
The Complete American Graffiti is a movie novelization written by John Minahan in 1979 and based on the movie American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas in 1973. The movie features Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, and others.
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Storyline
On their last evening of summer vacation in 1962, high school graduates and friends Curt Henderson and Steve Bolander meet two other friends, John Milner, the drag-racing king, and Terry The Toad Fields, in the parking lot of Mel’s Drive-In in Modesto, California. one of his friends tells him The Blonde is the wife of a local jeweler, but Curt does not believe it.
Movie vs Book

Year
1973
Minutes
110
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
American Graffiti
Director: George Lucas
Country: USA
Year: 1973
Length: 1h50m
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Year
1979
Pages
248
Book Rate
6.80
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Book
The Complete American Graffiti
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“I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.”
KATE BECKINSALE (Actress)

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