Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Before George Lucas had success with Star Wars he made American Graffiti, the coming of age film based in the 60s with an emphasis on cars. Although successful both critically and at the box office, the film was extremely difficult to make. No company wanted to produce it and once picked up it was a mess to film.

Crew members got arrested and run over, and someone even lit a motel room on fire. The production of American Graffiti is one interesting story.

George Lucas. Ron Howard. Richard Dreyfuss. Paul Le Matt. Harrison Ford. Francis Ford Coppola.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:28 - The Difficult Start
04:07 - The Production Disaster
09:00 - No More Problems?
11:34 - Outro

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