John Milner Racing Team Graffiti T-Shirt 1934 ford race

Pricing & History

Sold for
Start Free Trial or Sign In to see what it's worth.
Sold Date
Source eBay

John Milner Racing Team Graffiti T-Shirt No Reserve NR John Milner Racing Team from Petaluma, CA. Hand silkscreened on quality Hanes pre-shrunk heavyweight black t-shirts. NEW, NEVER WORN. Sizes Medium, Large, Extra Large & 2XL available at this time. No Reserve nr Please see my store for the "Buy it Now" option. Young George Lucas' influential hallmark film American Graffiti (1973) recreates the feel, landscape, and sounds of early 60s, small-town America - an historical time period (of JFK's Presidency and the New Frontier before the jarring assassination of late 1963 and the rest of an unpredictable era) that has since been irretrievably lost. Advertising posters and theatrical trailers for the film asked: "W were you in '62?", making viewers reflect back to the pre-Beatles era. The film from Lucas (an ex-USC film student and intern at Warner Bros.) was almost not made when every studio in Hollywood refused it, except for Universal. With its great financial success, 28 year-old Lucas joined the ranks of a new breed of directors, including Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola. It was his second feature film, following THX 1138 (1971) . The film was Lucas' homage to the memories of his own teenage years in Modesto, California, remembered with vintage cars and dragsters, drive-ins (Mel's), an almost non-stop rock soundtrack, teenage activities (hot rod crusin' and makin' out), and characteristic hair and clothing styles. Creating a demand for other popular teen-oriented films, a less successful sequel was also produced - director Bill W. L. Norton's More American Graffiti (1979) that covered the years 1964-67. The low-budget sleeper film, almost entirely composed of night scenes shot over less than a month of on-location shoots in San Rafael and Petaluma in the Greater Bay Area of Northern California (during overnight hours), nostalgically evokes a past time period like two other films of its time, Summer of 42 (1971) and The Last Picture Show (1971) . [ Another Slow Night in Modesto and Rock Around the Block were originally considered as alternative titles, but ultimately rejected.] Director Francis Ford Coppola, following his recent success with The Godfather (1972) , joined Lucas in the effort as the film's producer. The film's screenplay was co-authored by Lucas with a USC friend Willard Huyck and his wife Gloria Katz. Because of its financial success (about $55 million in its first release), Lucas was able to carry out his next project - the production of the monumental film Star Wars (1977) . The plot of the unorthodox, unsophisticated film, orchestrated in a series of anecdotal vignettes from dusk to the morning of the following day, tracks multiple storylines, but mostly concentrates on four characters (with recognizable prototypes): the rebel the nerd the solid citizen the king of the road All of the major characters in the ensemble cast are recent or soon-to-be Dewey High School graduates aged seventeen to twenty, during one momentous, hot, late summer/early fall night in 1962. While cruisin' and hanging out at the local watering hole (Mel's Drive-In), the four weave in and out of each other's lives as they are on the brink of major decisions (about attending college or finding a job) and suffering from various traumas. The film is seamlessly laced with a classic rock-n-roll soundtrack composed of over forty hits (often emanating from cruising car radios, or the school dance's record player). They frequently function as background music to define the emotions, dreams and frustrations of the group, ranging over almost a decade (from 1955-1962). Many of the songs are served up by legendary outlaw disk jockey Wolfman Jack who appears on the radio and as himself. Other later youth-oriented films imitated this film's use of a pop soundtrack. Most people remember the film as the one with early acting appearances for unknown but up-and-coming actors, such as Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, Ron Howard (best known as child actor Opie on TV's The And... read more

Items in the Price Guide are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members’ research needs.

Flag item for content or copyright

If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please contact us here to flag it for review.

If you are the originator/copyright holder of this photo/item and would prefer it be excluded from our community, contact us here for removal.