Where was American Graffiti filmed?
1973 film directed by George Lucas
American Graffiti (1973) was filmed at one place in the United States: San Francisco. The place comes from Wikidata.
Filming locations
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Towns & cities
San Francisco
United States
City and county in California, United States
“In addition to Petaluma, other locations included Mel's Drive-In in San Francisco, Sonoma, Richmond, Novato, and the Buchanan Field Airport in Concord.” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 10 more places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Towns & cities
Hollywood
United States
Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States
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Towns & cities
San Rafael
United States
City and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States
“Although American Graffiti is set in 1962 Modesto, Lucas believed the city had changed too much in ten years and initially chose San Rafael as the primary shooting location.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Richmond
United States
City in Contra Costa County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Petaluma
United States
City in Sonoma County, California, United States
“Much of the 1973 movie American Graffiti directed by George Lucas and produced by Francis Ford Coppola was filmed in Petaluma.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Mill Valley
United States
City in Marin County, California, United States
“The freshman hop dance was filmed in the Gus Gymnasium, previously known as the Boys Gym, at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Sonoma
United States
City in Sonoma County, California, United States
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Towns & cities Novato
United States
City in Marin County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Concord
United States
City in Contra Costa County, California, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Buchanan Field Airport
United States
County-owned public-use airport in Contra Costa County, California, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Tamalpais High School
United States
High school in California, United States
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Places whose own article says it was shot there
4 places say on their own Wikipedia pages that this film was shot there. Not on the map: each quote is linked so you can check it.
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Towns & cities
San Rafael
United States
City and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States
“Portions of the Universal movie production American Graffiti were filmed in downtown San Rafael under George Lucas's direction, and portions of THX 1138 were shot at the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Sonoma County
United States
County in California, United States
“American Graffiti was filmed largely in Petaluma.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Mill Valley
United States
City in Marin County, California, United States
“In George Lucas' film American Graffiti (1973), the sock hop dance scenes were filmed in the high school's boys' gymnasium.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Buchanan Field Airport
United States
County-owned public-use airport in Contra Costa County, California, United States
“In 1972, George Lucas used Buchanan Field Airport for one of the last exterior scenes in the movie American Graffiti.” Wikipedia
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