1. Elvis Presley songs are absent on the soundtrack. To mitigate the cost of licensing so many songs, Universal offered a flat rate to all of the labels involved. Everyone went along with it except for RCA.
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| Elvis Presley 1962 |
2. The inclusion of Wolfman Jack came from Lucas' earlier movie idea. He considered making a documentary about the DJ when he was a student at USC's film school.
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| Wolfman Jack |
3. Harrison Ford only agreed to be in the movie if he didn't have to cut his hair. His character, Bob Falfa, was supposed to have a flattop. Harrison told the producers he wouldn't do it if it required cutting his hair. Bob Falfa wears a Stetson hat throughout the film.
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| Harrison Ford American Graffiti |
4. The blonde wasn't real in the original concept. Curt spends most the film chasing a beautiful, mysterious blonde driving a Ford Thunderbird. Lucas intended to shoot a scene where the blonde and the car were briefly transparent, revealing she was a figment of Curt's imagination. But Universal tightened the budget.
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| "The Blonde" (Suzanne Somers) America Graffiti |
5. There's no connection between the movie's American Graffiti and television' Happy Days. The show premiered five months after American Graffiti was released, was set in the '50s, had Ron Howard playing a teen and used "Rock Around the Clock" as its theme song. It even borrowed the American Graffiti font for the credits. But it wasn't a spin-off. It aired in 1972 as part of the anthology series Love, American Style.
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| Henry Winkler and Ron Howard - Happy days |
American Graffiti Movie CLIP
Must Be Your Mama's Car (1973)
*addendum to Music History Today: August 1, 2020
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