More American Graffiti
Ron Howard, Cindy Williams and most of the cast of the original American Graffiti reprise their roles in this sequel directed by Bill Norton. This film captures the group at four subsequent New Year's Eve celebrations from 1964 to 1967, with the Vietnam War, San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and the peace movement as the ever-shifting backdrop. Their friendships change and so do their fortunes as the country faces strife.
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Good timepiece film - dgeldart
This is a fun movie in that he provides insight into the America of the late 50s / early 60s. Sock hops, muscle cars, coming of age, the growth of radio, and so on.
Also fun to see the cameo role of Harrison Ford, long before he bacame Han Solo and the great action / adventure actor.Hated it....At First - ozzmodan
I really didn't like this film when I first saw it. It seemed to be a disgrace to the first film. When I watched it a few more times, it started to sink in what George Lucas was trying to communicate. The only way to understand is to watch it. It definately adds something when you add the first film again after this.It was ok... - Percy
In this 1979 movie, Cindy Williams, Ron Howard, McKenzie Phillips, Candy Clark, Charles Martin III, and Paul LeMat were still hot as ever, but their lives have changed.
Laurie (Williams) is now married to Steve (Howard) who is an insurance agent and the two of them have children.
McKenzie Phillips who was once the fiesty thirteen year old in the first American Graffiti movie is a drug addict and hangs around with Debbie (Clark) who is also a drug addict as well.
Terry The Toad (Martin) enlisted himself into the army and heads out to Vietnam for his first exposure to the mean cruel world out there.
Paul LeMat who played as John Milner still cruises in his yellow '41 Ford Coupe and meets this young chick who cannot even speak a word of English which frustrates the hell out of John because here he is, trying to get to know her and to communicate which he could not period.
The director again, has done a superb job in directing and managing this movie.
The stars who did their role in this movie again, have done a superb job in their performances. None of them messed up on their lines. They all knew their own lines and did their part very well.
The creator of this movie did a superb job in creating this movie and creating the scenes. I found the scenes pretty funny! Like for example, when Laurie took off from her house leaving Steve and the children behind, one of their twin sons gets into the fish aquarium while Steve is on the phone yakking away!
Whoever the twins real names were, they too, did a superb job in their performances as wild kids.
This movie had some action which I found funny too, but I will not go into any detail about it because I think people who still have not yet seen this movie should check it out for themselves.
Overall, this movie is excellent and I own this video. I am ready to buy the first American Graffiti movie though. I've already started a video collection.
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Good timepiece film - dgeldart
This is a fun movie in that he provides insight into the America of the late 50s / early 60s. Sock hops, muscle cars, coming of age, the growth of radio, and so on.
Also fun to see the cameo role of Harrison Ford, long before he bacame Han Solo and ...Hated it....At First - ozzmodan
I really didn't like this film when I first saw it. It seemed to be a disgrace to the first film. When I watched it a few more times, it started to sink in what George Lucas was trying to communicate. The only way to understand is to watch it. It definately ...It was ok... - Percy
In this 1979 movie, Cindy Williams, Ron Howard, McKenzie Phillips, Candy Clark, Charles Martin III, and Paul LeMat were still hot as ever, but their lives have changed.
Laurie (Williams) is now married to Steve (Howard) who is an insurance agent and ...