The June 6 parade is followed by the Graffiti Festival and Car Show on Saturday and Sunday at Modesto Junior College's West ...

W orld famous filmmaker and Disney sellout billionaire George Lucas came of age mixed into the street racing scene of Modesto ...

Roger Ebert reminisced, "When I went to see George Lucas' “American Graffiti” that whole world — a world that now seems incomparably distant and innocent — was brought back with a rush of ...

Modesto gears up for the 26th Annual American Graffiti Festival & Car Show from June 6–8, 2025, celebrating classic cars and ...

Despite the fact that the 1973 classic “American Graffiti” — written and directed by Modesto native George Lucas — is more ...

George Lucas is best known as the creative force ... to his 1950s upbringing -- with the 1973 coming-of-age flick "American Graffiti," which was Lucas' second feature film. "I spent four years ...

It ranks right up there with all of the best.” While others shared their reviews on IMDb: “American Graffiti is also a proof that George Lucas is a great director as he is a great writer.

“I can’t do 20 minutes with George Lucas,” he joked after ... that to happen because it didn’t happen on American Graffiti,” he added. Lucas said he told the studio he wanted to make ...