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 Рік тому +521

    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.

  • @504S
    @504S 10 днів тому +3

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

  • @nigelcarren
    @nigelcarren Рік тому +29

    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. ⚒️

  • @glenncox9128
    @glenncox9128 Рік тому +31

    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 Рік тому +1

      Agreed

    • @studioshitaketakashita7093
      @studioshitaketakashita7093 6 місяців тому +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.

  • @PhotonTheta
    @PhotonTheta Рік тому +331

    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 Рік тому +4

      Shouldn't of gave back shit!🫨

    • @rhuttrho88
      @rhuttrho88 Рік тому +2

      JK!🫡

    • @murrieta49
      @murrieta49 Рік тому +14

      When white ppl knew how to treat each other

    • @jamescolby7125
      @jamescolby7125 Рік тому +5

      @@murrieta49 how do they treat each other now

    • @atrain132
      @atrain132 Рік тому

      ​@@jamescolby7125like shit.

  • @anthonymitchell3198
    @anthonymitchell3198 Рік тому +366

    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.

  • @user-cc5od3zk4p
    @user-cc5od3zk4p Рік тому +122

    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 Рік тому +7

      I am 64 and still work with my hands

    • @user-ty6do8yz4l
      @user-ty6do8yz4l Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      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.

  • @Niceodemus
    @Niceodemus Рік тому +7

    This movie cemented my love for Corvettes.

  • @caliban88
    @caliban88 Рік тому +216

    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 Рік тому +12

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

    • @williamtobin7282
      @williamtobin7282 Рік тому +13

      Original gone in 60 seconds, great flick too

    • @christophertaylor2464
      @christophertaylor2464 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +3

      @@maxpower9848 The Man With The Golden Gun

  • @stephensmith3708
    @stephensmith3708 Рік тому +49

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

    • @vintageexcellence
      @vintageexcellence Рік тому +5

      I’d give her $20

    • @stephensmith3708
      @stephensmith3708 Рік тому +1

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

    • @DucknCoverin
      @DucknCoverin Рік тому +4

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

    • @grantsmith505
      @grantsmith505 Рік тому

      @@vintageexcellence
      Lol, you use $20 women

  • @vladdracul7810
    @vladdracul7810 Рік тому +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 11 місяців тому

      This and the 1989 Catch Me if You Can.

  • @gayle5967
    @gayle5967 8 місяців тому +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 6 місяців тому +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.

  • @SylvesterCartier
    @SylvesterCartier Рік тому +151

    Back when they had auto shop in high school!

    • @willduke1656
      @willduke1656 Рік тому +8

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

    • @bbroken1
      @bbroken1 Рік тому +4

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

    • @erinreese3849
      @erinreese3849 Рік тому +3

      I did not know either. Graduated 87😢

    • @levimatthew8911
      @levimatthew8911 Рік тому +9

      Good Times. Better Times.

    • @jimmycline4778
      @jimmycline4778 Рік тому +23

      Now you have drag Queen shop!

  • @trnlft
    @trnlft Рік тому +80

    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 Рік тому +4

      Star Wars came out in 1977

    • @mikemoscato2995
      @mikemoscato2995 Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      @@cliffklimas8324 Thanks. I changed my post.

    • @kthx1138
      @kthx1138 Рік тому +1

      He poured so much love into RESTORING it!

    • @davidwright873
      @davidwright873 Рік тому +1

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

  • @tedcabana
    @tedcabana Рік тому +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 Рік тому +1

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

    • @studioshitaketakashita7093
      @studioshitaketakashita7093 6 місяців тому

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

  • @damxgopak457
    @damxgopak457 Рік тому +5

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

  • @CycolacFan
    @CycolacFan Рік тому +73

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

    • @tommccallan8802
      @tommccallan8802 Рік тому

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

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Рік тому

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

  • @Captain-Cosmo
    @Captain-Cosmo Рік тому +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 Рік тому +10

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

    • @guntherg7328
      @guntherg7328 Рік тому +13

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

    • @troykruse5161
      @troykruse5161 Рік тому +8

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

    • @christophertaylor2464
      @christophertaylor2464 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +4

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

  • @brianday6433
    @brianday6433 Рік тому +55

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

    • @johnrife7134
      @johnrife7134 10 місяців тому +3

      She's absolutely adorable

  • @josephvladyka3221
    @josephvladyka3221 Рік тому +5

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

  • @RoxanneBarbelo
    @RoxanneBarbelo Рік тому +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 Рік тому +1

      Why is that true?

    • @RX-8GT
      @RX-8GT Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +3

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

    • @PuFFerTV98368
      @PuFFerTV98368 Рік тому +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.

  • @jeffmorris8528
    @jeffmorris8528 Рік тому +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.

  • @rickwilliams8766
    @rickwilliams8766 Рік тому +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 8 місяців тому +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.

  • @JDale56
    @JDale56 3 дні тому

    This movie gives me the warm fuzzies for a time gone by, especially the scene when Dusty Springfield starts singing.

  • @thomaswoitekaitis8977
    @thomaswoitekaitis8977 Рік тому +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.

  • @TheNameisPlissken1981
    @TheNameisPlissken1981 Рік тому +42

    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 Рік тому +2

      Watched it on HBO in '79 as well.

    • @crimsonhawk4912
      @crimsonhawk4912 Рік тому

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

    • @bryansouders8367
      @bryansouders8367 Рік тому +1

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

  • @gozorak
    @gozorak Рік тому +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 Рік тому +1

      she's the secretary in ghost busters too

    • @earlygail
      @earlygail Рік тому +2

      Absolute stunner. The essence of youthful beauty.

  • @keith2059
    @keith2059 Рік тому +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!

  • @tomthumb4767
    @tomthumb4767 Рік тому +11

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

  • @gatitoboladenieve2436
    @gatitoboladenieve2436 Рік тому +22

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

  • @randybarnes8454
    @randybarnes8454 Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      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.

  • @ecleveland1
    @ecleveland1 Рік тому +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 6 місяців тому +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.

  • @robswatosh1934
    @robswatosh1934 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +4

      That was "Stingray". Not Corvette Summer.

    • @bartscanland9415
      @bartscanland9415 Рік тому +2

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

    • @tommccallan8802
      @tommccallan8802 Рік тому

      ​@@bartscanland9415 good call

  • @maxpower9848
    @maxpower9848 Рік тому +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.

  • @jaimequintero6950
    @jaimequintero6950 Рік тому +11

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

  • @rickmcbride9865
    @rickmcbride9865 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +6

      anne was also in hit ghost busters movie as the secretary

    • @stupidhead9117
      @stupidhead9117 Рік тому +2

      Punctuation is your friend.

    • @thomascolucci4815
      @thomascolucci4815 11 місяців тому

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

  • @Shabba6884
    @Shabba6884 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +1

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

    • @carlosoliveira-rc2xt
      @carlosoliveira-rc2xt Рік тому

      @@DucknCoverin Not even.

    • @mikeaustin1323
      @mikeaustin1323 Рік тому

      @@ecleveland1 your wrong about corvettes in 80,s

  • @taylerannsupergirl5587
    @taylerannsupergirl5587 Рік тому +4

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

  • @jayshomer4191
    @jayshomer4191 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      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 Рік тому

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

  • @mikehedrick7223
    @mikehedrick7223 Рік тому +25

    and to think Annie Potts is now the grandmother to Sheldon

    • @troykruse5161
      @troykruse5161 Рік тому +2

      Who’s Sheldon?

    • @jbdragon3295
      @jbdragon3295 Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      @@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 Рік тому +1

      And she is a smoking hot grandma! MY age.

    • @keithporter6608
      @keithporter6608 Рік тому

      No doubt

  • @Dadzilla2
    @Dadzilla2 Рік тому +31

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

    • @fredjimenez4208
      @fredjimenez4208 Рік тому +2

      What School?

    • @Dadzilla2
      @Dadzilla2 Рік тому +7

      @@fredjimenez4208 Verdugo Hills, I Tujunga Ca.

    • @fredjimenez4208
      @fredjimenez4208 Рік тому +4

      @@Dadzilla2 Thank you!

    • @ErikDB6
      @ErikDB6 Рік тому +4

      And the school still looks very much the same.

    • @bryansouders8367
      @bryansouders8367 Рік тому +2

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

  • @MrSamSafari
    @MrSamSafari 6 місяців тому +1

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

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill 6 місяців тому +2

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

  • @jaybeatty2182
    @jaybeatty2182 Рік тому +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.

  • @northprime_unlimited
    @northprime_unlimited Рік тому +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).

  • @ellisbermudez6860
    @ellisbermudez6860 4 місяці тому +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❤

  • @moviestarmemories630
    @moviestarmemories630 Рік тому +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.

  • @Falconlibrary
    @Falconlibrary Рік тому +14

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

  • @darinmckillop5044
    @darinmckillop5044 Рік тому +12

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

  • @FreddyAccountant
    @FreddyAccountant Рік тому +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 9 місяців тому

      And Ghostbusters

  • @urbandisturbin
    @urbandisturbin Рік тому +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.

  • @eddiealbritton2462
    @eddiealbritton2462 Рік тому +7

    Remember when this came out 👍

  • @cconnon1912
    @cconnon1912 Рік тому +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.

  • @billybarnett2846
    @billybarnett2846 Рік тому +2

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

  • @robinshepard4571
    @robinshepard4571 Рік тому +2

    Great Memories ✌️💟 1978

  • @kidmack3556
    @kidmack3556 Рік тому +6

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

  • @MarkHenstridge
    @MarkHenstridge Рік тому +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

  • @angelmontes8602
    @angelmontes8602 5 місяців тому +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.

  • @kamuelalee
    @kamuelalee Місяць тому

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

  • @OneEye.
    @OneEye. Рік тому +4

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

  • @2degucitas
    @2degucitas Рік тому +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 Рік тому +12

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

    • @punkyduckscn2732
      @punkyduckscn2732 Рік тому +7

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

    • @himoffthequakeroatbox4320
      @himoffthequakeroatbox4320 Рік тому +6

      Skinny, but kind of cute.

    • @ogfromutube9649
      @ogfromutube9649 Рік тому +3

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

    • @2degucitas
      @2degucitas Рік тому +4

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

  • @potatojoe370
    @potatojoe370 Рік тому +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.

  • @robertwheatley9153
    @robertwheatley9153 Рік тому +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 10 місяців тому

      Annie Potts was in "Designing Women".

  • @vpdiid191
    @vpdiid191 Рік тому +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 UA-cam 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!

  • @robertortiz6749
    @robertortiz6749 Рік тому +9

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

  • @jbsprojects8186
    @jbsprojects8186 Рік тому +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....

  • @trex70
    @trex70 17 днів тому

    This is a total underated movie.

  • @Chuck88vert
    @Chuck88vert Рік тому +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

  • @jeffandersen7397
    @jeffandersen7397 Рік тому +9

    saw it in the theater when it first came out

    • @jackdarbyshire5888
      @jackdarbyshire5888 Рік тому +1

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

  • @Dr.Pepper001
    @Dr.Pepper001 Рік тому +3

    The old Vegas I knew and loved.

  • @GreenChilliD
    @GreenChilliD Рік тому +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. 😔

  • @altoncrane9714
    @altoncrane9714 Рік тому +5

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

  • @danielhigley8543
    @danielhigley8543 Рік тому +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.

  • @happymonk4206
    @happymonk4206 Рік тому +3

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

  • @patrickscherdin7552
    @patrickscherdin7552 Рік тому +2

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

  • @ytzpilot
    @ytzpilot Рік тому +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

  • @obc3095
    @obc3095 Рік тому +7

    This movie represents a bit of my inner-chid dyeing. I saw this a couple times at the drive-in when it came out, I started to question everyone and their motives from that point on.

  • @invictus3598
    @invictus3598 Рік тому +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.

  • @Jaake-my2rq
    @Jaake-my2rq Рік тому +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"!

  • @paulosicne8498
    @paulosicne8498 Рік тому +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.

  • @mrsignguy1000
    @mrsignguy1000 Рік тому +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!

  • @stevenheise9817
    @stevenheise9817 Рік тому +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!!!!!

  • @phillipyau4234
    @phillipyau4234 Рік тому +2

    This is a classic movie 🖐🙂♥️

  • @kaykiekid
    @kaykiekid Рік тому +4

    Wow! After seeing "Star Wars" back in '77, me and my bro found out about this new movie the following year starring "Mark Hamill. Well, this is great to see this today on UA-cam. Brings back memories. 😃👍❤❤

  • @smartass6071
    @smartass6071 Рік тому +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.

  • @TacoTraveller
    @TacoTraveller Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      I loved laser blast.

    • @rustyblades2566
      @rustyblades2566 Рік тому

      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 Рік тому

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

    • @joecool1089
      @joecool1089 Рік тому

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

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott Рік тому

      Laser Blast was awesome!

  • @abdulhalabi3716
    @abdulhalabi3716 Рік тому +4

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

  • @coolman4547
    @coolman4547 5 місяців тому +1

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

  • @OCDRex11
    @OCDRex11 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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…

  • @TheTwinRabbitMan
    @TheTwinRabbitMan Рік тому +5

    Saw this movie on T.V. once as a kid. Always remembered it as an awesome movie but couldn't find it anywhere since. Still very enjoyable and underrated! The 1970's must have been an awesome time to be a car enthusiast! Wish I could go there.

  • @ylemscalamity
    @ylemscalamity Рік тому +6

    The 70s seems like such a raw time to live, the music was great, the food was good and the movies were also amazing. Everyone had there own personality that stuck out and today it’s so much different, everyone is the same and kids and even adults are just so fake. What ever happen to the real men and woman

  • @spittyrides
    @spittyrides Рік тому +4

    Bro, life of Tatooine was wild.

  • @richardrincon3090
    @richardrincon3090 Рік тому +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

  • @dirtyhandscleanmoney3346
    @dirtyhandscleanmoney3346 Рік тому +1

    When I was a kid the guy that built the corvette in the movie lived near me I saw it in person several times growing up

  • @Merylstreep1949
    @Merylstreep1949 Рік тому +13

    Christmas came early this year
    You guys kick ass

  • @SorryGuys-eighty-8
    @SorryGuys-eighty-8 Рік тому +9

    I watched an episode of GMG a few years ago that showed Richards buddy Dennis go to buy a Corvette Summer car. Owner of it said it was an actual car from the movie.
    I laughed out loud because it was left hand drive.

    • @edwardcox2840
      @edwardcox2840 Рік тому +2

      I guess them 2 punks never seen the movie lol 😂😂😂😂

  • @stevewheatley243
    @stevewheatley243 Рік тому +1

    He thought the Vette was fast till he tried Annie.😂

  • @richardbehappy5412
    @richardbehappy5412 Рік тому +5

    I love this movie such adventure.

  • @hogie1259
    @hogie1259 Рік тому +10

    I used to go to the movies with my aunts and uncle who were all just a couple years older than me. We saw Star Wars as well as Corvette Summer. Think I was around 9 or 10. These are the movies that bring back the greatest memories of my childhood. Thank you for creating this channel and posting this movie!

  • @tompilkington8708
    @tompilkington8708 Рік тому +1

    I remember watching this movie on USA Up All Night.