Bobby blows all his college savings on a van and tries to get the girl of his dreams. It's a wild time with Bobby and his friends.
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Cast
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| Stuart Goetz | ... |
Bobby
(as Stuart Getz)
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Deborah White | ... |
Tina
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| Harry Moses | ... |
Jack
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Sue
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Bill Adler | ... |
Steve
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| Steve Oliver | ... |
Dugan
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Connie Hoffman | ... |
Sally
(as Connie Lisa Marie)
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| Danny DeVito | ... |
Andy
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Jim Kester | ... |
Tom
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| Michael Gitomer | ... |
Jim
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Chuck Hastings | ... |
Fat Policeman
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Steven Stinebaugh | ... |
Thin Policeman
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Howard Dayton | ... |
Friendly
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David Ellenstein | ... |
Basketball Player
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| Donald Elson | ... |
Mr. Hump
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Plot Synopsis
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Bobby is a Los Angeles teenager who buys a customized Dodge van to pick up girls and spruce up his dull life, all while trying to win money racing other vans in order to pay for his own. Written by Anonymous
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Bobby has a new machine... and everyone wants a ride! See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 April 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Chevy Van See more »Company Credits
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Bobby: Yeah, I gotta match... your face and my ass.
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Trivia
Despite having a prominent co-starring billing, Danny DeVito is in this movie for seven minutes in a total of six scenes. See more »Goofs
As Dugan pulls out to drive up to the starting line for the final race, a couple of crew members with a camera and a mic boom can be seen n the side of the van. See more »Quotes
Dugan Hicks: Well, what are you, chickening out, or we gotta match?Bobby: Yeah, I gotta match... your face and my ass.
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OK, our hero doesn't REALLY say that line in this movie, but if you haven't figured it out already, Stuart Getz is mostly known to millions as Charley in that legendary Brady Bunch episode where Marcia gets hit in the nose with the football (he was the dorky one with the wallpaper samples).
Anyway THAT'S where you've seen our "star" before... now on to the movie.
This was a big drive-in hit in the summer of 1977 and is a pretty good time capsule for that era. Guy hopes to impress chicks with tricked-out van, gets challenged to drag-race by rival. Lotsa partying and late-teen hijinks ensue. Feather-light script would probably take at least 24 hours to hit the floor if it were dropped from the ceiling, but it's still a fun (albeit hokey) remnant from the "drive-in swill" days of the '70s. The Rhino DVD is probably the best version (it's not heavily edited like other versions out there); the only drawbacks are it's full-frame, there are a few imperfections in the print and some of the color didn't age very well, but that doesn't really detract from overall enjoyment of the movie (if anything it enhances the "70s feeling"). Fans of "Joe Bob Briggs-type" movies will enjoy!