Drive-In
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRod Amateau
Written byBob Peete
Produced byTamara Asseyev
Alexandra Rose
StarringLisa Lemole
Gary Lee Cavagnaro
Glenn Morshower
Billy Milliken
Lee Newsom
Regan Kee
CinematographyRobert C. Jessup
Edited byBernard Caputo
Guy Scarpitta
Production
company
George Litto Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • May 26, 1976 (1976-05-26)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Drive-In is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Rod Amateau and written by Bob Peete. The film stars Lisa Lemole, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Glenn Morshower, Billy Milliken, Lee Newsom and Regan Kee.[1][2] The film was released on May 26, 1976, by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

"Disaster '76", the latest disaster film, is playing at The Alamo, a drive-in theater in a small Texas town. The night brings together a young couple, two rival youth gangs, a pair of thieves planning to rob the drive-in, a nervous doctor and a host of other characters.

Cast

Reception

Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times wrote, "'Drive-In' possesses the virtue of fresh faces, the drawback of uneven acting, the irritation of occasional overwriting and the limited appeal of what is basically a juvenile story."[3] Arthur D. Murphy of Variety called the film an "easy-going and likeable George Litto production. Rod Amateau's direction of Bob Peete's script turns the liabilities of low-budget production and largely unknown performers into creative assets by virtue of the simplicity and sincerity of the results."[4] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two stars out of four, describing the humor as insult comedy typical of TV shows like Hee Haw and expressing his wish that "the script of 'Drive-In' had been trashed and 'Disaster '76' had been fully made instead."[5] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it "a shrewdly made exploitation picture, undoubtedly indebted to 'American Graffiti' but played very, very broadly to reach the most unsophisticated of audiences. Yet as corny as it so often gets, it's consistently funny."[6]

References

  1. ^ "Drive-In". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  2. ^ "Drive-In (1976) - Overview". TCM.com. 2014-06-14. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  3. ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (May 27, 1976). "Screen: Busy 'Drive-In'". The New York Times. 28.
  4. ^ Murphy, Arthur D. (May 26, 1976). "Film Reviews: Drive-In". Variety. 26.
  5. ^ Siskel, Gene (June 3, 1976). "'Disaster' one-ups 'Drive-In'". Chicago Tribune. Section 3, p. 5.
  6. ^ Thomas, Kevin (August 11, 1976). "'Drive-In' Steers Belly-Laugh Path". Los Angeles Times. Part IV, p. 11.

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Films directed by Rod Amateau
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