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Scott’s film also had its shocking and iconic chest-buster scene which was enough to earn him an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
American Graffiti Came Before Star Wars
Before Star Wars, George Lucas dove into the sixties. The movie revolves around a group of friends on their last night home before heading out for college.
In their final night, they hang out at the diner, listen to music, tell stories, and cruise the strip. Audiences felt reminiscent for the good old days, and nobody can blame them.
All Right, All Right, All Right
The thrilling excitement of the last day of school comes to life with Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused.
With the film set in 1976, the incoming freshmen are already being hazed by seniors, mostly by a very mean upperclassman played by Ben Affleck. The rest of the film is basically kids grooving out, smoking and drinking keg beer. Fun fact: John Hughes’ classic eighties film made skipping school the best time ever.
Kevin Smith’s Directorial Debut Was Clerks
Another movie where nothing really happens, Kevin Smith’s 1994 black and white directorial debut features Quick Stop clerk Dante.
His friends pop in throughout the day as debates about Star Wars and games of hockey are played on the store’s roof. The dialogue and the casualness of the conversations in the film made it a cult classic.
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