Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?

Sep 30, 1970

0h 47m

★ 8.2

Overview

A live-action short, using many avant-garde film techniques, that looks at American car culture in the late 1960s. The main section deals with the many trials and obstacles a teenager must face on the path to being able to drive. Surviving the driver's education class is only the first step, as the teenager must then pass his driving test, and then finally get permission to borrow the family car.

Genres

Documentary

Comedy

Family

TV Movie

Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

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Cast

Narrator

Kurt Russell

Spencer Quinn

Jesse White

Peter Renaday

June Foray

Larry Gloege

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