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

Watch Running on Empty and you will change your mind

@@aussieoutlawalt8411 Do you mean 2 Lane Blacktop?

@@gravesclayton3604 No mate in the USA it was released as "" Fast Lane Fever""

@@gravesclayton3604 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_on_Empty_(1982_film)

That's good men

Lol me too.

me too

Same here. Saw it as a pre-teen in the early 80s at a friend's house.

Same here. Saw it as a pre-teen in the early 80s at a friend's house.

@@Gravyballs2011 i saw it in 83 about 7 yo at a friend's house too.

Way cool!

Awesome memories 😊

This and the 1989 Catch Me if You Can.

Shouldn't of gave back shit!🫨

JK!🫡

When white ppl knew how to treat each other

@@murrieta49 how do they treat each other now

​@@jamescolby7125like shit.

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

Original gone in 60 seconds, great flick too

@@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.

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?

@@maxpower9848 The Man With The Golden Gun

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.

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

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

I’d give her $20

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

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

@@vintageexcellence Lol, you use $20 women

That's a Kentucky girl for you. Unless they are Meth Heads. Matter of fact, there are more of those than not here now. Truth is truth.

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

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

I did not know either. Graduated 87😢

Good Times. Better Times.

Now you have drag Queen shop!

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.

She's absolutely adorable

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

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

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

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.

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

Why is that true?

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

@@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.

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

🔥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.

She an old hag now.

She's really good on Young Sheldon

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.

anne was also in hit ghost busters movie as the secretary

Punctuation is your friend.

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

Watched it on HBO in '79 as well.

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

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

I am 64 and still work with my hands

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.

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.

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.

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.

@@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.

Star Wars came out in 1977

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🤯

@@cliffklimas8324 Thanks. I changed my post.

He poured so much love into RESTORING it!

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

Agreed

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.

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

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

she's the secretary in ghost busters too

Absolute stunner. The essence of youthful beauty.

And Ghostbusters

Annie Potts was in "Designing Women".

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.

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.

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.

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

@@DucknCoverin Not even.

@@ecleveland1 your wrong about corvettes in 80,s

What School?

@@fredjimenez4208 Verdugo Hills, I Tujunga Ca.

@@Dadzilla2 Thank you!

And the school still looks very much the same.

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

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…

That was "Stingray". Not Corvette Summer.

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

​@@bartscanland9415 good call

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

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

Skinny, but kind of cute.

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

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

Who’s Sheldon?

@@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.

@@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.

And she is a smoking hot grandma! MY age.

No doubt

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.'

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

🔥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. ✌️

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.

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

And no taxes I assume since car thiefs

I loved laser blast.

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.

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

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

Laser Blast was awesome!