{"id":84078,"date":"2022-05-13T11:08:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T18:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84078"},"modified":"2022-06-05T08:54:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T15:54:34","slug":"drive-in-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84078","title":{"rendered":"Drive-In (1976)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;What do you mean, better? He&#8217;s got a van!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Poster-193x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-84079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Poster-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Poster-174x270.png 174w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Poster.png 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of teens &#8212; including a young woman (Lisa Oz) trying to break up with her abusive boyfriend (Billy Milliken) and date a shy redhead (Glenn Morshower) &#8212; hang out and wreak havoc at first a roller rink, then a local drive-in theater while a movie called &#8220;Disaster &#8217;76&#8221; is playing in the background.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Small Town America<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis hectic ensemble comedy about hijinks at a roller rink and drive-in is pure nostalgia fodder for those wanting a glimpse back at mass entertainment in the 1970s. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Roller-Rink.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Roller-Rink.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Roller-Rink.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Roller-Rink-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Roller-Rink-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Roller-Rink-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it&#8217;s undone by a script that is no longer nearly so funny as it presumably once was &#8212; including countless wince-inducing lines by thuggish Milliken (&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna kick your lying ass until you look like the leftovers from <em>Jaws<\/em>.&#8221;), gross treatment of a black doctor (Bill McGhee) and his wife (Gloria Shaw): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-McGhee.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-McGhee.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-McGhee.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-McGhee-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-McGhee-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-McGhee-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the dumb antics of a moronic pair of crooks (Trey Wilson and Gordon Hurst). As described in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1976\/05\/27\/archives\/screen-busy-driveinodd-melange-watches-epic-disaster-movie.html\">the New York Times&#8217; review<\/a>, this film &#8220;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.&#8221; Its primary interest (though limited) is in seeing how the faux disaster flick in the background &#8212; a mash-up of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74135\"><em>Airport<\/em> (1970)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19538\"><em>The Towering Inferno<\/em> (1974)<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71150\"><em>Jaws<\/em> (1975)<\/a> &#8212; plays out. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Screen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Screen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Screen.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Screen-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Screen-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Screen-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be forewarned that the annoyingly catchy soundtrack &#8212; including the Statler Brothers singing &#8220;What Ever Happened to Randolph Scott?&#8221; and George Jones and Tammy Wynette singing &#8220;God&#8217;s Gonna Get You For That&#8221; &#8212; may become an earworm.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Authentic glimpses of the drive-in phenomenon<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Hot-Dogs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Hot-Dogs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Hot-Dogs.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Hot-Dogs-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Hot-Dogs-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Drive-In-Hot-Dogs-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book, but it surely no longer has that status.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0074433\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/drive-in\/review\/2000051254\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1976\/05\/27\/archives\/screen-busy-driveinodd-melange-watches-epic-disaster-movie.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/drive-in\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What do you mean, better? He&#8217;s got a van!&#8221; Synopsis: A group of teens &#8212; including a young woman (Lisa Oz) trying to break up with her abusive boyfriend (Billy Milliken) and date a shy redhead (Glenn Morshower) &#8212; hang out and wreak havoc at first a roller rink, then a local drive-in theater while a movie called &#8220;Disaster &#8217;76&#8221; is playing in the background. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Small Town America Teenagers Review: This hectic ensemble comedy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84078\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84078"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84653,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84078\/revisions\/84653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}