Used Cars Page #7

Synopsis: Used car salesman Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) needs money to run for State Senate, so he approaches his boss Luke (Jack Warden). Luke agrees to front him the $10,000 he needs, but then encounters an "accident" orchestrated by his brother Roy also played by Warden, who runs the car lot across the street. Roy is hoping to claim title to his brother's property because Roy's paying off the mayor to put the new interstate through the area. After Luke disappears, it's all out war between the competing car shops, and no nasty trick is off limits as Rudy and his gang fight to keep Roy from taking Luke's property. Then Luke's daughter shows up.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Robert Zemeckis
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
1980
113 min
769 Views


That commercial was a fluke.

They're practically out of business.

Yeah, that's what the people want:

Old-fashioned, homespun entertainment.

That's what roy I. Fuchs stands for too.

I just hope that goddam camel

don't sh*t all over the lot.

Folks! Here at new deal used cars

we are stripping away inflation!

We're taking off those high prices!

We're getting down to

the bare minimums, so come on over -

- and check out the front ends of these

beauties and inspect the rear ends too!

Scum...

all you have to do

is sign your name right here...

over there we have

a group of immoral charlatans.

They will stoop to the lowest...

oh sh*t, cut it! What?

- You can't say that on tv.

- I can say any goddam thing i want.

- This is the american way.

- It's slander, they can sue you.

Only the owner could sue me and he

has to be alive. Now get out of here.

Hey, rudy, it's old lorette here.

I was out buying some peroxide today-

- and there was this clerk who looks

just like you and it got me thinking...

hi, rudy, this is nadine.

If you don't have a date, i bought

this new barry manilow record today...

it's mary lou bainbridge,

if you throw out my number again...

rudy, it's jeff. Watch the channel 12

movie tonight, we're in big trouble.

...a menace that should be brought

to the attention of every decent citizen.

Behind me is the automobile business

at its absolute worst.

A group of immoral charlatans,

masquerading as businessmen.

They will stoop to the lowest, most

vulgar, vile and disgusting ploys -

- to deceive the honest,

hard-working citizen.

They are the lowest form of scum

on the face of the earth...

son of a b*tch!

This is roy I. Fuchs,

pre-owned automobiles.

Just a second, pal!

Jam the presidential address?

I hate to break this to you,

but you're out of your friggin' mind.

You've gone right over the edge...

national television, we'll be on

all three networks at the same time.

- How's that even done?

- Freddie?

- Microwaves.

- Great, little ovens...

it's simple. You take the microwaves

and you bounce 'em off a comsat.

A communication satellite.

We bounce the microwave

off the comsat to eddie -

- on the roof of the phone company

in washington dc.

We intercept carter's transmission

and jam it with our own.

- Is this a great idea?

- When is this presidential address?

Tomorrow night, nine o'clock.

We should break in around 9.03,

before the audience gets too bored.

Jesus, guys, i don't know.

My horoscope says,

"trouble brewing on the horizon. "

And, i mean, we're f***ing

with the president of the united states!

He fucks with us, doesn't he?

You've seen

how shitty business is today.

Thanks to fuchs, we had nuns

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Robert Zemeckis

Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter who is frequently credited as an innovator in visual effects. more…

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