Classic 70's Adventure Comedy I Corvette Summer (1978) I Retrospective

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  • A high school grad and a call girl-in-training try to track down his stolen Corvette.
    Film: Corvette Summer (1978)
    Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    Director: Matthew Robbins
    Writer: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
    Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
    Cast: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts
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  • @gravesclayton3604
    @gravesclayton3604 Před rokem +516

    Saw this when it came out in '78, I was 13. Best car car movie ever! Inspired me to build my own cars & motorcycles, & eventually own my own shop. Makes me miss the 70's & 80's even more.

  • @anthonymitchell3198
    @anthonymitchell3198 Před rokem +363

    Love this movie. I'm 50 years old and I definitely remember watching this when I was a kid. I also have this movie on dvd.

  • @caliban88
    @caliban88 Před rokem +214

    Corvette Summer, Gumball Rally and the first Cannonball Run movie are my all time favorite car movies. Back when there was no CGI or dubbed over motor sounds. Pure classics.

    • @JoseyWales44s
      @JoseyWales44s Před rokem +12

      Give "Vanishing Point" a try. Best car movie of all time.

    • @williamtobin7282
      @williamtobin7282 Před rokem +13

      Original gone in 60 seconds, great flick too

    • @christophertaylor2464
      @christophertaylor2464 Před rokem +3

      @@williamtobin7282 I loved that movie.i rented the movie when I was younger and later in my life I bought a VHS copy of the movie and I think that I never opened it.

    • @maxpower9848
      @maxpower9848 Před rokem +7

      I loved it when all the stunts were real! Remember the one where they went over the river on a jump that corkscrewed the car over the river and then landed perfectly on another ramp? Was that Gator with Burt reynolds?

    • @spasticnapjerk
      @spasticnapjerk Před rokem +3

      @@maxpower9848 The Man With The Golden Gun

  • @nigelcarren
    @nigelcarren Před rokem +27

    English bloke here.
    In 1977 my dad took me to Santa Pod raceway to see my first drag race.
    Everything was great, the sun was shining and I had a hot-dog with onions, as I walked through the pits holding my dad's hand when from behind me BOOM!!! ROAR!!!
    I span found in shock! There it was. A white Corvette Stingray with chrome straight-up pipes sticking right up from the block! The car had a metal-flake Star-Spangled banner painted from the bonnet fading to the rear arches.
    That was the first American car I ever saw... This rocked my eight year old world!!!! 🇬🇧🏆🇺🇲
    Best wishes from an Englishman making armour in a French forest. ⚒️

  • @PhotonTheta
    @PhotonTheta Před rokem +328

    I miss the 70's. In the early 80's, my friends caddy was stolen and they found it in Tijuana being driven by the mayor. He laughed and gave it back

    • @rhuttrho88
      @rhuttrho88 Před rokem +4

      Shouldn't of gave back shit!🫨

    • @rhuttrho88
      @rhuttrho88 Před rokem +2

      JK!🫡

    • @murrieta49
      @murrieta49 Před rokem +14

      When white ppl knew how to treat each other

    • @jamescolby7125
      @jamescolby7125 Před rokem +5

      @@murrieta49 how do they treat each other now

    • @atrain132
      @atrain132 Před rokem

      ​@@jamescolby7125like shit.

  • @SylvesterCartier
    @SylvesterCartier Před rokem +149

    Back when they had auto shop in high school!

    • @willduke1656
      @willduke1656 Před rokem +8

      😯😯No more Auto Shop in High School?? I didn't know that..

    • @bbroken1
      @bbroken1 Před rokem +4

      ​@@willduke1656 me too. But I graduated back in 89

    • @erinreese3849
      @erinreese3849 Před rokem +3

      I did not know either. Graduated 87😢

    • @levimatthew8911
      @levimatthew8911 Před rokem +9

      Good Times. Better Times.

    • @jimmycline4778
      @jimmycline4778 Před rokem +22

      Now you have drag Queen shop!

  • @504S
    @504S Před dnem

    As a Corvette owner in 2024, This movie is still Top notch !! I love it !! 💪🏾💪🏾🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @user-cc5od3zk4p
    @user-cc5od3zk4p Před rokem +121

    I eventually became an aircraft mechanic and this movie had a lot to do with it. Seeing it again reminds me of what a great time the 70s and 80s were to be on this planet. Very few Millenials and Gen. Z's are interested in working with their hands and the reliance on technology is frightening. I weep for the future.

    • @ruthhickey3026
      @ruthhickey3026 Před rokem +7

      I am 64 and still work with my hands

    • @user-ty6do8yz4l
      @user-ty6do8yz4l Před rokem +15

      It's weird to me, how easily America gave up freedom for technology, and convenience. In my opinion, technology is now diametrically opposed to freedom.

    • @princesssolace4337
      @princesssolace4337 Před rokem

      U weep? I imagine the sort of movies coming out this days scares me. Nothing much to tell about sum American exploits in the Middle East , going through trash bin of comic book materials.
      This type of movies about coming off age , innocence like Dazed and Confused , American Graffiti won't be made no more.

    • @watcherofthingsthatrkekano5930
      @watcherofthingsthatrkekano5930 Před rokem +4

      Thing is though people of the 70s and 80s made it damn near illegal to do things with your hands anymore because you wanted to feel more safe. Hence the huge fight for right to repair across many forms of industry right now.

    • @0Heeroyuy01
      @0Heeroyuy01 Před rokem

      yet another old timer blame the young for shit mean while the majority of the reason things are the way they are today is BECAUSE OF YOUR GENERATION.
      market crass in 08, 1000+ stupid safety laws including car safety, all the trash laws communist California has passed like the laws that restrict ones 2nd amendment rights to name a few.

  • @stephensmith3708
    @stephensmith3708 Před rokem +46

    Miss Potts had the look then, but today, even more beautiful. She aged like the finest of champagne or wine!!!!!

    • @vintageexcellence
      @vintageexcellence Před rokem +3

      I’d give her $20

    • @stephensmith3708
      @stephensmith3708 Před rokem +1

      @@vintageexcellence I'll give!$1000, plus marriage!!!!!!!!!@@@@!!!!!¡

    • @DucknCoverin
      @DucknCoverin Před rokem +2

      No way. She’s a good looking old lady now, but she was knockout back then.

    • @grantsmith505
      @grantsmith505 Před rokem

      @@vintageexcellence
      Lol, you use $20 women

  • @CycolacFan
    @CycolacFan Před rokem +73

    This is one of the few car films that clearly had some gear heads involved in the production, it’s great.

    • @tommccallan8802
      @tommccallan8802 Před rokem

      You want gear heads....watch HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS...Great movie

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Před rokem

      @@tommccallan8802 I know it well. The Project 57 plays a great part in it. I always liked the chopped and sectioned ‘40 Ford too.

  • @gayle5967
    @gayle5967 Před 8 měsíci +9

    Dusty Springfield singing one of the best movie theme songs ever! Her voice is perfection. I remember seeing this as a kid at the drive in. The 70s were a great time to be a kid.

    • @studioshitaketakashita7093
      @studioshitaketakashita7093 Před 6 měsíci +2

      you're right everyone riding their bikes and playing baseball with other kids. Atari could only hold your attention for less than an hour - out you'd go to ride your bike some more. America was on top. The envy of the world. Proud then. What happened? It started with... The Cosby Show... and then like... Will & Grace... who wants to bring that radical shit into our living rooms? Network television in the '80s started to Manchurian Candidate American society. We went from Happy Days and Brady Bunch to Married with Children and Modern Family. Go figure. And forget about a shoot-first ask questions later cop show like Starsky and Hutch or TJ Hooker... cue Miami Vice - oh so cops are now you know... CROOKED. the undoing of America went into full swing during the eighties no doubt. Grunge didn't help; Rap just destroyed it all.

  • @glenncox9128
    @glenncox9128 Před rokem +30

    For a comedy filled with inanities and absurdities, by the time you reach the end, it’s actually a very deep and moving coming of age movie. Mark Hamill’s performance throughout is stellar.

    • @veganvocalist4782
      @veganvocalist4782 Před rokem +1

      Agreed

    • @studioshitaketakashita7093
      @studioshitaketakashita7093 Před 6 měsíci +2

      so well said- this movie is meant to be light hearted fare and popcorn drive-in cheesy fodder - but really Hamill grows up thru his quest - a hero's journey - Annie Potts did what Marisa Tomei did for My Cousin Vinny. But first. What a gem she is! Hamill's best acting - he's so convincing as the gearhead so bought in, fanatical. Amazing 70's road movie filmed on location - like the tv shows of the time like Starsky and Hutch etc. A golden age of cinema in a way. Not like CGI circus of today - which might as well just be a video game instead of a movie half the time sheesh.

  • @trnlft
    @trnlft Před rokem +79

    This movie has always been very underrated! There are so many established stars in this movie from the day. This was also Annie Potts very first film. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her character Vanessa! Not bad for her first role. Mark Hamill made this movie just 2 months after Star Wars was released. His convincing role portraying Kenny Dantley's passion for the Corvette and cars in general is what makes it a cult classic for car enthusiasts! The Corvette itself is so over the top you can't help but love it as much as he does.

    • @cliffklimas8324
      @cliffklimas8324 Před rokem +4

      Star Wars came out in 1977

    • @mikemoscato2995
      @mikemoscato2995 Před rokem +3

      Funny coincidence, the sleazy blonde boss of the car theft ring also starred in the movie lazerblast, a Sci fi m🤣ovie where he finds this alien rock pendant and arm Lazer and is turned into a monster ,one scene he shoots and blows up a billboard of ,,,ironically,,,STAR WARS🤯

    • @trnlft
      @trnlft Před rokem

      @@cliffklimas8324 Thanks. I changed my post.

    • @kthx1138
      @kthx1138 Před rokem +1

      He poured so much love into RESTORING it!

    • @davidwright873
      @davidwright873 Před rokem +1

      its hideous......lol...

  • @tedcabana
    @tedcabana Před rokem +59

    I remember seeing this at the drive-in. I forgot how badass that Vett looked. So many great cars in this flick.

    • @tommccallan8802
      @tommccallan8802 Před rokem +1

      They're still around the gold one and the red one look him up online find out where they are

    • @studioshitaketakashita7093
      @studioshitaketakashita7093 Před 6 měsíci

      Like a few other movies like Diamonds are Forever, so much fun to see Freemont - sans roof

  • @brianday6433
    @brianday6433 Před rokem +55

    I just love Annie Potts in this movie. It's one of her best along with "Pretty in Pink".

  • @damxgopak457
    @damxgopak457 Před rokem +4

    Glad I grew up back then sure miss the 70s.

  • @RoxanneBarbelo
    @RoxanneBarbelo Před rokem +76

    This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. I was really obsessed with Corvettes growing up still sort of am. Seeing this now surprises how well this was made.

    • @bradmarkell12167
      @bradmarkell12167 Před rokem +1

      Why is that true?

    • @RX-8GT
      @RX-8GT Před rokem +5

      I realized it myself, movie was made really well, like they used the best camera tech and stuff at the time for this movie

    • @RoxanneBarbelo
      @RoxanneBarbelo Před rokem +6

      @@RX-8GT I agree with you. When I watched it again for the first time in years I was in my mid-30s I was surprised at how well it was made. I expected to see it differently from when I was a child and realize it was a cheap B-movie. Instead, I feel like it's a forgotten classic now.
      In my opinion, the name ruined the movie. I love Corvettes with all of my heart but the name places too much emphasis on a brand making it seem like a glorified advertisement.
      I can watch Corvette Summer on repeat just like when I was a child. It's an easy movie to watch and I love anything that has to do with cool cars.

    • @RoxanneBarbelo
      @RoxanneBarbelo Před rokem +3

      The car chase at the end is one of my favorite car chase scenes.

    • @PuFFerTV98368
      @PuFFerTV98368 Před rokem +1

      🔥me☝️Best scene is a toss up…either stealing the doughnuts from the cops…or the bathtub and swim fins. Either way I agree this was a really well made movie with a decent story line. I don’t think I heard one swear word in the whole film. First saw this on HBO I believe it came on to HBO slightly after Star Wars was hit the theaters. It was fun seeing it again.

  • @Captain-Cosmo
    @Captain-Cosmo Před rokem +73

    I was 12 when it played at my father's movie theatre. I still have a big pile of Corvette Summer bumper stickers. It was silly fun in 78, and the film exists very much in that world, making it also a time capsule for today.

    • @TransparencyandMerit
      @TransparencyandMerit Před rokem +10

      So you're old enough to remember when Star Wars came out. I miss how movie theaters were back then

    • @guntherg7328
      @guntherg7328 Před rokem +13

      how do I get one of them Stickers? $$$

    • @troykruse5161
      @troykruse5161 Před rokem +8

      @@guntherg7328I’d love to get one of those stickers

    • @christophertaylor2464
      @christophertaylor2464 Před rokem +7

      Michael have you seen the show American pickers. I would like to think that the pile of Corvette summer bumper stickers that you have should be worth a little bit of money.

    • @marymason9981
      @marymason9981 Před rokem +4

      Add me to the list for a bumper sticker!👍😉

  • @rickwilliams8766
    @rickwilliams8766 Před rokem +20

    I saw this in the late 70's ! I can't believe I'm watching it again more than 40 years later...amazing

    • @janetduncan87
      @janetduncan87 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Funny how ya don't remember certain things in a movie. I remember watching it 1979. I was 17. I thought it was a good movie then. I saw it on HBO. Back when it still showed movies.

  • @Niceodemus
    @Niceodemus Před rokem +6

    This movie cemented my love for Corvettes.

  • @vladdracul7810
    @vladdracul7810 Před rokem +77

    Wow! Can't believe this just popped up in my recommendations. This was this first movie I went to see without my parents. Completely forgot about it. Thank you for posting this.

    • @Mr.EeToMyself
      @Mr.EeToMyself Před 11 měsíci

      This and the 1989 Catch Me if You Can.

  • @ecleveland1
    @ecleveland1 Před rokem +42

    One of my all-time favorite movies! I remember when it came out, I sure miss the 70s. I was just a kid but life sure was great back then, at least in my hometown it was. I can hardly go back there now; everything has changed so much for the worse it's hard to even recognize the place.

    • @studioshitaketakashita7093
      @studioshitaketakashita7093 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@PuFFerTV98368 I am so glad I am fifty now and grew up during this time, before internet - the world is so jaded now and the spirit of people is so downtrodden, defeated - kids today don't have any go-getter attitude like Hamill personifies in this film. It's a cariacture, it's overblown exaggerated for comedic effect - but the passion and feracity of his character: there's something to be said for that idea, having a go-getter attitude like that. He was relentless. Inspiring! By far, Hamill's most significant portrayal bar none in my books. Forget that vapid Luke sh*t - which pales so much to the fleshed out true humanity here. Annie Potts says it best hosing him down - he's a winner.

  • @jeffmorris8528
    @jeffmorris8528 Před rokem +11

    When i first saw this movie in 1978, I fell
    madly in love with Annie Potts and Vans.
    Now it's over 40 years later and i still feel the same way about both.

  • @keith2059
    @keith2059 Před rokem +2

    That was my life in 1978, graded high school, on Fridays and Saturdays were cruising in Mercury Cougar's, Chevrolet Chevelle SS's, Camaro RS, SS's, Plymouth 440 Codas', Road Runner's, Superbird's, Dodge Chargers, Challengers, Super Bees, Pontiac GTO's, Firebird's so many beautiful MUSCLE cars!! Hanging out with good friends and meets new friends!!
    Hope everyone with well and take care, be safe, and peace out!

  • @thomaswoitekaitis8977
    @thomaswoitekaitis8977 Před rokem +40

    I was 7 when this came out , saw it at the drive in , the opening with the vette overhead, from the script falling in the dirt to the crusher, stayed with me my whole life , I was building custom models and cars as I got old enough, I love this movie ,even with its cheese.
    The love story between boy and car REALLY took hold of me.

  • @mikehedrick7223
    @mikehedrick7223 Před rokem +25

    and to think Annie Potts is now the grandmother to Sheldon

    • @troykruse5161
      @troykruse5161 Před rokem +2

      Who’s Sheldon?

    • @jbdragon3295
      @jbdragon3295 Před rokem +2

      @@troykruse5161
      I assume you don’t want TV?
      Sheldon Cooper, one of the main cast members of “The Big Bang Theory”. After it ended, a new series was created about him in his younger years called “Young Sheldon”. On CBS on Thursday’s. Narration is done by the adult Sheldon, played by Jim Parsons. Annie Potts plays Meemaw who is the grandmother of Sheldon’s Mom. I think Annie Potts was 28 for this movie and currently 70 now.

    • @mikehedrick7223
      @mikehedrick7223 Před rokem

      @@troykruse5161" Young Sheldon" is a spin off of "The Big Bang Theory". Now showing on TBS. "The Big Bang Theory" has grown up Sheldon and "Young Sheldon" is the same character but is 9yrs old in high school.

    • @Mr-er6fg
      @Mr-er6fg Před rokem +1

      And she is a smoking hot grandma! MY age.

    • @keithporter6608
      @keithporter6608 Před rokem

      No doubt

  • @robinshepard4571
    @robinshepard4571 Před rokem +2

    Great Memories ✌️💟 1978

  • @josephvladyka3221
    @josephvladyka3221 Před rokem +4

    I was 15 when this came out at the drive in. I miss the seventies but especially the 80s.

  • @gatitoboladenieve2436
    @gatitoboladenieve2436 Před rokem +22

    Would love to see Mark Hamill and Annie Potts together again...

  • @tomthumb4767
    @tomthumb4767 Před rokem +11

    Corvettes and pull tab cans , glad to grow up in the 70s . Two thumbs up .

  • @randybarnes8454
    @randybarnes8454 Před rokem +8

    I remember watching this movie at the Drive-in, sitting in my 1957 Chevrolet Belair 2 door hard top. Ahhh the good times.

    • @thomaswoitekaitis8977
      @thomaswoitekaitis8977 Před rokem

      My dad had a 56 when I was a kid in the 80s, mostly original interior.
      I loved that car, and I can smell your comment.

  • @Dr.Pepper001
    @Dr.Pepper001 Před rokem +3

    The old Vegas I knew and loved.

  • @Shabba6884
    @Shabba6884 Před rokem +58

    The paint and detail job on the Corvette was indeed over the top, rewatching this makes me miss the era of muscle cars/sports cars. Course, a car enthusiast once told me the Vettes and Trans Ams of this period were classics for their engines and not so much the body. Even by then, car bodies were going to plastic and rubber instead of metal. And older viewers like me can certainly empathize with the underpaid high school shop teacher who has to get involved with shady characters to feed his family.

    • @ecleveland1
      @ecleveland1 Před rokem +3

      I'm a bit biased because my first car was a 1979 Trans Am. The second-generation Firebirds were the best as far as looks and the late 70s and early 80s Corvettes are by far the best looking vettes.

    • @DucknCoverin
      @DucknCoverin Před rokem +2

      Other way around…one’s from this period are desirable for their styling. Vettes, firebirds, and Camaros of this era were complete dogs in the performance department. After ‘71 or so everything got robbed of power for better economy and emissions. Typical c3 vette from the late 70s only made around 190 or so horsepower at the wheels. A small fraction of the performance from a decade earlier.

    • @Captain-Cosmo
      @Captain-Cosmo Před rokem +1

      @@DucknCoverinYep. Even my Ford Escape today has more hp.

    • @carlosoliveira-rc2xt
      @carlosoliveira-rc2xt Před rokem

      @@DucknCoverin Not even.

    • @mikeaustin1323
      @mikeaustin1323 Před rokem

      @@ecleveland1 your wrong about corvettes in 80,s

  • @Dadzilla2
    @Dadzilla2 Před rokem +31

    I remember this being filmed at my high school. That was kind of cool, it was fun watching them filming.

    • @fredjimenez4208
      @fredjimenez4208 Před rokem +2

      What School?

    • @Dadzilla2
      @Dadzilla2 Před rokem +7

      @@fredjimenez4208 Verdugo Hills, I Tujunga Ca.

    • @fredjimenez4208
      @fredjimenez4208 Před rokem +4

      @@Dadzilla2 Thank you!

    • @ErikDB6
      @ErikDB6 Před rokem +4

      And the school still looks very much the same.

    • @bryansouders8367
      @bryansouders8367 Před rokem +2

      @@ErikDB6 Same school as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, I think

  • @TheNameisPlissken1981
    @TheNameisPlissken1981 Před rokem +41

    This was one of the first films I remember watching on HBO in 1979. I was five years old and because of Star Wars, I ended up watching this Mark Hamill movie a bunch of times. Corvette Summer is a fun little coming of age film, very much of its time. Three years later, the same writers, producer and director would make Dragonslayer.

    • @MaximumWarp2099
      @MaximumWarp2099 Před rokem +2

      Watched it on HBO in '79 as well.

    • @crimsonhawk4912
      @crimsonhawk4912 Před rokem

      Yr lucky. First show i saw was called oz and it had a guy getting raped by another guy.

    • @bryansouders8367
      @bryansouders8367 Před rokem +1

      Dragonslayer is a movie that held up. It's still good.

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill Před 6 měsíci +2

    Corvette Summer - The best car movie ever made. It got me into cars, and I never looked back.

  • @robswatosh1934
    @robswatosh1934 Před rokem +7

    I remember this movie being filmed in Alton, IL. USA. I lived there at the time. They closed off roads all over the place.
    The hills all around the city.
    1977-78. Funny movie.
    Rob63...

    • @trnlft
      @trnlft Před rokem +4

      That was "Stingray". Not Corvette Summer.

    • @bartscanland9415
      @bartscanland9415 Před rokem +2

      The majority of this was filmed on location in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

    • @tommccallan8802
      @tommccallan8802 Před rokem

      ​@@bartscanland9415 good call

  • @gozorak
    @gozorak Před rokem +12

    I still remember how the butterflies in my stomach felt after seeing Annie Potts in this film when I was 12 in 1978...Im feeling them again rewatching.

    • @chadbailey189
      @chadbailey189 Před rokem +1

      she's the secretary in ghost busters too

    • @earlygail
      @earlygail Před rokem +2

      Absolute stunner. The essence of youthful beauty.

  • @trex70
    @trex70 Před 9 dny

    This is a total underated movie.

  • @taylerannsupergirl5587
    @taylerannsupergirl5587 Před rokem +4

    I fell in love with Annie Potts back in this movie and still think shes one of the most beautiful people in hollywood.

  • @rickmcbride9865
    @rickmcbride9865 Před rokem +60

    Dear Annie and Mark I want you to know from the bottom of my heart that this is my favorite movie of all time I have followed it since it first came out I was 16 when it first came out it's a movie about kids in a Corvette and nothing could be better than that to me I've traveled miles to get this movie before and I love it it's my favorite and thank you so much. Happy times to all Mr big heart.

    • @Falconlibrary
      @Falconlibrary Před rokem +11

      I taught Mark's kids in high school and got to know him a bit. Said he had the most fun making this film of anything he'd ever done. Ironically, both Mark and Annie were in very bad car accidents but didn't let it stop them from pursuing their dreams.

    • @chadbailey189
      @chadbailey189 Před rokem +6

      anne was also in hit ghost busters movie as the secretary

    • @stupidhead9117
      @stupidhead9117 Před rokem +2

      Punctuation is your friend.

    • @thomascolucci4815
      @thomascolucci4815 Před 11 měsíci

      @@stupidhead9117AH THE INTERNET EVERY ONE IS A STUPID SPELLING TEACHER

  • @jayshomer4191
    @jayshomer4191 Před rokem +21

    From teenage hot rod enthusiast to a Jedi ! Always a pleasure watching Mark play a character. He’s a natural on screen.

    • @PuFFerTV98368
      @PuFFerTV98368 Před rokem +2

      🔥me☝️I really liked that Lee Marvin movie The Big Red 1 Mark was in that movie as well and I think his character made it through the whole movie!! Always a plus to be a surviving character in a war movie. ✌️

    • @christopherfoote4643
      @christopherfoote4643 Před rokem

      Got his start on General Hospital I think as an extra before he was cast in Star Wars. I think he played bit parts and apparently that movie came together in the edit.

    • @Madbandit77
      @Madbandit77 Před rokem

      ​@@christopherfoote4643He was actually in the Eight Is Enough pilot. Mark was supposed to commit to the show, but Star Wars came along.

  • @MrSamSafari
    @MrSamSafari Před 6 měsíci +1

    I watched this movie I 1978 at Del-Amo Mall in Los Angeles. Brings back memories. 🇺🇸🇮🇱🗽

  • @maxpower9848
    @maxpower9848 Před rokem +7

    '60s and '70s were fan freaking tastic! Or world is in the absolute toilet now. I love how he can just ride on the back of the trailer. I remember riding in the back of my dad's truck all the time.

  • @jaybeatty2182
    @jaybeatty2182 Před rokem +4

    When my family moved to TN in 1978, this was the first movie I went to see at the drive in. In Gallatin TN.

  • @billybarnett2846
    @billybarnett2846 Před rokem +2

    I saw this movie once on TV when local stations had afternoon movies.

  • @FreddyAccountant
    @FreddyAccountant Před rokem +6

    Loved this movie as a kid (and still do) - Miss the 70s and 80s - nothing like living life without electronics in your hand. The good old days.

    • @ddrusa
      @ddrusa Před 9 měsíci

      And Ghostbusters

  • @eddiealbritton2462
    @eddiealbritton2462 Před rokem +7

    Remember when this came out 👍

  • @kidmack3556
    @kidmack3556 Před rokem +6

    Love Wendie Jo Sperber as "Kuchinsky"
    R.I.P.

  • @jaimequintero6950
    @jaimequintero6950 Před rokem +11

    Saw this movie when I was a teen and I'm 53 now. Stumbled across it and watched it again, what memories.

  • @GreenChilliD
    @GreenChilliD Před rokem +2

    There are some really good bad movies. And this is right up there.
    There were two Vettes made for this movie and they still exist. Each one is in a private collection.
    That poor Camaro tho. 😔

  • @darinmckillop5044
    @darinmckillop5044 Před rokem +12

    Haven't seen this in years its a great classic Thanks

  • @jeffandersen7397
    @jeffandersen7397 Před rokem +9

    saw it in the theater when it first came out

    • @jackdarbyshire5888
      @jackdarbyshire5888 Před rokem +1

      Same here, i must have been around 13 maybe i was in grade 8 then ✌

  • @phillipyau4234
    @phillipyau4234 Před rokem +2

    This is a classic movie 🖐🙂♥️

  • @kamuelalee
    @kamuelalee Před 24 dny

    Watched this the year after Star Wars. I was 9. Lots of great movie memories.

  • @robertortiz6749
    @robertortiz6749 Před rokem +9

    Hot Damn! Thanks for the great upload! This movie is a classic!

  • @northprime_unlimited
    @northprime_unlimited Před rokem +29

    I thought this was just a review and I ended up watching the whole movie!!😂 Man, I love this movie‼️as a kid I was obsessed with Corvettes because of this movie. It still holds up well. And the lesson learned from this…money isn’t everything so stick to your guns (principles).

  • @moviestarmemories630
    @moviestarmemories630 Před rokem +4

    Saw this in this theatre when it came out.Years later bought one of the last collectors edition corvettes off the line from Bowling green Kentucky,1996.Still have it and named her Ava.She still runs like a dream.She has been slowly restored and my bucket list is to have her painted candy apple red.

  • @urbandisturbin
    @urbandisturbin Před rokem +3

    A different world back then. Incredible how fast things change. 70s America seem like it was a fun and adventurous time to be alive. More dangers and risks, but that's probably part of what made it more fun. Wish I had gotten to live it. You can tell by the movies, music and fashion that came from that era that there was just a vibe. Like the skies were amber and everything was so styled out.

  • @MarkHenstridge
    @MarkHenstridge Před rokem +3

    I seen this at the Drive-inn here in Australia when I was 17, there was a lot of Rev-Head movies back then in the late 70's

  • @OneEye.
    @OneEye. Před rokem +4

    Damn been looking for this one for ages. But this is when Vegas was really a hometown.

  • @cconnon1912
    @cconnon1912 Před rokem +3

    I remember staying up late to watch this as a kid on cable. Odd that corvette was only about 5 years old in that junkyard.

  • @coolman4547
    @coolman4547 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I came here for Annie potts ❤ she's my favourite ❤

  • @Falconlibrary
    @Falconlibrary Před rokem +14

    $850 a week in 1978 is about $3500 a week now, or $182,000 a year.

  • @altoncrane9714
    @altoncrane9714 Před rokem +5

    This is great nostalgia. I would give anything to return to those long lost and wonderful days.

  • @dantyler6907
    @dantyler6907 Před rokem +1

    Gotta' believe GM even was blown away over this 'vette!

  • @patrickscherdin7552
    @patrickscherdin7552 Před rokem +2

    Reminds me of the days when Auto Shop was in high school too.

  • @QuaaludeCharlie
    @QuaaludeCharlie Před rokem +2

    I miss the 70's.

  • @happymonk4206
    @happymonk4206 Před rokem +3

    I'm 52, I remember watching this as a kid. It's still rad.

  • @morrisjvan
    @morrisjvan Před 2 měsíci +1

    That poor Corvette ! less is always more.

  • @ellisbermudez6860
    @ellisbermudez6860 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I was 9 years old when I first in this movie it seems like it was just yesterday I'm 55 now this movie got me into cars❤

  • @2degucitas
    @2degucitas Před rokem +93

    I laughed at the swim flippers. Genuinely funny moment. She does have a funny walk, kinda bowlegged. Edit: turns out she had a serious auto accident age 21, both legs broken in 15 places. She has pins in her legs. She suffers from arthritis now. They worked the "girl with the funny walk" into the script because of it.

    • @punkyduckscn2732
      @punkyduckscn2732 Před rokem +12

      Annie Potts plays Young Shelton’s Granny. She’s terrific!😊

    • @punkyduckscn2732
      @punkyduckscn2732 Před rokem +7

      Great to see a young Mark Hamill...almost as hot as the car!

    • @himoffthequakeroatbox4320
      @himoffthequakeroatbox4320 Před rokem +6

      Skinny, but kind of cute.

    • @ogfromutube9649
      @ogfromutube9649 Před rokem +3

      @@punkyduckscn2732 Sheldon but yes!! Voice is easily recognizable

    • @2degucitas
      @2degucitas Před rokem +4

      @@himoffthequakeroatbox4320 Yeah, she's a doll with personality

  • @mrsignguy1000
    @mrsignguy1000 Před rokem +3

    That Vette was so crazy cool in this movie. The next year, I got to see it (or one like it, don't care) at a World of Wheels custom car show...I was 11, and it blew my mind!

  • @oldschoolgnrfan6035
    @oldschoolgnrfan6035 Před rokem +2

    I saw this in the theater when I was seven years old. I used to see a lot of 70's era Corvettes on the roads back then. Best looking cars ever made, Chevrolet should bring them back.

  • @angelmontes8602
    @angelmontes8602 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I first saw this movie at the drive in when it first came out, was only 9 years old at the time I'm 54 now.

  • @ytzpilot
    @ytzpilot Před rokem +3

    I remember watching this on network television in the late 70s or early 80s at my grandparents in Reseda California, it was a perfect summer

  • @vpdiid191
    @vpdiid191 Před rokem +12

    I was 8 when this movie came out and can still remember watching it during the first years of cable TV. I came across this CZcams channel late last night but stayed up to watch this in its entirety! Man, what a great and timeless movie…. Loved every minute of it!

  • @Jaake-my2rq
    @Jaake-my2rq Před rokem +1

    Good God I can't tell you how much I would love to see Mark go to the back of that van for the 1st time and find Yoda sitting there with a joint and a beer. "Mmm, I light, you smoke". "Good smoke"!

  • @deborahdapo3210
    @deborahdapo3210 Před rokem +5

    Thank you so much.

  • @richardbehappy5412
    @richardbehappy5412 Před rokem +5

    I love this movie such adventure.

  • @potatojoe370
    @potatojoe370 Před rokem +2

    Pop top beer cans, riding in the back of pick ups. Custom vans. Seventies might have been the best time for growing up.hitch hiking all over.

  • @tompilkington8708
    @tompilkington8708 Před rokem +1

    I remember watching this movie on USA Up All Night.

  • @OCDRex11
    @OCDRex11 Před rokem +6

    Came out the year I was born. Saw it for the first time like 5 years ago. Watched it about 20 times at least. Huge car guy, and long term Corvette lover. Have a Corvette now, finally. Never get tired of watching this.

    • @chriscarol4965
      @chriscarol4965 Před rokem +1

      Same here. Born in 78, Corvette lover since 88, owner since 2010 and have seen the movie somewhen in the 90s for the first time…

  • @robertwheatley9153
    @robertwheatley9153 Před rokem +29

    Definitely a blast from the past. Saw this in the theater when it first came out. Didn't know who Annie Potts was before but certainly knew who she was after. Her breakthrough role.

    • @dtaylor939
      @dtaylor939 Před 10 měsíci

      Annie Potts was in "Designing Women".

  • @Chuck88vert
    @Chuck88vert Před rokem +1

    I got in to collision repair after seeing this movie. It was a 45 year career. Made great money and a very rewarding job.great car flick

  • @TacoTraveller
    @TacoTraveller Před rokem +19

    It’s interesting to note that the villain in Corvette Summer, Kim Milford, also played in a low budget sci-fi movie called “Laser Blast” that was filmed about the same time. In the movie, a billboard for Star Wars gets blown up. Also there was a comment made in the movie about Star Wars fans. I’ve seen Corvette Summer a couple of times since I was a kid but only made the connection after seeing it here.

    • @paultitus9306
      @paultitus9306 Před rokem

      I loved laser blast.

    • @rustyblades2566
      @rustyblades2566 Před rokem

      Huge Star Wars fan who saw Laserblast and Corvette Summer on TV as a child and loved them also to this day. Apparently Mark Hamill visited Kim Milford on the set of Laserblast.

    • @jeffyoung3756
      @jeffyoung3756 Před rokem

      @Meat Farmer Kim Milford and Mark Hamill look a lot alike.

    • @joecool1089
      @joecool1089 Před rokem

      Kim is in a great Mod Squad ep called Kicks, Inc where he drives a sublime Challenger

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott Před rokem

      Laser Blast was awesome!

  • @spittyrides
    @spittyrides Před rokem +4

    Bro, life of Tatooine was wild.

  • @cullenedwardcrowder6561
    @cullenedwardcrowder6561 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I will always love this movie. ❤❤❤😅

  • @jbsprojects8186
    @jbsprojects8186 Před rokem +1

    This movie as a kid started a addiction with corvettes...what a great movie...69, 74 conv, two 79, 85 , 87, 92 , 2003 , two 2005 and 06 z06....true American icon cars, and thx you GM for ending it with your latest copy of a Acura NSX....you just saved me 120k....

  • @tgirard123
    @tgirard123 Před rokem +1

    'Vanishing Point', 'Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry', 'Two -Lane Blacktop', 'The Sugarland Express', 'Gone in 60 seconds' and 'Smokey and the Bandit' Were big in our household. Then again, that's when 'ABC's Wide World of Sports' would show Drag racing every now and then. What a fun time we had as kids

  • @paulosicne8498
    @paulosicne8498 Před rokem +5

    My mother took my sister and I to see this movie in the theater when I was 8 years old (I'm 52 now). Very fun and underrated movie. The characters are likable and we get flashes of cool cars. Great film.

  • @invictus3598
    @invictus3598 Před rokem +7

    A classic 70's movie - a simple story line with newly recognizable lead actor(s), featuring a cultural icon (Corvette), a supporting cast of hundreds, and disco music.

  • @rockybalboa2526
    @rockybalboa2526 Před rokem +2

    GREAT MOVIE! REAL ROMANCE! PASSION! A MEANINGFUL PURPOSE! AND TRUE LOVE IN THE END........ : ) THE WAY IT ALWAYS SHOULD BE!

  • @ericstern1754
    @ericstern1754 Před rokem +2

    My favorite part: EVERYTHING!! This flick had it all... Comedy, Drama, Suspense, Action, Romance, and a MESSAGE!!

    • @cgoin3137
      @cgoin3137 Před 3 měsíci

      I was casually watching this "Corvette Summer" film and along the way realised that there's something special about this film. I haven't yet caught what it is bc I didn't focus well on it. I read synopsis but felt dissapointed. I will look again to solve my own 'mystery.'

  • @smartass6071
    @smartass6071 Před rokem +5

    I was 18 when this came out. I had forgotten all about it till it showed up in my feed. Those were some great times way back then. Cool cars, cool music and hot hairy women. If you know, then you know.

  • @danielhigley8543
    @danielhigley8543 Před rokem +6

    When i was about 7 years old, my dad and I started watching this movie. I was allowed to watch right up to the part where the car was stolen, but then I had to go to bed. My dad told me the next day how it ended, but I've actually gotten to see the entire movie until just now. I'm pretty sure this movie is the reason I love C3 corvettes to this very day.

  • @richardrincon3090
    @richardrincon3090 Před rokem +1

    Hammer at the previews to this movie they used to say it took a whole year to build one night to lose and one whole summer to get it back I looked everywhere for this movie on VHS and couldn't find it in a few years later I was able to get a bootleg copy of it on DVD I brought it home got me a plate of food and a big cold drink of soda lay down my bed and watched it with a great big smile on my face

  • @terryross5988
    @terryross5988 Před rokem +1

    Thank you so much for posting this movie truly one of my favorite movies thank you so very very much🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤

  • @abdulhalabi3716
    @abdulhalabi3716 Před rokem +4

    Hamil was such an underrated talent,but,he'll always be Luke to me...respect,great movie!

  • @stevenheise9817
    @stevenheise9817 Před rokem +5

    I saw this in the theater with my buddies when it came out. Never forgot it. I’ve mentioned it to a number of folks over the years and noone remembers it. It also gave birth to my love for candy apple metal flake. Had my ‘68 Firebird painted that color in ‘79. Times change.. have a Goldwing that color now!
    Thanks for the memories!!!!!