In 1972, a relatively unknown filmmaker named George Lucas began shooting a low-budget joyride comedy from a screenplay he had written. The story was set in Modesto, Calif., during the late summer of ...

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WORKING. TODAY. CLASSIC CARS TOOK OVER THE STREETS OF MODESTO TONIGHT. HUNDREDS OF CLASSIC CARS TAKING PART IN THE ANNUAL PARADE, KICKING OFF THE START OF THE AMERICAN GRAFFITI FESTIVAL AND CAR SHOW.

While he had previously worked with George Lucas on American Graffiti, Harrison Ford was far from landing a role in Star Wars ...

After success directing “The Godfather,” (1972) Francis Ford Coppola, came aboard as the producer for the 1973 film “American Graffiti,” saving the film from being butchered. Universal Pictures ...

The American Graffiti Festival car parade is nearly a quarter-century old, and celebrates a pastime that in Modesto dates back to the mid-1940s. And still the destination event draws — and impresses — ...

Petaluma’s 19th annual salute to ‘American Graffiti’ honors the classic movie — and these Casa Grande kids are ready.

MODESTO — The city of Modesto may be best known as the home of the movie "American Graffiti." In fact, there's a museum there dedicated to preserving that history. "American Graffiti" is the movie ...

There's a sense of beauty and dread that's cleverly injected into George Lucas' American Graffiti, a tone poem and ode to the music, cars and culture of the early '60s. On one level, the film is a ...

Sunny skies and big smiles greeted the “Salute to American Graffiti” car show Saturday in downtown Petaluma, an annual event highlighting the city’s abiding love for classic cars, close-knit community ...

Joshua David Stein is a New York-based journalist, author, food critic, and editor. Before how many scenes in how many scripts are the words "[Setting: A diner]" written like a small ancestral shrine ...

Graffiti artist Jason Wulf, also known by his DG tag, in undated Facebook photo. How much better this city would be if we didn’t indulge our vandals by calling them artists. As in “graffiti artist.” ...