"AMERICAN GRAFFITI" Screenplay by George Lucas Gloria Katz ...

into your cell--look, I gotta talk
to Laurie.
(he hands the check
back to Curt)
Now take it. We're leaving in the
morning. Okay?
Suddenly, there's an ear-splitting roar and they all turn as
a yellow '32 Ford deuce coupe--chopped, lowered and sporting
a Hemi-V8--bumps into the lot. The low slung classic rumbles
and parks at the rear of the drive in.
Big John Milner, twenty-two, sits in his Ford, tough and
indifferent, puffing on a Camel. He wears a white T-shirt
and a butch haircut molded on the sides into a ducktail. A
cowboy in a deuce coupe--simple, sentimental and cocksure of
himself.
STEVE
You wanna end up like John? You can't
stay seventeen forever.
CURT
I just want some time to think. What's
the rush? I'll go next year.
STEVE
We'll talk later.
Steve walks off toward Laurie's Edsel. Laurie gets out. She's
wearing a letterman's sweater with a large "Class of '62"
emblazoned on the shoulder. Steve goes to her and they hug.
On the radio, the music ends, and the Wolfman's intro tune
comes on.
RADIO
(singing)
"Here comes the Wolfman--Wolfman
Jack!"
WOLFMAN (V.O.)
Oh, We're gonna rock and roll
ourselves to death baby. You got the
Wolfman Jack Show!
MEL'S DRIVE-IN--NIGHT
As the radio blares "Sixteen Candles," we see that with the
darkness Burger City has come alive. A continual line of hot
rods pulls into the parking lot to check out the parked cars,
then returns to the maindrag. Carhops glide by on roller
skates. Curt and John are fooling around in front of the
deuce coupe. A horn honks and they turn as a '60 Ford with
three girls in it slows by them. A girl leans out the window
and smiles.
Hi John!
GIRL
The girls in the car all screech and giggle as they zoom