Grand Theft Auto
Year: | 1977 |
Director: | Ron Howard |
Writer: | Ron Howard |
Cast: | Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Clint Howard |
Otherwise a pretty stereotypical road movie about two Romeo and Juliet-like lovers who swipe a car from her rich father and go on the run to get married in Las Vegas.
The bratty jilted boyfriend, his mother, a local priest after the jackpotting reward, goons employed by the girl's father and a radio shock jock all weigh into the chase, and while it's mildly amusing, the car-based action gets dry (the apparently huge number of crashes used to market the local DVD release never materialise) it's more interesting for the personalities behind the movie.