Corvette Summer
| Corvette Summer | |
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DVD cover of "Corvette Summer"
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| Directed by | Matthew Robbins |
| Produced by | Hal Barwood |
| Written by | Hal Barwood Matthew Robbins |
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Mark Hamill Annie Potts Eugene Roche Kim Milford Richard McKenzie William Bryant Philip Bruns Danny Bonaduce |
| Music by | Craig Safan |
| Cinematography | Frank Stanley |
| Edited by | Amy Holden Jones |
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Plotto Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time
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104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9,000,000 |
| Box office | $36,479,000 |
Corvette Summer is a 1978 American adventure comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It marked Mark Hamill's first screen appearance after the unexpected success of Star Wars the previous year. Hamill stars as a California teenager who heads to Las Vegas to track down his beloved customized Corvette Stingray. Co-star Annie Potts, playing the quirky young woman he meets along the way, was nominated for a Golden Globe award in her first movie role.
Corvette Summer was a box office success, making about $36 million at the worldwide box office, on a relatively high budget (for that era) of $9 million. The film however, received a divided response from critics, and was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Kenny Dantley (Mark Hamill) is a car-loving Southern California high school senior. For a project in his shop class, Kenny helps build a customized Chevrolet Corvette Stingray with right-hand-drive. Shortly after the new set of wheels is unveiled, the car is stolen from the streets of Van Nuys. After hearing that the car is in Las Vegas Kenny immediately sets out on the trail of the thieves. On the way, he meets the seemingly confident Vanessa (Annie Potts), who is a self-described "prostitute-in-training".
Kenny finds work in a Vegas car wash, and spots his car on more than one occasion. He follows it to a local garage, where he has a run-in with the garage owner, Wayne Lowry (Kim Milford), before being rescued by Vanessa. Kenny’s high school teacher, Ed McGrath (Eugene Roche) comes to Las Vegas, and Kenny is crushed to learn that the teacher he admired had arranged for the theft of the Corvette to help supplement his low earnings as a teacher. When McGrath suggests Kenny go to work for Lowry, Kenny agrees to it. He will make good money, but secretly plans to steal the Corvette back from Lowry.
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