Central Valley Corvettes of Fresno - March 2024

13. The DC-7 airliner that appears in the final scene was later converted to cargo use, and in 1986
it crashed after taking off from Dakar, Senegal, killing all four people on board.
14. All of the principal actors were unknown, and Universal Studios was so sure the movie would
flop that it wanted to release it as a TV movie. Co-producer Francis Ford Coppola convinced the
studio to do a theatrical release, and the film grossed $55 million (on a budget of just over $750,000);
it earned another $63 million in re-release. It also earned a Best Picture Academy Award nomination
and the Golden Globe for Best Picture.
15. There was a 1979 sequel, More American Graffiti, that checked in with the crew in the mid 1960s,
but it lacked the cruising theme (although the Milner character had become a drag racer). The sequel
was a critical failure and a box-office flop.
Article from: Hemmings.com - CAR CULTURE - Joe Lorio- 07/10/2020
SEE YOU AT THE MOVIE!