Corvette Summer (1978)

Name: Corvette Summer
Director: Matthew Robbins
Released: 1978-06-02
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Cast: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche, William Bryant

Adventure Comedy

Director: Matthew Robbins

Cast: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche, William Bryant

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Runtime105 min

RatingPG

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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.

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Corvette Summer from 1978 is a unique blend of coming-of-age drama and car enthusiast fantasy, directed by Matthew Robbins and starring Mark Hamill in a performance that showcases his acting range beyond his iconic Star Wars role. Fans of character-driven stories with a quirky sensibility will appreciate the film's offbeat charm and the authentic depiction of 1970s car culture.

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Corvette Summer is a 1978 American adventure comedy film directed by Matthew Robbins. It was 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 film role.