American Graffiti (1973)
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Wikidata Q375855, film, IMDb tt0069704, TMDB 838: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Willard Huyck as writer (Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons); 7 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
The Rewatchables' awards
Picked in other episodes
- Double feature (pick) for Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982): Heckerling acknowledged it as a huge touchstone for Fast Times. unknown · 1:39:43
Who talked about it
Blank Check — Patreon
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Big Picture
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
Hollywood Nights: 1 line the host's read ×1
-
unmapped (knockoff):
American Graffiti ⇒ Hollywood Nights (the host's read).
Hollywood Nights looks like an American Graffiti knockoff.
“This looks like a kind of American graffiti knockoff.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:40:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
Connected to
Hollywood Nights: 1 line unmapped ×1
-
unmapped (knockoff):
American Graffiti → Hollywood Nights.
Hollywood Nights looks like an American Graffiti knockoff.
“This looks like a kind of American graffiti knockoff.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:40:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
Messiah of Evil: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (influence 80s horror):
Messiah of Evil → American Graffiti.
Messiah of Evil is described as hugely influential on 80s horror that followed.
“clearly hugely influential on the 80s films that were going to come after it.”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:08:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
The Fabelmans: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (tonal echo):
The Fabelmans → American Graffiti.
Amanda compares the high school interlude in the middle of The Fabelmans to American Graffiti.
“the lovely American graffiti high school, like interlude in the middle.”
The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:39:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan, first at 3:08:21, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis, first at 0:46:47, 3 times
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner, first at 1:40:39, 2 times
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich, first at 2:01:48, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris, first at 0:42:44, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan, first at 0:24:17, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:08:08, 1 time
- compared in The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft, first at 0:39:16, 1 time
- passing in The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons, first at 1:07:32, 1 time
- compared in Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free), first at 2:40:09, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
lineage (1)
-
lineage (influence 80s horror):
Messiah of Evil → American Graffiti.
Messiah of Evil is described as hugely influential on 80s horror that followed.
“clearly hugely influential on the 80s films that were going to come after it.”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:08:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
theme (1)
-
theme (tonal echo):
The Fabelmans → American Graffiti.
Amanda compares the high school interlude in the middle of The Fabelmans to American Graffiti.
“the lovely American graffiti high school, like interlude in the middle.”
The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:39:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
unmapped (1)
-
unmapped (knockoff):
American Graffiti → Hollywood Nights.
Hollywood Nights looks like an American Graffiti knockoff.
“This looks like a kind of American graffiti knockoff.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:40:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Richard Dreyfuss: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
- Willard Huyck: writer (The Big Picture, Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons)
- Gloria Katz: writer (The Big Picture, Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons)
- Charles Martin Smith: actor (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Starman with Katey Rich)