# I just saw American Graffiti for the first time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-american-graffiti-for-the-first-time/482927 "2009-01-25T16:47:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-american-graffiti-for-the-first-time/482927/41 "2009-01-28T16:01:58Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > \*\*gaffa \*\*- regarding \*\*THX 1138 \*\*- you realize that that’s Milner’s license-plate number in AG?? 😉 …and the cell-block on the Death Star, and the name of the theatrical standards company THX… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-american-graffiti-for-the-first-time/482927/42 "2009-01-28T16:04:20Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > …and the cell-block on the Death Star, and the name of the theatrical standards company THX… Oh yeah - he uses it everywhere…just wanted to point out this one… ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-american-graffiti-for-the-first-time/482927/43 "2009-01-28T16:07:13Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Modesto native, eh? I grew up in Sacramento and then Redwood City, but ended up in Modesto a few times…nice town to come from. No, very little of the film was actually filmed in Modesto, although I think it’s supposed to take place there. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-american-graffiti-for-the-first-time/482927/44 "2009-01-28T16:09:58Z")
[Petaluma?](http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/a/amgraff.html) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-american-graffiti-for-the-first-time/482927/45 "2009-01-28T16:12:14Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > [Petaluma?](http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/a/amgraff.html) Ah, home of Winona Ryder and Mesa Boogie amps. Very nice town. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-american-graffiti-for-the-first-time/482927/46 "2009-01-28T16:15:20Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > [Petaluma?](http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/a/amgraff.html) Yup! I didn’t mean it to turn into a game of 20 questions, guys. Sorry for being so mysterious. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-american-graffiti-for-the-first-time/482927/47 "2009-01-28T16:57:30Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Earlier in the century there may have been similar jumps. 1928-1938, for example. 1910-1920. But the 60s matched that radical change without world upheaval. It’s hard to say there wasn’t world upheaval when there was upheaval in Southeast Asia, upheaval all over Africa, cultural revolution in China, war in Palestine, coups in Latin America, “race riots” in the US, Paris nearly shut down, Czechoslovakia invaded, ad infinitum. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-american-graffiti-for-the-first-time/482927.md?page=2)