Corvette Summer | | Cast : | Mark Hamill, Annie Potts | | Director : | Matthew Robbins | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | June 02, 1978 | | DVD Released Date : | August 30, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 31, 2005 | | Summary | Corvette Summer finally Arrives in time for fall! | Content
 | Finally! MGM finally has released this summer "feel good" movie on dvd. The movie itself looks great on dvd--sharp with vivid colors. It is great to see it in widescreen and what a nice perk in having the theatrical trailer. However, I gave it four stars out of five because of the lack of extras. Mark Hamill and Annie Potts are still around--why not a commentary track with them? Or at least an interview? Sadly, Eugene Roche who played Mr. McGrath died just recently. Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, and a Corvette? A movie about summer fun and action? Buy it! You won't be disappointed. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 28, 2005 | | Summary | Happy to see Corvette Summer finally on DVD | Content
| Like another reviewer I remember seeing this with my parents at the drive-in while we were on some family vacation. I suppose I was about 10 years old at the time and absolutely loved it, that probably had a lot to do at the time with my complete obsession with Star Wars but apparently that wasn't the whole reason.
I remember seeing it one more time shortly after that and it is one movie I've never forgotten and I've ever since been trying to see it again. I had Corvette Summer in my Tivo wishlist forever and about two months ago I was pleasantly surprised to see it on my Now Playing list. Some channel, don't remember which, had a day long marathon of "Teenagers with Cars" movies.
I watched about half of it before some friends picked me up for a weekend trip. Upon returning home I was deep in the process of getting ready for a wedding, then we had a honeymoon and then finally I came home. Here was going to be my chance to finish watching one of my all time favorite movies.
The Tivo died while we were away. Gone was Corvette Summer. My wife said "well can't you just buy it" to which I nearly burst into tears when I said "noooooooo".
And now...here it is available for pre-order. I must have done something right.
I'm definitely buying this. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | a fun, fun, fun movie... | Content
| I just remember seeing this at 2 am in 1994 and I've loved it ever since. Just the classic tale of a boy's, well, man's, well, man-boy's first love on the trail of the thiefs who lifted the Corvette he built. A ton of fun, highly recommended. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 08, 2005 | | Summary | Deeper Than You Might Think | Content
| I saw this at the drive-in when it came out. It's an easy movie to get totally lost in.
When I first saw it I completely empathized with Mark Hamill's character "Kenny" when his car / catharsis was stolen. The moment in the film when he first realizes he is looking at his stolen car at the car wash, the moment when the music inserts just enough of an orchestrated punctuation mark...that's magic. I am always very aware that I can't avoid a tremendous smile during that moment every time I watch this movie, just as I did when I first saw it.
I couldn't envision another actor in this film and have it work on the same level with the same impact as Mark Hamill. He always had a very likeable, sincere and positive energy throughout this film and wore his ideals with pride. A performance that leaves many of today's leading men looking like arrogant posers.
Many aspects of the 70's are encapsulated here as well, only sweetening a fantastic experience.
This is an underappreciated film with tremendous undertones: rise above your station, follow your values, never give up, fight for what you believe in and damn the torpedoes! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 25, 2005 | | Summary | Corvette Summer...summer release...what a concept!!! | Content
| Yeah, that's right, I'll admit it: I've been waiting for this one to be released on DVD. Is that so wrong? Back in '78, this was Mark Hamill's first post-Star Wars project; we were excited to see "Luke Skywalker" again; even if he wasn't Luke here. We were also excited because Corvette Summer boasted one of the coolest custom 'vettes we'd ever seen, not to mention Annie Potts as a "working girl" This is a nice time capsule of the late 70's, I would recommend to anyone who grew up in that decade, Star Wars fans in particular.
Nostalgia aside this isn't a bad comic chase as Hamill ("Kenny" here) searches for his custom car, made by his own 2 hands, neither of which is robotic at this point, aided and hindered by Potts, as the love-right-in-front-of-his-eyes interest. Hamill's youthful overacting is a pleasure to watch in itself.
This film has aged well and has some really funny moments, like Hamill hitchhiking encounter with a lowrider fleet creeping to Vegas. Hamill and Potts are really in their prime here, Hamill maybe too much so, he was in an auto-accident following production which dramatically changed the looks preserved in "Summer." Take a look at "The Empire Strikes Back" and compare.
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