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

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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
off. JOHN Not too good, huh? CURT Why is it every girl that comes around here is ugly? Or has a boyfriend? Where is the dazzling beauty I've been searching for all my life? John watches the procession of gleaming cars traveling through the hot night. JOHN I know what you mean. The pickin's are really gettin' slim. The whole strip is shrinking. Ah, you know, I remember about five years ago, take you a couple of hours and a tank full of gas just to make one circuit. It was really somethin.' Suddenly, in the distance, there's a blood-curdling scream from an incredible high-performance engine. The entire drive- in stops and listens. CURT Hey, John. Someone new in town. Ahhh. JOHN CURT You gonna go after him? JOHN Hey, listen, Professor, if he can't find me, then he ain't worth racin', right? CURT The big shot! Across the swarming parking lot, Steve sits in the front seat of his chevy with Laurie. Budda Macrae, a car hop, leans down to attach a tray to Steve's window, showing off her tight blouse. BUDDA A cherry-vanilla coke and a chocolate mountain. Anything else you want, Steve? (Steve shakes his head.) If there is you let me know now. Just honk and I'm yours. She tucks in her blouse a little tighter, gives him a hot look and goes to get the other tray. Budda takes the other tray around the car, almost shoves it in the window where
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Page 7 and 8: LAURIE You mean dating other people
Page 9 and 10: What's wrong, he's crying! There is
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Page 13 and 14: JOHN Yeah. All right, thanks. John
Page 15 and 16: LAURIE We're not going to spend the
Page 17 and 18: JOHN (grinning) Yeah, sure, Judy--h
Page 19 and 20: waterfall curl as the Wolfman dedic
Page 21 and 22: BOY'S LAVATORY Laurie, I know it's
Page 23 and 24: LAURIE Get your cooties off me-- Ed
Page 25 and 26: all the next day. CURT (grinning) C
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Page 29 and 30: Uh-huh. Milner, the reason I stoppe
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Page 33 and 34: DEBBIE Wow--bitchin' tuck and roll.
Page 35 and 36: He moans. remember? STEVE What do y
Page 37 and 38: Okay. CURT They go off toward the V
Page 39 and 40: I'm going to join the Marines. DEBB
Page 41 and 42: DEBBIE Tiger happens to be very int
Page 43 and 44: anyway? CURT I don't know, but I'm
Page 45 and 46: Wendy turns and leans forward, laug
Page 47 and 48: MEL'S DRIVE-IN Isn't it great, the
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guy. Soon he realizes that he is be
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at him, shaking his head. JOE This
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he's a Negro, I think... anyway, he
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Cadillac full of girls laughing at
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wheels... and a jeep. I also have a
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compound. CURT Hey, terrific, I lov
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CURT Ah, he means, we're all done h
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Debbie comes up and watches Terry l
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I'm sorry. STEVE LAURIE Get out! It
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TERRY Where'd you go, anyway? Over
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John sighs, wondering if he'll ever
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Wow! He's really fast, isn't he? JO
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Steve goes off and Debbie looks at
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cars pass with their radios blaring
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fearfully. JOHN All night you've be
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stops and watches Steve and Budda.
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MEL'S DRIVE-IN is reflected across
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He watches her stop at the screen d
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OLD WOMAN Staying on his hands and
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Stop it, stop it, stop it! Help! Po
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ack, then you let him have it. Terr
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Ow. Goodnight. See ya. DEBBIE TERRY
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MANAGER No, man. I'm not the Wolfma
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Curt nods and stands. The manager s
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DALE Yeah. Figured something was up
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LAURIE I said I didn't--you lousy g
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Jesus, what a night. He climbs in t
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LAURIE 'Bye 'bye, Curt. Curt goes t
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