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American Graffiti (1973)      This classic move focuses on a single night in the early Sixties, the hopeful future of the main characters is followed by the events which occur. Steve (Ron Howard), and Curt (Richard Dreyfuss) will be leaving for college the very next day, the build up of years of hard work. Finally theyll be able to leave their small(a) hometown and "spread their wings", experiencing life in ways they never have. Curt is unattached to anyone, but Steve will be leaving behind his longtime miss Laurie (Cindy Williams), who happens to be Curts sister. Also remaining at home are Terry (Charles Martin Smith), a fumbling nerd, and John (Paul Le Mat), an older kid with "the fastest simple machine in the valley". The two main things that kids focused on in 1962, it was cars and music. Everyone whos anyone cruises the strip in their shiny automobiles and while theyre doing that theyre listening to Wolfman Jack on the radio. Music is an i ntegral part of this group, defining its moods, fears, desires and feeding from the same emotions.      Curt, a scholarship winner, is filled with doubt regarding his future. Everything that hes ever done has been aimed at college, yet at present the moment is upon him Curt wonders if instead he should take time off. Symbolic of this uncertainty is a blonde in a white T-bird elusive and please she always slips away from Curt when he nears. In contrast, Steve is (if a...