Melvin and Howard

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American comedy-drama film film

Melvin and Howard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film, directed by Jonathan Demme, that fictionalizes the story of a gas-station attendant who allegedly befriends billionaire Howard Hughes and later claims to inherit part of his fortune.

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instanceOf American comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Bo Goldman ⓘ
Mary Steenburgen ⓘ
basedOn story of Melvin Dummar and Howard Hughes ⓘ
cinematographyBy Tak Fujimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Jonathan Demme ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editor Craig McKay ⓘ
filmLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Nevada ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
comedy-drama film ⓘ
hasTheme American dream ⓘ
class and social mobility ⓘ
luck and chance encounters ⓘ
mainCharacter Howard Hughes ⓘ
Melvin Dummar ⓘ
musicBy Bruce Langhorne ⓘ
narrativeFocus alleged friendship between Melvin Dummar and Howard Hughes ⓘ
disputed will of Howard Hughes ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
notableFor depiction of the so-called "Mormon Will" of Howard Hughes ⓘ
portrayal of Howard Hughes in late life ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf New Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: American New Wave cinema
producer Art Linson ⓘ
Jonathan Demme ⓘ
releaseDate 1980-09-19 ⓘ
releaseYear 1980 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 95 ⓘ
screenwriter Bo Goldman ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
setting Nevada ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
starring Elizabeth Cheshire ⓘ
Jason Robards ⓘ
Mary Steenburgen ⓘ
Pamela Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Le Mat ⓘ

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Jonathan Demme → notableWork → Melvin and Howard ⓘ
Jonathan Demme → directed → Melvin and Howard ⓘ
Paul Le Mat → notableWork → Melvin and Howard ⓘ
Paul Le Mat → portrayedIn → Melvin and Howard ⓘ
Paul Le Mat → castMemberOf → Melvin and Howard ⓘ
Mary Steenburgen → notableWork → Melvin and Howard ⓘ
Mary Steenburgen → awardReceivedForWork → Melvin and Howard ⓘ
Bo Goldman → notableWork → Melvin and Howard ⓘ
Bo Goldman → wroteScreenplayFor → Melvin and Howard ⓘ
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. → notableWork → Melvin and Howard ⓘ
subject surface form: Jason Robards