American Graffiti Multi-Cache
Hemlock: Since there's been no response to the previous note, I'm archiving this cache to free up the area.
When/if this cache is replaced, please email me at hemlock@geocachingadmin.com and if it is still within the guidelines for cache placement and publishing, I'll be happy to unarchive it.
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From 2,000 ft elevation you will drive (slowly) 1,000 feet down into the Tuolumne River Canyon on a narrow paved road without guardrails. Please drive carefully or you will arrive at the cache site too quickly with your vehicle doing cartwheels.
American Graffiti captures the emotion, music, and adventure of one hot summer night in the Central Valley as most of the teens seek to move on with their lives after high school. George Lucas co-wrote and directed this period piece that reflects his own days as a hot-rod cruiser in Modesto.
In 1962, America was evolving from the “Fabulous ‘50s” into the “Turbulent ‘60s.” Whether by design or serendipity, George Lucas (who graduated that year) precisely portrayed the year and the attitudes that marked the ending of an era before darker days took over. In fact, Universal pictures describes the film as capturing the “heart of America’s last age of innocence.”
The summer of 1962 was the touchstone, the centerpiece, the bridge between the ‘50s and ‘60s. Certainly, the end of the “cultural”’ 50s ended tragically on November 22, 1963, with the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The musical times also were a’changin’ even earlier with the arrival of Bob Dylan and the Beatles, who created a major shift of pop music ... which either mirrored or motivated cultural shifts then taking hold.
Then came the Gulf of Tonkin “incident” in August 1964, leading to the military buildup in Vietnam. In American Graffiti, the cinematic fate of Terry “The Toad” Field was reported in the brief epilogue as being MIA near An Loc in December 1965. Thereby, Lucas’ movie, which was released in 1973 even before the war had ended, offered the first serious reference in American cinema to the war’s cost and impact.
American Graffiti is a true “coming of age” movie for its characters and, indeed, for the country.
Congratulations to j/k hunters for being the first to find.
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Fgntr 1: Pnpur anzr
Fgntr 2: Bu qrne!
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