[colorado tanker]

I agree with you that Hammill is a good guy. Just staying married to the mother of his children is quite an accomplishment in Hollywood. But c'mon, the guy's not a great actor.

Harrison Ford is the only Lucas protege that really took off to a top level career. And did you know that Indiana Jones was first offered to Tom Selleck, who turned it down? If I were Ford, I'd send Selleck a magnum of Dom every Christmas.

[EveningStar]

Selleck had to turn it down because he couldn't get leave from his Magnum PI set.

[rocklobster11]

Harrison Ford is the only Lucas protege that really took off to a top level career.

Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, and Mackenzie Phillips had pretty good careers after American Graffiti.

Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley wouldn't have ever been made had America Graffiti not been a hit. In fact, ABC didn't like Gary Marshall's original pilot for Happy Days, so they didn't pick up the series and just used it as an episode of Love American Style. After the movie came out, they went back and picked up the series.

[drjimmy]

Harrison Ford is the only Lucas protege that really took off to a top level career.
Though he already had some great movies under his belt, Robert Duvall from THX-1138 hasn't done too bad either. And Lucas teamed up with Francis Ford Coppola to form the American Zoetrope film production company, whose first project was THX-1138. The following year Coppola went on to direct The Godfather, and the rest, as they say, is history.