Intrigue, romance, and vigorous street racing action are among the results. The plot of Corvette Summer, a classic teensploitation film starring Star Wars' Mark Hamill, involves a car-loving high school senior's attempt to retrieve his beloved stolen Corvette from a bunch of bad guys in Las Vegas. Set in 1962, George Lucas' American Graffiti remains a great flick for car-watchers and fans of early rock & roll and 1960s roadside Americana. "I saw a Goddess!" The kid (played by a very young Richard Dreyfuss) is referring both to the first-generation Corvette that's just pulled up to the Edsel at an intersection, and, naturally, its mysteriously elusive driver. "I just saw a vision," says the kid in the back seat of the 1958 Edsel. Plenty of vintage American cars - in varied states of hot rodded-ness - are evident in this low-budget potboiler, but an orange, racing striped, roll bar-equipped first-generation Corvette plays the biggest part in making this road trip memorably apocalyptic. In the linked sequence, we can clearly see a first-generation Corvette convertible parked outside an old-fashioned convenience store, providing the only note of happiness in an otherwise grim tale of predator and prey.Ī perfectly normal family from Boston on an innocent road trip to California becomes the target of a group of demented hot rodders, prompting unprecedented roadside mayhem.
Here then, in chronological order, are some films - some notable, others obscure - in which Corvettes play a starring, supporting, or incidental role (click on the links to view clips from each film on YouTube).Īllen Barron's low-budget noir masterpiece, Blast of Silence, is chock-a-block with authentic New York street scenes "stolen" (shot without a permit) to save money and trouble. The Chevrolet Corvette is a worldwide symbol of America's prowess in car design, so it's no great surprise that filmmakers have chosen to include it in their works.
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