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post #1 of 51
7/24/03 at 12:09pm
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Corvette Summer.

Every day on eBay, someone is so desperate for Corvette Summer they are willing to bid $15 on a used, pan-n-scan VHS tape.

The movie, which is a priceless time capsule that combines the 70's muscle car craze, hot stars Mark Hamill and Annie Potts, and a really good story. It's one of those movies that keeps you from flipping the channel due to the thick late-70's look and sound, but hold you to the end because it's actually A REALLY GOOD MOVIE. Plus, can any scene in any movie hold a candle to Mark Hamill dumping a tray of Cokes on a police cruiser while pummeling Danny Bonaduce?

It's funny, it's an adventure, and it's not on DVD. It's really a shame, because it would sell. Sure, the built in fans would all buy it, but so would a million others due to a decent marketing campaign and the Star Wars connection. This movie has Hamill looking much like he did in Star Wars, just a different kind of hero's journey.

A 5.1 mix (the soundtrack music must have been recorded in Stereo), trailer (which I have seen), photos (there were TONS at the time), perhaps virtual press kit (I have seen the paper kit, lots of funny dated hyperbole about Vettes), commentary by Hamill? Let's shed the light on this and encourage Warner to make next summer a Corvette Summer summer.

And May the Funk be with you.



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post #2 of 51
7/24/03 at 12:20pm
I want this one badly too. Whenever there is a topic about most wanted DVD's, I always give a shout for this one. Hopefully they will release it soon.
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post #3 of 51
7/24/03 at 1:33pm
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CORVETTE SUMMER. Most people have never even heard of this movie. It was Mark Hamill's follow up film after starring in STAR WARS.

It was about a high school kid who builds his dream corvette that eventually gets stolen.

He truly loves this car and goes on a life altering and coming of age journey to find his car.

This film isn't even a cult film because virtually no one will remember it.


this is one of my favorite movies.
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post #4 of 51
7/24/03 at 2:16pm
I totally agree and had started a thread on it and The Gumball Rally shortly after joining HTF earlier this year. This movie needs to be on DVD. I think a petition might be needed because whoever has the rights to this movie ain't moving fast enough. There's actual demand for this title!
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post #5 of 51
7/24/03 at 3:26pm
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Gary->dee, Peter, Tony

We must stir the appetites of the forum.

The VHS is OOP but there is plenty of stock left of Amazon. I don't think it's a rights issue, probably an interest issue. But you'd think with a star like Mark Hamill with his instant geek street cred would catapult this to the top of a DVD producers must-do list. It could be marketed as either a must-have 70's relic, or as a sweet, funky, crazy coming of age story.

I can see the disk now...
Clear printed Slipcase unites the famous Hamill and Potts graphic with the Stingray background on the DVD cover. (think Fear and Loathing Criterion/Boogie Nights SE)

DVD 1: Corvette Summer in 5.1 DD and DTS, digitally remastered in it's orginal aspect ratio. Active sound mix, rears engaged for all the car racing and ambient sound. Music up front in loving stereo. Hamill commentary. Trivia track.

"Period" looking menus, (highlight stuff in a garage?) no DVD cliche 3-D space-station swirling navigation pods and whoosh noises.

DVD 2: Trailer, TV campaign, radio campaign, making-of, about the Stingray, interviews with cast, press kit, Hamill's A&E biography, DVD audio sountrack, cutscenes and alt takes.

If this does not come to DVD, I swear I'll remake it shot for shot. Be warned.
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post #6 of 51
7/24/03 at 4:34pm
It's such a cult classic. I think it would be hard to generate a lot of interest here. Perhaps starting a website, kind of like the petition one demanding the original versions of the Star Wars classic trilogy. I'm down to do some graphics if that happens!

Your 2 disc set is definitely a fantasy since we're begging for a single disc let alone special/collector's edition extravaganza. It's probably about as likely as the Howard The Duck 3 disc set. We'd be lucky just to get the theatrical trailer as a special feature, but you definitely got me fiending for a 2 disc!

For all we know, a DVD could be in the works right now and we wouldn't even know it. If only!
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post #7 of 51
7/24/03 at 7:32pm
I'd say likely extras would be a theatrical trailer, an original making-of featurette and a new commentary with Mark Hamill and Annie Potts.

The commentary track with Hamill and Potts is a possibility (after all, Warner has been able to attach commentary tracks to movies you wouldn't expect them on..."Krush Groove", "One Crazy Summer" and the recent releases "Curly Sue" and "The Boy Who Could Fly" are testament enough to this).

Did I say Warner? Yes, the studio with the shield owns this movie...Another acquisition made in the Turner buy-out.

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

I'd buy this.
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post #8 of 51
7/24/03 at 10:02pm
I loved this movie, but people usually consider this to be Mark Hamill's disappointing Star Wars follow-up. It is, in fact, a wonderful comedy adventure.
Strange, though, that the film's biggest fan is the guy who thought the christmas special was a hoax? Remember that, Ted? That must have been 1996 or something.
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post #9 of 51
7/25/03 at 11:40am
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Mike,

Ah yes! I remember that. Well, after seeing it several times, I still maintain the Holiday Special is a hoax. Long live rec.arts.whatever it was!
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post #10 of 51
7/26/03 at 5:48am


I too would pick this up on DVD in a heartbeat!
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post #11 of 51
7/26/03 at 7:54am
Yep...

...there are a number of summer drive in films that stir memories... S&B, Hooper, Am. Graf., and Corvette Summer.

Come to think of it, why not market a "late 70's early 80's salute to the end of the Drive-In" Box Set?
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post #12 of 51
7/26/03 at 12:49pm
Ive never seen Corvette Summer but Im dying to now after reading this thread.

Love that still of Hamill on the bike!!


And yes there is a SW Holiday special. I have a VHS copy of it.
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post #13 of 51
7/26/03 at 2:50pm
It's on my want list also.
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post #14 of 51
7/26/03 at 7:48pm
This thread is why I am a member of HTF.I loved this movie.Was Mark Hamill in Damn Nation Alley?What about Laser Blast?I saw both in the theater in the 70's.
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post #15 of 51
7/27/03 at 3:52am
Me, too! :b


Instant purchase, if in OAR.
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post #16 of 51
12/29/03 at 10:58am

Corvette Summer

Just watched Corvette Summer on Starz this morning. What a treat... my childhood guilty pleasure. Now I wish MGM would get off their butts and release it on DVD.
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post #17 of 51
12/29/03 at 11:00am
Me too.
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post #18 of 51
12/29/03 at 12:14pm
A lot of films I liked back then I watch now and dont like as much.
Did this age well?
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post #19 of 51
12/29/03 at 4:34pm
Believe it or not, there was a thread about this not too long ago (alas, I tried to post the link here, but was foiled by the HTML/15 post policy -- a search should bring it up, however).

This one of only two or three movies I still own on VHS, and has long been my DVD Holy Grail.

"Cokes?! I didn't want no Cokes! Who said I was thirsty?!"
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post #20 of 51
12/29/03 at 6:12pm
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...51#post1673351
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post #21 of 51
12/29/03 at 8:22pm
Instant purchase here, too.
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post #22 of 51
12/30/03 at 12:31am
ABSO-FREAKIN'-LUTELY!!!

I loved this flick. I can remember watching it with my older brother on HBO repeatedly in the late 70s/early 80s. It still shows up occasionally on TBS. I watch it every time. I have always hoped/half-expected to see this turn up the $5.88 bin at WalMart.

Of course, my brother and I wanted to grow up and be just like the character in the movie, to become independent and leave home in our teens by earning a living working on cool cars. I always wanted to try sleeping in a U-Haul trailer, too. Seemed kinda cool when I was ten.

Alright, who wants an Everything Dog?!?!? If you drive, I'll treat!

PS Anybody remember a late 70s flick with Bruno Kirby Jr. called "Almost Summer?" I don't think this one is even available on VHS.
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post #23 of 51
12/30/03 at 4:23am
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PS Anybody remember a late 70s flick with Bruno Kirby Jr. called "Almost Summer?" I don't think this one is even available on VHS.


yeah i remember this one.
it co-starred Didi Conn, iirc.
it played a lot on HBO when i was a kid and probably watched it 5 or 6 times in a month .
i would buy it just for nostalgia value- same with Corvette Summer.

but only if they were OAR
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post #24 of 51
12/30/03 at 8:20am
Well, I think it is still a really good film that holds up today... for the most part. I would shell out $20.00 for it, just for the memories alone. When the film was released, back in the day, I was able to get a ride in both the Corvette and Van. My dad was a photographer and did some promotion stills for the people that built both the Vette and Van.

Another film, that falls under the same nostalgic feeling, that I would like to see on DVD is Damnation Alley with George Peppard and Jan-Michael Vincent. This one also shows up from time to time on TNT.

As for Corvette Summer... had I known that it was going to be on... I would have recorder it onto DVD with my Panny E80 just to have a clean copy of it. My VHS copy is just terrible now.
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post #25 of 51
12/30/03 at 6:18pm
not didi conn it was annie potts.
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post #26 of 51
12/30/03 at 7:51pm
Annie Potts was in CS.
Didi Conn was in AS, i'm pretty sure.
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post #27 of 51
1/28/04 at 7:58am
Heads Up!!! Just thought I'd let all of you Corvette Summer fans know... although it isn't as good as a DVD release, but ActionMax (#227 for Cox O.C.) is going to show it this SATURDAY at 6:30am (01-31-04). I already have my Panasonic DVD Recorder set to go. Enjoy.
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post #28 of 51
12/31/04 at 12:45pm
well another year goes by and no corvette summer.
but agian it is appearring on tv in the form of INHD2.
this is a hidef channel found on many U.S. cable systems.
it is on 1-9-2005 at 9:30 am eastern time. set your dvr's.also 2 interesting sites for the movie and the car.

http://www.mygaragemuseum.com/Cars/c...tesummer1.html


http://corvette.cabbagestew.com/index.html
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post #29 of 51
1/1/05 at 1:28pm
And I thought I was the only one. This is easily my most wanted movie not on dvd. There's a movie novelization of it also - great read and adds new scenes to the movie - highly recommended if your a fan!


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Was Mark Hamill in Damn Nation Alley? What about Laser Blast?I saw both in the theater in the 70's.

Jan Michael Vincent was in Damnation Alley and Kim Mulford (also in Corvette Summer) was in Laserblast. Sadly, he has since passed away.
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post #30 of 51
1/1/05 at 1:57pm


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