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Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto theatrical poster
Directed byRon Howard
Produced byRoger Corman (executive producer)
Jon Davison (producer)
Rance Howard (producer)
Written byRon Howard
Rance Howard
StarringRon Howard
Nancy Morgan
Elizabeth Rogers
Rance Howard
Music byPeter Ivers
CinematographyGary Graver
Editing byJoe Dante
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date(s)1977
Running time84 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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Grand Theft Auto is a 1977 film directed by Ron Howard. It was Howard's directorial debut. The film focuses on two young lovers, Sam Freeman and Paula Powers, who want to get married in Las Vegas. Paula steals her parents' Rolls-Royce, and a chase ensues in which many people try to stop them in order to claim a USD$25,000 reward.

Plot

Sam Freeman and Paula Powers are at the Powers' mansion, but conflict ensues as Paula gets angry with her parents for not respecting her relationship with Sam and her will to marry him in Las Vegas. Not long after, she steals her parents' prized Rolls-Royce, picks Sam up, and leaves for Vegas. Paula's parents soon afterward contact agencies other than the police to stop her. Soon the 10Q radio crew gets involved and announces a $25,000 reward offered by the Powers' for anyone who could stop the couple. No one is successful as the Rolls always happens to get away. The 10Q director, played by Don Steele as "Squirrely, Curly, Q brown" takes to a helicopter to pursue the Rolls from the air.

Throughout the journey, many failed attempts are made to stop them. First of all, three black Ford LTDs (dubbed "velvet net") make an attempt to box the car in, which fails as the three black cars explode. Additionally, a gas station attendant realizes who pulls into his station, and pursues them while using dynamite. Late in the film, they end up at a demolition derby just outside of Las Vegas, which leads to many vehicles, including the Rolls, to be destroyed. The couple escapes though, and gets married in a nearby church. Following the marriage, the 10Q radio DJ pursues them until being diverted by a passing fire engine and sent plowing into a house. The movie ends with them riding through the Vegas night.

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Ron Howard

Birth name Ronald William Howard
Born March 1 1954 (1954--) (age 53)
Duncan, Oklahoma, U.S.
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Roger William Corman (born April 5 1926), sometimes nicknamed "King of the Bs" for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects this appellation as inaccurate), is a prolific American producer and director of low-budget exploitation movies.
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Jon Davison is a film producer. His producing credits include RoboCop (1987), RoboCop 2 (1990), Starship Troopers (1997), and The 6th Day (2000).
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Ron Howard

Birth name Ronald William Howard
Born March 1 1954 (1954--) (age 53)
Duncan, Oklahoma, U.S.
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Rance Howard

Birth name Harold Rance Beckenholdt
Born November 17 1928

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Years active 1956-2006
Spouse(s) Jean Speegle Howard (deceased)

Children Ron Howard, Clint Howard
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Nancy Morgan (born 1949) is an American actress of film and television.

She is the daughter of Samuel A. Morgan, Jr. and Marjorie Greenfield Morgan, and a niece of John "Red" Morgan, who won the Medal of Honor for his bravery during World War II in 1943, which events were
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Elizabeth Rogers (May 18, 1934 – November 6, 2004) was an American actress.

Born Betty Jayne Rogers in Austin, Texas she is famous for being the relief communications officer for Lt. Uhura in some episodes of the 1960s television series .
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Peter Scott Ivers (September 1946 - March 3, 1983) was an American musician, best known as the host of New Wave Theatre.

Ivers was born in Illinois, but raised in Brookline, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Gary Graver

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Portland, Oregon
Died November 16 2006 (aged 68)
Rancho Mirage, California
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Joe Dante (born November 28, 1946) is an American film director and producer of films generally with humorous and scifi content.

His films include Piranha (1978) and The Howling (1981), both from scripts by John Sayles; Segment 3 of (1983);
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New World Communications was a major television production company and television station owner in the United States from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. News Corporation became a major investor in 1994 and purchased the company outright in 1997; the alliance with NewsCorp helped
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American cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, Classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period (after 1980).
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film director is a person who directs the making of a film.[1] A film director visualizes the script, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision.
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Ron Howard

Birth name Ronald William Howard
Born March 1 1954 (1954--) (age 53)
Duncan, Oklahoma, U.S.
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RollsRoyce car may refer to vehicles produced by:
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  • Rolls-Royce Motors (1973-2003), which was owned by Vickers between 1980 and 1998, and after that by Volkswagen.

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Don Steele, born Donald S. Revert (April 1, 1936 - August 5, 1997), was one of the most popular disc jockeys in the United States, from the middle of the 1960s until his retirement for health reasons in May 1997.
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Ron Howard

Birth name Ronald William Howard
Born March 1 1954 (1954--) (age 53)
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Night Shift is a 1982 comedy film, one of Ron Howard's earliest directorial efforts. It stars Howard's Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton in his film debut.
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Splash is a 1984 fantasy film and romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel.
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Cocoon is a 1985 science fiction film, directed by Ron Howard about a group of elderly people who are rejuvenated by aliens. The movie starred Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen
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Gung Ho is a 1986 Ron Howard comedy film, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Michael Keaton and Gedde Watanabe. It was filmed on location in and around Pittsburgh.
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