i do not know if george lucas really know what he have in this picture surely the script seem funny enough and and the thought of the car and the period music be entice but do he really know these unknown actor who bring these character to life . it seem almost a fluke and shot in 29 day and on a tight budget and but american graffiti be a four star classic . it be perhaps pure nostalgia and mix pathos and humor and sadness and craziness and hope and reflection and in quiet little burst of excitement . after cruise with milner all night and teenage carol hat to say goodbye but do and wave from her porch with the light on while toad survive one bad accident after another and but his real moment be in hear praise from his date ( fantastic and husky voice candy clark and dolled up like a speeding sandra dee ) just before she say good night while after chase his dream date all night and kurt ( richard dreyfus and green and anxious and and appealingly bemuse ) finally get to talk to the stunning blonde wonder on the telephone and where she whisper a wrenching goodbye . the whole movie be steep in reflection . it have great and great humor and yet it leave one with a bittersweet melancholia . for yesterday be in the past and with our music and our memory and and our hesitant farewell .