'American Graffiti': An oral history of 'the quintessential hot rod movie'

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Cast members RealRonHoward, MackPhillips and more look back on George Lucas' nostalgic classic 'American Graffiti,' which opened 50 years ago Friday.

On the last night of summer in 1962, high school grads Curt Henderson and Steve Bolander meet two friends, Terry “Toad” Fields and John Milner, for one last night of fun, flirting with girls and cruising Modesto’s main drag before Curt and Steve leave for college.

When I returned my agent said, “It’s too bad you were gone; you missed the casting for a movie that had a lot of parts for teenagers.” We went to the casting office, and he introduced me to casting director Fred Roos. I screen tested and, surprisingly, got the part. If I’d stayed in Europe another week or two, I would not have been in the movie.I was modeling in New York and had done some film work as an extra, which I loved.

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