Grandview, U.S.A.

Grandview, U.S.A. is a 1984 American comedydrama film directed by Randal Kleiser. It stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Carole Cook, Ramon Bieri, John Cusack, Joan Cusack, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael Winslow, Troy Donahue, and Steve Dahl. The original music score is composed by Thomas Newman. It was filmed on location in Pontiac, Illinois.

Eighteenyearold Tim Pearson, a soontobe graduate of Grandview High School, wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. Tims father, Roger Pearson, loans Tim his brand new Cadillac to go to the Prom with his date Bonnie Clark. Later, while parked near a stream, Tim and Bonnie are making out in the Cadillac, when they feel the car moving, only to discover that the car is falling into the stream. Tim and Bonnie walk to Codys Speedway to get a tow truck, Bonnie calls her father, who is so angry about the accident that he punches Tim. Mechanic Michelle Mike Cody comes to Tims defense, and has Ernie Slam Webster, a local demolition derby driver, tow the car, taking Tim along. Slam stops at the bowling alley to see if his wife Candy had been there, but she wasnt.The next morning, Tim goes to see his father at his office. He talks to Tim and hints to him that he does not want Tim to drive his car again. Tim runs into Mike and thanks her for helping him with the car. ........

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