Universal's American Graffiti may now be breaking house records in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, but getting it to the screen was no snap. Co-producer Gary Kurtz, who joined the project ...

In 1973, fresh off the flop of his first feature, “THX 1138,” Universal released George Lucas’ “American Graffiti ... like being in a student film. Gary Kurtz, the producer, would ...

American Graffiti, released 45 years ago today ... "They were almost going to have to recast me, but Gary Kurtz"—a producer on the film—"and his family said, 'We'll take her,'" Phillips ...