Eat My Dust!
| Eat My Dust! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles B. Griffith |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Written by | Charles B. Griffith |
| Starring |
Ron Howard Christopher Norris Brad Davis |
| Music by | David Grisman |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $300,000 |
| Box office | $5 million[1] |
Eat My Dust! is a 1976 action film from New World Pictures starring Ron Howard.
Production
Ron Howard had written a comedy with his father called Tis the Season and raised half the budget from Australia. He met with Roger Corman and agreed to star in the film provided the producer agreed to co-finance Tis the Season. Corman was not enthusiastic about the comedy but said if Howard appeared in Eat My Dust he would let the actor develop a second film which Howard would direct as well as star. This was Grand Theft Auto (1977).[2]
Charles Griffith directed the movie which was shot in four weeks, although Howard's scenes were done in only ten days. It was originally entitled The Car and Griffith says he only suggested Eat My Dust! as a joke, but the marketing department at New World loved it.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 98
- ↑ Chris Nashawaty, Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie, Abrams, 2013 p 151-2
- ↑ Aaron W. Graham, 'Little Shop of Genres: An interview with Charles B. Griffith', Senses of Cinema, 15 April 2005 retrieved 22 June 2012
External links
- Eat My Dust at the Internet Movie Database
- Eat My Dust! at the TCM Movie Database
- Alan Arkush on Eat My Dust! at Trailers From Hell
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