After success directing “The Godfather,” (1972) Francis Ford Coppola, came aboard as the producer for the 1973 film “American Graffiti,” saving the film from being butchered. Universal Pictures ...

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With her husband Willard Huyck, Katz also wrote Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, based on a story conceived by George Lucas. Other credits of Katz include the scripts for Lucky Lady, Messiah of ...

Dad [actor Rance Howard] hated the script. He didn’t get American Graffiti at all. He thought it was too episodic and loosely structured. It was so radically different from any other script that I had ...