A coming-of-age film series that follows a group of friends during the summer evening before they set off for college. The sequel follows the characters from the first film a few years later.

Lucas blended the two interests -- and paid tribute to his 1950s upbringing -- with the 1973 coming-of-age flick "American Graffiti," which was Lucas' second feature film. "I spent four years of ...

She finally watched George Lucas's "American Graffiti" (1973) for the first time and said she "thoroughly enjoyed it." Set in Modesto in 1962, the film studies the cultural period that coincided ...