In 1973, fresh off the flop of his first feature, “THX 1138,” Universal released George Lucas’ “American Graffiti” — a box-office sensation and cultural touchstone that almost wasn’t. Set in Lucas’ ...

Candy Clark earned an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor in 1973’s “American Graffiti,” in which she played a ditzy teen with a blonde bouffant hairdo (on poster above yellow car) who goes ...

One summer many years ago, as firecrackers and bottle rockets painted the 4th of July air a technicolor flame outside our house, my dad ushered me into the living room and put his DVD of American ...