Corvette Summer

"You're going to have the most turbo-charged, chrome-plated, plush-lined, high-gloss, super-speed customized time of your life."

1978 1h 45m EN

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5.5

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★5.5TMDB · 63

AdventureComedy

Synopsis

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Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully tricked out dream Corvette, is stolen, he begins searching for it. His search leads him to Las Vegas, where Vanessa, a teenaged prostitute wannabe, helps him try to track it down.

“You're going to have the most turbo-charged, chrome-plated, plush-lined, high-gloss, super-speed customized time of your life.”

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Cast

Mark Hamill
Kenneth W. Dantley Jr.
Annie Potts
Vanessa
Eugene Roche
Ed McGrath
William Bryant
Plain Clothes Police Lecturer
Richard McKenzie
Principal Bacon
Kim Milford
Wayne Lowry
Philip Bruns
Gil
Danny Bonaduce
Kootz

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Matthew Robbins
Writers: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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48 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Matthew Robbins, shot by Frank Stanley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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ERA

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Editor Amy Holden Jones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Mark Hamill and Annie Potts and Eugene Roche carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You're going to have the most turbo-charged, chrome-plated, plush-lined, high-gloss, super-speed customized time of your life.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0077372 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 63 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Matthew Robbins directs. Frank Stanley behind the camera. Amy Holden Jones cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

148 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Matthew Robbins, shot by Frank Stanley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Amy Holden Jones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Mark Hamill and Annie Potts and Eugene Roche carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "You're going to have the most turbo-charged, chrome-plated, plush-lined, high-gloss, super-speed customized time of your life.".
6IMDB entry: tt0077372 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 63 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.