American Graffiti

Instead of attending college, he becomes an insurance salesman. Although the action takes place only sixteen years prior to the date the film was made (i.e., as though someone today made a film set in 1990 or thereabouts), the intervening time span had seen much more dramatic change in styles, technological development, politics and social attitudes. Ironically, by the end of the night it is Curt who goes off to college, while Steve decides to stay in town and settle down with Laurie. Surprisingly, the censors allowed through a scene that clearly implies statutory rape, or at least the possibility of it. Terry uses Steve's car to pick up a girl. Commander Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation. John splits his time between trying to pick up girls and defending his reputation as the fastest drag racer in town. Bluto then hands him a splintered piece and says "Sorry." This sight gag has been imitated on TV several times, most memorably by Lt.

Curt spends the whole night riding around in other people's cars obsessing about a mysterious blonde driving a white Ford Thunderbird. In one party scene, John Belushi's character, Bluto Blutarsky, smashes an acoustic guitar belonging to a folk singer who is seranading some girls with the song I Gave My Love a Cherry That Had No Stone. Steve, on the other hand, is not sure about his relationship with steady girlfriend Laurie, Curt's sister. The motto of Faber College, supposedly uttered by its eponymous founder, Eberhard Faber (the supposed inventor of the pencil) was "Knowledge is Good.". Curt is not sure if he wants to go off to college, despite receiving a lodge scholarship, much to Steve's consternation. The film also inspired a short-lived half-hour television sitcom, Delta House, in which the late John Vernon reprised his role as the long-suffering, malevolent Dean Wormer. The film focuses on vignettes about the four young men: Curt, Steve, Terry, and John. This movie was filmed at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, and features numerous buildings from that campus and the surrounding area; however, the idea for script of the movie derived from Miller's experience at his own fraternity at Dartmouth College, one of the Ivy League colleges, in Hanover, New Hampshire.

However, Wolfman Jack did broadcast from XERB, but not in the manner shown in the picture.
. This is because provisions of the Brinkley Act forbade cross-border broadcasting. Before the movie's release, toga parties were apparently quite rare, but after 1978 many campuses experienced a massive upsurge of them. The depiction of Wolfman Jack broadcasting live from a local studio in California via a transmitter in Mexico is not accurate. In addition, the film is notable for having introduced the toga party to popular college culture. The movie gained some of its popularity through its accurate reflection of period music. Quoting liberally from the film is a popular leisure activity, particularly at social events.

The low-budget movie was mostly shot during night in less than a month. Despite having been born well after the film was released, students--especially men--on Amercan campuses can often be seen wearing shirts emulating the Belushi character's generic "College" model. Although the movie was based upon the memories of George Lucas regarding his teenage years in Modesto, California, it was shot on location around San Rafael and Petaluma in the Bay Area of Northern California. Twenty-seven years after its release, Animal House still exerts a powerful influence on today's college students. The script was written by George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck. The film has become known as the ultimate fraternity film; for better or worse, it has promoted many stereotypes and formed a distinct image of fraternities in American culture. Suzanne Somers had a small but notable part as a blonde in the Ford Thunderbird. Other characters of importance include: Professor Dave Jennings, who is bored with his job as English teacher; Marion Wormer, the Dean's wife, who becomes the object of Otter's charms; Clorette DePasto, the mayor's underaged daughter, who (possibly) sleeps with Larry; Otis Day, a local singer who is a campus favorite; Mandy Pepperidge, who dates Gregg but secretly loves Otter; and Babs Jansen, a proper southern belle who is turned off by crude Deltas.

It also featured the first major public appearance by disc jockey Wolfman Jack. The main Omegas include: Gregg Marmalard, the president of Omega House who dates Mandy Pepperidge and suffers from impotence; Sargeant-at-Arms Doug Niedermeyer, who is the head of the ROTC and hates the Deltas with unbridled passion; and Chip Diller, the Omegas newest pledge. American Graffiti starred Richard Dreyfuss (Curt Henderson), Ron Howard (Steve Bolander), Paul Le Mat (John Milner), Charles Martin Smith (Terry Fields), Candy Clark, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips and Harrison Ford. Dean Vernon Wormer, in cahoots with the Omegas, is constantly intriguing to revoke the Deltas' charter and drive them off campus permanently. The film was followed by a sequel titled More American Graffiti in 1979. At the other end of Fraternity Row, both literally and figuratively, stands the Delta House, a repository for every campus misfit: Eric 'Otter' Stratton, the Playboy-style sex maniac (whose room is an uncannily pristine oasis within the sheer filth of the house); Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein, Otter's best friend who is always deciding between his pals at the Delta House and his girlfriend, Katy; 'Bluto' Blutarsky, an abject, drunken degenerate; Robert Hoover, the affable, reasonably clean-cut president of the fraternity, who desperately struggles to maintain a façade of normalcy for the Dean; D-Day, a tough biker with a penchant for riding up the stairs; Stork, probably borderline autistic; and the two new pledges, Larry 'Pinto' Kroger, a shy but normal fellow, and Kent 'Flounder' Dorfman, a hopelessly fat, clumsy loser--a "total zero", even by Delta standards. broadcasting studio that is linked to the transmitter of border-blaster XERB in Mexico. A 1950s mentality prevails on campus, typified by the Omegas--the "nice boy" frat, dominated by Greg Marmalard and Douglas Niedermeyer, the nefarious, strutting head of the ROTC program.

The commentary is from his U.S. Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement are but the faintest blips on the horizon. It is set in 1962 against the backdrop of commentary and music created by disc jockey Wolfman Jack. Faber college, 1962. It tells the story of a group of small-town middle-class American California teenagers on the last night of summer. Produced on a scanty $3 million budget, the film has turned out to be one of the most profitable of all time; since its initial release, Animal House has garnered an estimated return of more than $200 million in the form of video and DVDs, not to mention merchandising. American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas. In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced - Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and George Lucas. It was directed by John Landis. Best Picture - Francis Ford Coppola and Gary Kurtz. The movie was adapted by Douglas Kenney, Christopher Miller and Harold Ramis from stories that had originally been written by Miller and published in National Lampoon magazine. Best Film Editing - Verna Fields and Marcia Lucas. National Lampoon's Animal House (also called Animal House) is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of Delta fraternity boys takes on the system at their college. It stars John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, John Vernon, Thomas Hulce, Cesare Danova, Peter Riegert, Mary Louise Weller, Stephen Furst, James Daughton, Bruce McGill, Mark Metcalf, James Widdoes, Martha Smith, Kevin Bacon (in his film debut) and Donald Sutherland. Best Director - George Lucas. No grade-point average.

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Candy Clark. .zero-point-zero. Blutarsky. Wormer: (to Bluto) Mr. Bluto: I'm a zit! Get it?.

You didn't throw up in front of Dean Wormer, you threw up on Dean Wormer. Otter: Face it, Flounder. .vegetables are sensuous. Wormer: People are sensual.

Mrs. Mandy: Gregg, is it supposed to be this soft?. Niedermeyer: A pledge pin?! On your uniform?!. .explode.