Lucas attended for film school
  11. 27. The type of music in the 1960s that teenagers liked but drove their parents crazy
  12. 30. In the 1960s girls would often get in these if they found a boy attractive or interesting
  13. 32. American Graffiti leans heavily on this type of story
  14. 34. A type of fast food restaurant where they bring the food out to your car and you eat in the parking lot
  15. 35. A word that means to look back at the past with fond memories
  16. 36. This is the company that Lucas sold all Star Wars rights to in 2012
  17. 37. The people who tried to keep teenagers from breaking the rules
  18. 38. The person who plays the music on the radio and takes calls from the audience
  19. 39. The director of American Graffiti
  20. 41. Last name of the actor who plays Bob Falfa, also Han Solo from Star Wars
  21. 45. This type of story is based on the life of the person writing it
  22. 46. The term used in the 1960s to describe people driving around a town looking for excitement
  23. 47. A type of high school dance where the students dance in their socks
  24. 48. Last name of the actor who plays Debbie
Down
  1. 1. A term used when a couple dates only each other and no one else
  2. 2. The state in which you would find the town of Modesto
  3. 3. Title of George Lucas's 1977 blockbuster science-fiction movie
  4. 4. The characteristic people often lose as they grow older
  5. 5. The name of the Civil Rights leader who was killed after 1962
  6. 6. What George Lucas wanted to be before he went into film school
  7. 8. The band that started the British Invasion after 1962 in the US
  8. 11. The name of the conflict that ramped up for the US after 1962
  9. 12. There was no money for an original soundtrack, so Lucas spent $90,000 getting these for popular music of the movie's setting
  10. 13. The people teenagers tried to avoid when out looking for excitement
  11. 16. A two-year school like COD
  12. 17. American Graffiti has multiple of these, each one follows a different character
  13. 18. What guys often did in the 1960s to challenge each other with their muscle cars
  14. 20. Lucas used deep focus, realistic lighting, telephoto lenses to give this story the feeling of this kind of movie usually reserved for real life events
  15. 22. Last name of the actor who plays Steve Bolander
  16. 25. What the girl would wear around her neck when dating her boyfriend
  17. 28. This event nearly ended Lucas's life and turned him towards film school
  18. 29. The name of the president who was shot after 1962
  19. 31. This was George Lucas's college major before he transferred into film school
  20. 33. According to 2024 estimates, this is how many billions of dollars George Lucas is worth today
  21. 40. Last name of the actor who plays John Milner
  22. 42. In the 1950s to 1970s this is where young men and women often found their future spouse
  23. 43. American Graffiti did not have this type of director, but instead it had 2 camera operators and 1 visual consultant
  24. 44. A director George Lucas knew who went on to make the Indiana Jones movies