MELVIN AND HOWARD (WIDESCREEN) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1980
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: In this delightful real-life American fable, everyday loser Melvin Dummar (Paul LeMat) picks up a haggard old man (Jason Robards) in the Nevada desert. Eight years later, the hitchhiker turns out to have been Howard Hughes … who has named Melvin as a beneficiary to his multi-billion dollar fortune. In a world of blue-collar hopes and game show ambitions, Melvin becomes both an instant celebrity and national punch line, gamely fighting to win the crap shoot that is The American Dream.; ; Directed by Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme (The Silence of The Lambs), Melvin And Howard is one of the most acclaimed and popular comedies of the ‘80s, winning the Oscar for Best Screenplay and the golden Globe and Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Mary Steenburgen.
• Cast: Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Elizabeth Cheshire, Mary Steenburgen, Chip Taylor, Melvin E. Dummar, Michael J. Pollard, Denise Galik, Gene Borkan, Lesley Margret Burton, Wendy Lee Couch, Marguerite Baierski, Janice King, Deborah Ann Klein, Theodora Thomas, Gloria Grahame, Elise Hudson, Robert Ridgely, Susan Peretz, Robert Wentz, Hal Marshall, Naida Reynolds, Herbie Faye, Charles Napier, Jack Kehoe, Pamela Reed, Sonny Carl Davis, Brendan Kelly, Danny Tucker, Shirley Washington, Cheryl Smith, Jason Ball, Darrell Devlin, Danny Dark, Linda Cardoso, Melissa Prophet, Garrie Kelly, John Thundercloud, Martine Beswick, Charlene Holt, Melissa Williams, Antony Alda, James Lyle Strong, Rick Lenz, Gary Goetzman, John Levin, Kathleen Sullivan, Jack Verbois, Rob Reece, Joseph Ragno, John Glover, Joseph Walker Jr., Dabney Coleman, Charles Horden, Robert S. Holman, Joe Spinell, Tom Willett, Jonathan Demme, Bo Goldman
• Director: Jonathan Demme
• Runtime: 1:35
• Company: Starz / Anchor Bay
• Media Format: Movie