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davidreiss666 t1_j6llsij wrote

Reply to comment by MSeanF in ‘Laverne & Shirley’ actor Cindy Williams dies at 75 by NeverEnoughBoobies

I was coming into the thread to mention American Graffiti. Ron Howard and Cindy Williams were both excellent in that movie. They both ended up in Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley respectively because they were in the more serious movie before hand.

Most people today remember it as the thing George made before Star Wars. When... well, it was a very serious movie in it's own right. It's more than the movie about high school kids that the rich guy made before Star Wars. In a lot of ways, his career would have been very different if he made more films like it instead of Star Wars.

But if you need a connection to Star Wars to watch it, Harrison Ford was also in America Graffiti, kids. It really is worth a watch.

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WirelessBCupSupport t1_j6oqp68 wrote

If you don't mean directed, Lucas created Indiana Jones (Raiders, IMHO, best of them). And Empire Strikes Back was the best Starwars, and thankfully directed by Kershner.

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Valdotain_1 t1_j6lz9kg wrote

It was a huge success and partly financed his next movie. Where he forgot how to write dialog.

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lhbtubajon t1_j6mo6oj wrote

You mean the one that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay?

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