this be a film that perhaps be best see in 1980 and a it be more topical and perhaps in that context the film would seem a lot more interesting . have see leonard maltin glow review ( and 3 half star ) and i be expect some magic . instead and i get a film that really look like a mediocre make for tv movie about people i could really care less about one way or the other . a a slice of life film and it do seem pretty real just not compel . the story be this melvin tell everyone that he pick up a guy in the desert that claim to be howard hughes . they sing a few song together and then he drop him off in vega . then and the next hour or more of the film be watch both melvin and his wife and lynda and screw up their life again and again because they both have the wisdom and intelligence of tree shrew . then and at the end and a mysterious stranger leave a will purportedly write by hughes leave over $ 100 and 000 and 000 to melvin . the general detail be true this guy really do claim to have meet hughes and mysteriously find the will the rest of the story be pure conjecture . frankly and his character seem so dumb and short sight i tend to believe the will be real someone that stupid probably couldn not even spell hughes let alone think up such a hoax . i must be pretty dumb and too and sit through this film and assume there must be some sort of magical payoff dream on .