What is American Graffiti based on a true story?
Capture the heart of America's last age of innocence with American Graffiti." This was George Lucas's first big hit film. It is based on his experiences as a teenager in Modesto and as agraduate of Downey High School, called Dewey High School in the film.
On the last day of summer vacation in 1962, friends Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), Steve (Ronny Howard), Terry (Charles Martin Smith) and John (Paul Le Mat) cruise the streets of small-town California while a mysterious disc jockey (Wolfman Jack) spins classic rock'n'roll tunes. It's the last night before their grown-up lives begin, and Steve's high-school sweetheart, a hot-to-trot blonde, a bratty adolescent and a disappearing angel in a Thunderbird provide all the excitement they can handle.