Can you name the last names of actors & actresses in (retrospectively star-laden) movies, early in their careers?

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Answers are alphabetical WITHIN EACH SECTION. *Name appeared differently at the time in credits

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AMERICAN GRAFFITI ₁₉₇₃
Richard ___ _{_Curt}
Harrison ___ _{_{Bob Falfa}}
*Ron ___ _{_Steve}
Mackenzie ___ _{_Carol}
Suzanne ___ _{_{Blonde in T-Bird}}
Cindy ___ _{_Laurie}

DINER ₁₉₈₂
Kevin ___ _{_Fen}
*Tim ___ _{_Billy}
Steve ___ _{_Eddie}
Paul ___ _{_Modell}
Mickey ___ _{_Boogie}
Daniel ___ _{_Shrevie}

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH ₁₉₈₂
*Nicolas ___ _{_(bud)}
Phoebe ___ _{_Linda}
Anthony ___ _{_(bud)}
Jennifer Jason ___ _{_Stacy}
Sean ___ _{_Spicoli}
Judge ___ _{_Brad}
Eric ___ _{_(bud)}
Forest ___ _{_Jefferson}

THE OUTSIDERS ₁₉₈₃
Tom ___ _{_Steve}
Matt ___ _{_Dallas}
Emilio ___ _{_Two-Bit}
C. Thomas ___ _{_Ponyboy}
Diane ___ _{_Cherry}
Rob ___ _{_Sodapop}
Ralph ___ _{_Johnny}
Patrick ___ _{_Darrel}

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Missing Word: Career-Launching Movies Quiz

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Created Dec 4, 2012 in Just For Fun
Featured Jan 11, 2013
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	itisofmyopinion:	Jan 11th, 2013 at 05:25 GMT		4 points
	This is a fantastic game. Is there a reason three of the actors have asterisks next to their names? I looked all over for an explanation, and trying to find the connection drove me crazy.

	joshmassey:	Jan 11th, 2013 at 05:27 GMT		3 points
	Good quiz, but I don't understand the impulse to delete the more difficult answers - quizzes are more boring when they are easier. Put the hard ones back in. We don't have to all get 90+%.

	needapausebutton:	Jan 11th, 2013 at 05:49 GMT		7 points
	Thanks to both of you for the feedback @itisofmyopinion: Prior to publication the quiz had several game notes, which were all removed (some referring to bonus answers, a non-essential element of the quiz). Other game notes I felt were important, I don't know why those were taken out. The asterisks denoted that those names appeared differently in the credits in the film (e.g. Nicolas Cage was in the cast as "Nicolas Coppola"). Also, each section is alphabetical @joshmassey: They were not removed to make the quiz "easy", but because, at the time, more players were falling below the 50% mark than I'd like to see for a quiz to appeal to a wide audience. If you look at the quiz stats now, the graph clearly does not show that most people are getting 90%. In fact, most people are getting between 16 and 23 correct (at least at this point in time).

	juviejay:	Jan 11th, 2013 at 12:35 GMT		0 points
	The hardest part was trying to spell everyone's name. Susan, Richard, Emilio and Forest gave me fits.

	caramba:	Jan 11th, 2013 at 15:53 GMT		4 points
	Tried Kline, Costner, Spacey, even Sorbo. Never thought of Bacon. I'm Six Degrees from Stupid.

	needapausebutton:	Jan 11th, 2013 at 17:35 GMT		5 points
	@caramba, and others: The hard-working and gracious elves in Sporcleland have just re-inserted the relevant portion of the game notes, for which I’m very grateful. For those players that do read game notes, I hope it will now help, when attempting certain last names, to be contemplating far-fewer letters of the alphabet (assuming they’ve gotten a name above, and below, that one). Again, THANKS to the administration for always monitoring published quizzes, and for their support in this matter! And thanks for publishing this one in the first place of course :)

	Figment:	Jan 12th, 2013 at 02:14 GMT		1 point
	No love for Ellen Barkin in Diner?

	needapausebutton:	Jan 12th, 2013 at 02:41 GMT		1 point
	@Figment: On the contrary, lots of love for Ellen! But when I cut the American Graffiti cast which I used down to 6, and added Diner, I decided to just go with the primary 6 buddies (to maintain symmetry in my columns)... Ellen (and Michael Tucker of L.A. Law), "would have been" #'s 7 and 8 for Diner. Recognizing my dilemma of having too many other "why not ______?'s" left out, I originally had alerted "quick" players to the fact that there are about 24 bonus answers (which they could try before typing in the final answer if they were getting done quickly). And, well, they are still there! They are the "also rans" and some other well-known stars who were in the other three movies.