Supervan (1977)

Name: Supervan
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 1977-03-01
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 3.5
Cast: Mark Schneider, Katie Saylor, Morgan Woodward, Len Lesser, Skip Riley

Supervan (1977), directed by Lamar Card, starring Mark Schneider and Katie Saylor.

03/01/1977 BR Action and Comedy 1h 30m

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Get That Free Wheelin' Feelin'

Synopsis

A man named Clint enters a solar-powered van called Vandora into a competition called Freakout.

Irv GoodnoffCinematography
Lamar CardDirector
Bill ButlerEditing
Lee S. Jones Jr.Producer

About the film

Supervan is a 1977 American vansploitation film directed by Lamar Card, with a heavily modified van central to the storyline. It is an action adventure comedy road movie and is rated PG in the United States.

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Plot

Clint Morgan (Mark Schneider) goes to The Invitational Freak-Out for custom van enthusiasts intending to enter his van, The Sea Witch, in a contest. In saving a runaway, Karen (Katie Saylor), from rapist bikers, Clint loses his van. He goes to his friend Bosley (Tom Kindle), a rebel designer, who lets Clint and Karen enter his solar-powered laser-firing custom van, Vandora, in place of The Sea Witch.

Cast

Mark Schneider as Clint Morgan

Katie Saylor as Karen Trenton

Morgan Woodward as T.B. Trenton

Len Lesser as Banks

Skip Riley as Vince

Bruce Kimball as Sarge

Tom Kindle as Boseley

George Barris as King of the Customizers

Charles Bukowski as Wet T-shirt Contest Water Boy

The van

The titular "Supervan" was customized by George Barris, based on a stock Dodge Sportsman van. Among its most unusual features are solar panels, the ability to emit laser beams and an entire custom body. Coffman called it a "bizarre, 70s-futuristic beast" and scale reproductions were sold as merchandising for the film, which is unusual for the genre. The film has a cameo appearance by Charles Bukowski

References

External links

Supervan at IMDb

Text from Supervan (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervan_(film)

Trivia

It premiered on March 1, 1977, a Tuesday.
It runs 1h30 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.