However, his experience on that film, and his second movie, American Graffiti, proved to be defining moments for Lucas as a filmmaker and a businessman.

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Each generation throws up a coming-of-age comedy to call its own, whether it's "American Graffiti" or "American Pie, " and there are equal parts of both here.

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On her own in Indianapolis, Ann Romano was raising two teenage girls played by Mackenzie Phillips, already famous for the film "American Graffiti, " and a previously unknown Valerie Bertinelli.

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All exist in a 300-mile swath between Los Angeles (No. 2) and Modesto (No. 6), a city of 200, 000 in the Central Valley that was featured in the 1973 hit movie American Graffiti.

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Third Voice is the handiwork of three programmers from Singapore, where a court once caned an American youngster for his graffiti.

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Graffiti pictures by American star Jean-Michel Basquiat will be well to the fore, with their political undertones and emotional support of the black underdog.

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Some of the graffiti may have damaged ancient, Native American petroglyphs, Mr. Pilcher, the park ranger, said.

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