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Melvin and Howard (stylized as Melvin (and Howard)) is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme.
Sep 19, 1980 · Melvin and Howard: Directed by Jonathan Demme. With Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Elizabeth Cheshire, Mary Steenburgen. The story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
The genius of “Melvin and Howard” is that it is about Melvin, not Howard. The film begins and ends with scenes involving the Hughes character, who is played by Jason Robards as a desert rat with fading memories of happiness.
When luckless dreamer Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) rescues a grizzled, half-dead man (Jason Robards) from the desert, he's skeptical of the man's claim that he's actually reclusive billionaire ...
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In the desert near Tonopah, Nevada, Howard Hughes (Jason Robarts) rides his motorcycle and crashes. At night, Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat), a magnesium plant worker, stops by the side of the highway to urinate. There, he sees Howard huddled and shivering on the ground.
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Jun 13, 2021 · Melvin and Howard (1980) I Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards. "POOR MELVIN. ALL HE WANTED WAS TO BE MILKMAN OF THE MONTH. INSTEAD, HE LOST HIS JOB, HIS TRUCK, AND HIS WIFE. THEN...
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
Jan 1, 1980 · Melvin and Howard. A pungent fable about the elusiveness of the American Dream, Melvin and Howard is a richly textured, highly individualistic look at Melvin Dummar, a man in over his head both...
Directed by Jonathan Demme. 19801h 35mR. Comedy, Drama. 6.892%60% Add to Watchlist. This movie tells the possibly true story of Melvin E. Dummar. Melvin is a nice guy, but he is a total loser: unlucky, impractical and can't keep a job. One night, however, he helps an old man who has had a motorcycle accident in the desert.
