Shooting tidbits of American style painting

John Milner's car license plate says THX- 138, and another film directed by george lucas is called THX1138 (1971).

In the movie, Harrison Ford was asked to cut his hair, but Ford objected, saying that he had few roles. So he put on a hat.

During the filming process, the owner of Thunderbird kept close to his priceless treasure from beginning to end, and occasionally wiped it on the car. He always tells Susanna Summers what to do and what not to do, which drives her crazy.

Cindy williams originally wanted to play Carol. In order to get better results, she even wants to wear braces.

The Mel drive-in hotel in the movie has closed down and reopened for filming. After the film was finished, it was completely ruined.

About 300 cars produced before 1962 are needed at the parade site. After advertising in the local newspaper, the film crew interviewed the owners of more than 1000 cars.

In the last scene, when the plane lands, you can see the screen of an open-air cinema in the distance. This screen originally belonged to the Sharana Motel and didn't open until the fall of 2004.

Ron Howard played opposite Catherine Quenella in a play, and 22 years later, he became her director in Apollo13 (1995).

When talking to actors in different cars, two cameras are used to shoot separately at the same time, which saves a lot of time and cost in production time.

The number 327 often appears in Lucas' films. The film was printed on an engine. In addition, you can see this number in the following movies: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars: Ghost Crisis: Episode I-The Phantom Threat (1999).

Shooting time is mostly at night.

At first, many film companies rejected the script. One of the main reasons is that george lucas wants at least 40 songs as movie music. It costs a lot of money to buy music rights. Universal Picture finally agreed to sponsor the film, because Lucas' good friend francis ford coppola (the year before the Godfather series became popular) agreed to join as a producer.

The film cost budget is exactly $777,777.77, which is also a one-time payment.