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I was going to watch this then noticed...


...that Richard Dreyfuss isn't even in it. It's not American Graffiti without him. He obviously saw the wisdom in staying out of this one.

I'm surprised they got Harrison Ford in 1979 with him busy on The Empire Strikes Back. I notice though that his name is not in the credits, no doubt a conscious choice.

"I don't reckon I got no reason to kill nobody."

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It's no surprise that Harrison Ford reprised his part; AG gave him his start in the business, and this, like Star Wars, was a George Lucas production. Also, it's not like it took up much of his time....I'm sure that he took care of his part in one day's shooting.

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Interesting that the character went from being a street racer to being a traffic cop.

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Like the Droogs who became cops in Clockwork Orange.

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Well you should watch it, it's American Graffiti without Dreyfuss.

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I had paid no attention to the sequel's cast but when I saw it on HBO I was very disappointed that Curt wasn't in it. Mr. Dreyfuss probably thought the script was awful. Which it is in many ways.

I don't even know enough to know how much I don't know. Ya know?

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It's not a perfect movie, but I enjoyed it well enough.

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Good point.

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I know! The heart of the first movie was Curt, his one night coming of age odyssey, and his dream girl the blond in the white Thunderbird. At least there should have been a scene of him in Canada and white Thunderbird driving by.

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Indeed.

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Curt can't be in it because he's living in exile in Canada.

And it's a far better film that it gets credit for being. Taken on its own terms, it captures that middle period of the 1960s beautifully & accurately, with appropriate film styles for each of the different stories.

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