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Suckers (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Suckers' is a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by Roger Nygard, who co-wrote the story with Joe Yanetty. It is about the car sales business in the United States, and stars Joe Yannetty, Jake Johannsen, Daniel Benzali, Michael D. Roberts, Louis Mandylor and Lori Loughlin.
Premise
Bobby (played by Louis Mandylor) is nice-guy looking for work. He also owes a lot of money to these loan sharks, Chad and Everett.Turner Classic Movies - [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/453039/Suckers/ Suckers, Brief Synopsis] One day he walks into Southside Motors in L.A., and takes a job as a car salesman. This is where it all happens and he enters into the shady world of car sales.'Variety', October 31, 1999 - [https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/suckers-1200459930/ Suckers By Robert Koehler] The dealership manager (played by Daniel Benzali) is a bald headed bully who has no qualms about screwing the customer.'metroactive', February 1723, 2000 - [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.17.00/cover/cinequest2-0007.html Eleven Days In the Valley, Our critics pick out the highs and lows at this year's Cinequest festival, Suckers By Richard von Busack] Unfortunately for Bobby, he doesn't have the knack for screwing the customers.Waterfrontfilm.org - [http://www.waterfrontfilm.org/films1999.html 1999 Films, Suckers - MICHIGAN PREMIERE*] Things are further complicated when the loan sharks come to collect money that Bobby owes them.Rotten Tomatoes - [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/suckers/ Suckers (2001)]
Cast
Background
The story for the film was written by Joe Yanetty and Roger Nygard who is a stand-up comic and former car salesman. Nygard also directed the film.'Fast, Cheap, and Written that Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-budget Movies', John Gaspard - [https://books.google.com/books?id=GFvZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Roger+Nygard+%22Suckers&dq=%22Roger+Nygard+%22Suckers&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjluYSs78fXAhWMnJQKHShJA9gQ6AEIJjAA Page xiii, Page 182] For the story, Nygard drew on accounts that he had heard from his car dealer friends. One was about a woman who used sex to steal a car and left the salesman stranded and naked.'KAOS2000 Magazine' - [http://www.kaos2000.net/interviews/rogernygard/ CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL - California Theatre - San Jose, CA - Sun. March 8, 2009]
Premiere and awards
The film had its premiere at the Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.'The Aspen Times', May 14, 2003 - [https://www.aspentimes.com/news/funny-films-join-bill-at-comedy-arts-fest/ Funny films join bill at Comedy Arts Fest - Stewart Oksenhorn] The film was a 2001 Video Premiere Award Winner in the Screenplay category,'Variety', October 23, 2001 - [https://variety.com/2001/digital/features/snow-white-barbie-win-vid-awards-1117854749/ Snow White & Barbie win vid awards, 2001 Video Premiere Award Winners 'By' Scott Hettrick] beating Tony Johnston's 'Full Disclosure' by David Davis and Brian Cox, 'O.K. Garage' by Brandon Cole, and Doug Campbell's 'The Tomorrow Man'.FamousFix - [http://www.famousfix.com/topic/dvd-exclusive-awards-2001-2 DVD Exclusive Awards 2001, Event held on 23 October 2001 in El Capitan Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA] It was shown at the 2000 Cinequest Film Festival.'metroactive', February 1723, 2000 - [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.17.00/cover/cinequest2-0007.html Eleven Days In the Valley, Our critics pick out the highs and lows at this year's Cinequest festival, Suckers By Richard von Busack] It picked up an award at the festival in the "Special Jury Artistic Merit Award" category.Mubi.com - [https://mubi.com/films/suckers-2001 SUCKERS, Directed by Roger Nygard, United States, 200, Comedy] It was also an entrant at the Waterfront Film Festival.Waterfrontfilm.org - [http://www.waterfrontfilm.org/films1999.html 1999 Films, Suckers - MICHIGAN PREMIERE*]The film has played on HBO and Cinemax.Patch Media, Oct 4, 2012 - [https://patch.com/massachusetts/natick/ev--comedy-night-75632145 Comedy Night! By Tod Dimmick]
Releases
* 'Sucker$' - Sand Hill SH 0061 - 2001Inmotion hosting [http://biz130.inmotionhosting.com/~rogern6/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/16.SuckersDVDcover.jpg dvd art]
* 'Suckers' - Planet - 2001
* 'Suckers' - Victory Multimedia - 2001
* 'Suckers' - Razor Digital Entertainment - 2004
* 'Tough Guys: Suckers' / 'Sex and Bullets' - Razor - 2005AllMovie - [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/suckers-v181863/releases Suckers (1999), Releases]
References
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