“YOU JUST CAN’T STAY 17 FOREVER!”

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coming-of-age comedy-drama “AMERICAN GRAFFITI” by watching George Lucas classic on the silver screen at the historic Cliftex Theatre in Clifton

“Where is the dazzling beauty I’ve been searching for all my life? The pickin’s are really gettin’ slim. Ah, you know, I remember about five years ago, take you a couple of hours and a tank full of gas just to make one circuit. It was really somethin’.

The Bosque Film Society cordially invites the public to attend a FREE screening to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coming-of-age comedy-drama “AMERICAN GRAFFITI” by watching George Lucas classic on the silver screen once again at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7 at The Cliftex Theatre in Clifton with an introductory presentation by Bosque Film Society founding board members Brett and Simone Voss.

Prior to the classic movie, the Bosque Film Society will also premiere its award-winning documentary short film “VOICE OF THE COMMON MAN: The Lomax Legacy” produced and directed by William Godby and E Brett Voss with a running time of 26 minutes.

We urge all moviegoers planning to attend to dress up in their 1950s-1960s attire, or come dressed like the decade era you graduated from high school. THE BEST DRESSED will receive prizes prior to the screening. Hosted by the Bosque Film Society, admission to the films will be free to the public courtesy of the Brett and Simone Voss’ Southern Cross Creative, and seating will be limited on a first-come, first serve basis as The Cliftex Theatre seats a capacity of 150 moviegoers.

Directed by George Lucas and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, “AMERICAN GRAFFITI” set in Modesto, California in 1962 offers a study of the cruising and early rock ‘n’ roll cultures popular among Lucas’s age group at that time. Through a series of vignettes, it tells the story of a group of teenagers and their adventures over the course of a single night, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins and Wolfman Jack.

The film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1995.

With the film festival season still in full swing, “VOICE OF THE COMMON MAN” has already been selected to 17 film festivals worldwide, winning Best Documentary Short seven times while Godby has won Best Editor three times and Voss Best Writer twice. With winners yet to be announced, Voice of the Common Man has also been nominated for Best Documentary Short in the Seguin Film & Arts Festival, Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival, Melbourne Independent Film Festival, San Diego International Film Festival, Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival and the Cannes World Art Festival.

Narrated by Lane Talburt, the film asks viewers to imagine a world with no Blues explosion, no R&B movement, no Beatles, no Stones. It’s hard to measure the total impact John Avery Lomax had on music as we know it today. But there’s no doubt the man who became known as the legendary Ballad Hunter “added the voice of the common man to the written history of America.” Chasing songs he came to love as a boy, Lomax went on the road to record over 1,200 discs containing some 4,000 songs for the Library of Congress.

Established in October 2020, the Bosque Film Society is a non-profit organization focused on promoting film appreciation, education and production in Bosque County, Texas while serving as the “Friends of The Cliftex Theatre,” the longest continuously-operating movie theater in Texas, showing movies on the big screen since 1916.

For more information about the event or about becoming a member, visit our website to check out the benefits and reasons for joining the Bosque Film Society at: https://bosquefilm.com/membership/