Melvin & Howard (1980)
Directed by Jonathan Demme · Cinematography by Tak Fujimoto
R95 min62 frames
ComedyDrama
Poor Melvin. All he wanted was to be Milkman of the Month. Instead, he lost his job, his truck, and his wife. Then Howard Hughes left him $156,000,000.
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What is Melvin & Howard about?
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes. Inspired by real events.
Melvin and Howard (stylized as Melvin (and Howard)) is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. The screenplay by Bo Goldman was inspired by real-life Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar, who was listed as the beneficiary of $156 million in a will allegedly handwritten by Howard Hughes that was discovered in the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. A novelization of Goldman's script, which itself won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen, later was written by George Gipe. The film stars Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, and Mary Steenburgen, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was released on September 19, 1980, receiving positive reviews from critics.
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Across 60 sampled frames, Melvin & Howard builds its coverage from medium shots (52% of the sample), with wide compositions (22%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Tak Fujimoto keeps 48% of it in soft, naturalistic light. 45% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Melvin & Howard (1980) are #2f2e2e, #0b0a0a, #4f5152, #8b8d8d, #a7988a, #2c384b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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