The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.
Lisa Oz
- Glowie Hudson
- (as Lisa Lemole)
Gary Lee Cavagnaro
- Little Bit
- (as Gary Cavagnaro)
Reagan Kee
- Spoon
- (as Regan Kee)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was released on DVD for the first time in 2012. The Sony Pictures Choice Collection, similar to the Warner Bros. Archives, features DVD-R recorded versions of cult films that are not popular enough for wide release.
- GoofsAlthough the movie showing, "Disaster '76", is an obvious spoof designed specifically for the film, the likelihood of a first-run movie appearing at a small town drive-in the same year that it premiered would not be likely.
- Quotes
Glowie's Friend: Hey, those two are ganing up on Orville.
Glowie's Friend: Yeah, I wish one of 'em was me.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)
- SoundtracksWhatever Happened to Randolph Scott
Written by Don Reid (uncredited) and Harold Reid (uncredited)
Performed by The Statler Brothers
Courtesy of Phonogram, Inc. and Mercury Records
American Cowboy Music, Inc., publisher
Featured review
Likable
There are some movies that just stick in your head. I saw Drive-In when it came out in the 70s and a couple of times on TV in the 80s, and I just recall it being very likable. I tend to think of it along with Smile, which I recall being a similar movie from around the same time, although one that got far more attention.
The movie is a loving tribute to what was then a dying industry, the drive-in. Taking place in a small town in Texas, the movie follows the fortunes of a variety of characters whose fates will take decisive turns - or not - by the end of the movie, including a couple of thieves, a bland teen boy and his annoyingly precocious younger brother, the girl who inexplicably likes the bland teen boy, her ex and his gang of troublemakers, the only black guy in town and a few others. It's essentially the structure of American Graffiti, only the soundtrack for this one is sprightly country western music.
Once they all reach the drive-in the action flits from character to character, pausing in between to show the movie itself, a send-up of disaster movies seen in amusing snippets.
Drive-In is not quite as good as I recall, but then, I was 17 when I saw it the first time and 54 when I saw it most recently and I don't always agree with my younger self. But even though the acting is hit and miss, some of the story threads are weak, and the movie-within-a-movie didn't make me laugh nearly as much this time as it did in the '70s, I still found this movie charming and likable, an ode to a bygone era that probably never really existed. It's one of those little B movies you're glad you've seen.
The movie is a loving tribute to what was then a dying industry, the drive-in. Taking place in a small town in Texas, the movie follows the fortunes of a variety of characters whose fates will take decisive turns - or not - by the end of the movie, including a couple of thieves, a bland teen boy and his annoyingly precocious younger brother, the girl who inexplicably likes the bland teen boy, her ex and his gang of troublemakers, the only black guy in town and a few others. It's essentially the structure of American Graffiti, only the soundtrack for this one is sprightly country western music.
Once they all reach the drive-in the action flits from character to character, pausing in between to show the movie itself, a send-up of disaster movies seen in amusing snippets.
Drive-In is not quite as good as I recall, but then, I was 17 when I saw it the first time and 54 when I saw it most recently and I don't always agree with my younger self. But even though the acting is hit and miss, some of the story threads are weak, and the movie-within-a-movie didn't make me laugh nearly as much this time as it did in the '70s, I still found this movie charming and likable, an ode to a bygone era that probably never really existed. It's one of those little B movies you're glad you've seen.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Auto-Cine
- Filming locations
- Terrell Drive-In, 2490 West Moore Avenue Terrell, Texas, USA(setting: Alamo Drive-In, location: demolished in the 1980s)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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