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In a desperate attempt to save his rapidly failing used car dealership, Ben Selleck hires a crack team of "car mercenaries" to ramp up sales during the Fourth of July weekend. Led by the fast-talking, foul-mouthed, self-assured Don "The Goods" Ready, the group has three days to sell over 200 cars.
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Jul 11, 1980 · 1 Video. 99+ Photos. Comedy. When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival. Director. Robert Zemeckis. Writers. Robert Zemeckis. Bob Gale. Stars. Kurt Russell. Jack Warden. Gerrit Graham.
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- Used Cars
- Thief
- Repo Man
- Arizona Dream
- Fargo
- The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
- Solitary Man
You would think that a Robert Zemeckis directed, Steven Spielberg produced feature would be remembered. You would be wrong. The mostly forgotten Used Carsstarred Kurt Russell in the lead role as a devious salesman, laboring for an unsuccessful used-car dealership. The lots principal rival, located directly across the street, spends the film’s run t...
Michael Mann is one of the best action directors of our time. This underrated gem follows star James Caan, fronting a neo-noir heist thriller. Frank (Caan) is a professional jewel thief and ex-convict. He operates a pair of successful Chicago businesses (a bar and a car dealership) as fronts for his criminal enterprise. Frank wants to get clean and...
This cult classic follows a supermarket clerk who takes a job repossessing cars when the owners fall behind on payment. The film has a constant hard-rock soundtrack, orchestrating the several car lots seen throughout the movie. It also involves a subplot involving aliens pursuing the protagonist. The less said about the confusing script, the better...
The surrealist comedy starred Johnny Depp as a drifter attending his uncle’s wedding to a much younger woman. His uncle happens to be an incredibly wealthy Arizona car dealer, bringing his nephew home to keep the business in the family. As a result, the state turns into a funhouse of absurdity, with funky set pieces and bizarre details. And for som...
In the best movie on this list, Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) works for his domineering father-in-law Wade (Harve Presnell) as a car salesman at Gustafson Motors. What follows is midwestern earnestness disguising a sociopathic plot. Jerry is in deep with debt and becomes so desperate, that he hires two thugs to kidnap and ransom his wife. The ...
This clumsily titled comedy was directed by Chappelle Show co-creator Neal Brennan. Starring Jeremy Piven, who portrays a car sales guru for hire, he and his team are hired to help a struggling auto dealership.The team must sell 211 cars by the 4th of July weekend. Most of the movie is actually set on a lot, unlike the others on this list. Each day...
The Michael Douglas fronted feature revolved around a successful car dealer in the New York area. A sudden illness causes him to partake in self-destructive behavior, embarking on an immoral binge. Ignoring his heart conditions, he abruptly has a serial sexual appetite, which obviously doesn’t help his cardiovascular health. Mainly focused on Dougl...
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- Used Cars (1980) Kurt Russell plays a hotshot used car hustler who dreams of running for state senate in Robert Zemeckis’s outrageous sales satire. Personifying every crooked cliché of the trade, Russell’s quick-talking charm and effortless charisma gives this hilariously raunchy comedy an energy that’s as effective today as it was 35 years ago.
- Death of a Salesman (1985) This Emmy-winning adaptation of Arthur Miller’s landmark play premiered on CBS as a made-for-television movie. Brilliantly supported by John Malkovich and Stephen Lang, Dustin Hoffman’s deeply moving portrayal of the doomed Willy Loman brings Miller’s grim parable to tragic life.
- Seize the Day (1986) Three years before he taught the phrase carpe diem to the students in “Dead Poets Society,” Robin Williams gave a powerful performance in the ironically titled “Seize the Day.”
- Baby Boom (1987) Diane Keaton stars as J.C. Wiatt, a self-proclaimed “Tiger Lady” who’s so focused on work she barely has time to breathe. When she inherits a toddler from deceased relatives, this high-powered management consultant learns that raising a child requires more tenacity than negotiating a million-dollar contract.
Nov 3, 1989 · Dealers: Directed by Colin Bucksey. With Paul McGann, Rebecca De Mornay, Derrick O'Connor, John Castle. The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leading traders, Tony Eisner commits suicide by putting a slug through his head while seated at ...
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