Sept 19 1980 

MELVIN & HOWARD opens. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Written by Bo Goldman. Nevada gas station attendant Melvin Dummar's mid sixties chance desert encounter with an elderly dishevelled bike rider claiming to be Howard Hughes comes full circle nine years later when, following Hughes' death, an emisary presents the bumpkin a will, purportedly written by the reclusive mogul, bequeathing him a whopping $156 million. With Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards and Mary Steenbergen.

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