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.
| Suckers | |
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| Directed by | Roger Nygard |
| Written by | Roger Nygard Joe Yanetty |
| Produced by | W.K. Border |
| Starring | Daniel Benzali Louis Mandylor Lori Loughlin |
| Cinematography | Nathan Hope |
| Edited by | Roger Nygard |
| Music by | Billy Sullivan Walter Werzowa |
Production company | NEO Motion Pictures |
| Distributed by | Creative Light Entertainment Creative Light Worldwide |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,000,000 |
Premise
editBobby (played by Louis Mandylor) is a nice guy looking for work. He also owes a lot of money to two loan sharks, Chad and Everett.[1] One day he walks into Southside Motors in L.A. and takes a job as a car salesman. From there he enters into the shady world of car sales.[2] The dealership manager (played by Daniel Benzali) is a bald-headed bully who has no qualms about screwing the customer.[3] Unfortunately for Bobby, he doesn't have the knack for screwing the customers.[4] Further complications ensue when the loan sharks come to collect money that Bobby owes them.[5]
Cast
edit- Joe Yannetty as Joe
- Jake Johannsen as Lance
- Daniel Benzali as Reggie
- David Ackert as Shamin
- Utah Blue as Mike
- Eli Danker as Mohammed
- Wayne Duvall as Randall
- Louis Mandylor as Bobby Deluca
- David Poland as Ali
- Michael D. Roberts as Eddie
- Valente Rodriguez as Marco
- Joshua Sweet as Roger
- BT as JJ
- Daniel Villareal as Javier
- Darren Gray Ward as Sean
- Lori Loughlin as Donna Deluca
- Peter Breitmayer as Shower Customer
- Larry Brown as Pathetic Customer
- David A. Brooks as Chad
- William Shockley as Everett
- Tim Thomerson as Detective Laughlin
- Stacy Pema as Operator[6]
Background
editThe 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.[7] 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.[8]
Premiere and awards
editThe film had its premiere at the Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.[9] The film was a 2001 Video Premiere Award Winner in the Screenplay category,[10] 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.[11] It was shown at the 2000 Cinequest Film Festival.[12] It picked up an award at the festival in the "Special Jury Artistic Merit Award" category.[13] It was also an entrant at the Waterfront Film Festival.[14]
Releases
editReferences
edit- ^ Turner Classic Movies - Suckers, Brief Synopsis
- ^ Variety, October 31, 1999 - Suckers By Robert Koehler
- ^ metroactive, February 17–23, 2000 - Eleven Days In the Valley, Our critics pick out the highs and lows at this year's Cinequest festival, Suckers By Richard von Busack
- ^ Waterfrontfilm.org - 1999 Films, Suckers - MICHIGAN PREMIERE*
- ^ Rotten Tomatoes - Suckers (2001)
- ^ IMDb - Suckers (2001), Full Cast & Crew
- ^ Fast, Cheap, and Written that Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-budget Movies, John Gaspard - Page xiii, Page 182
- ^ KAOS2000 Magazine - CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL - California Theatre - San Jose, CA - Sun. March 8, 2009
- ^ The Aspen Times, May 14, 2003 - Funny films join bill at Comedy Arts Fest - Stewart Oksenhorn
- ^ Variety, October 23, 2001 - ‘Snow White’ & Barbie win vid awards, 2001 Video Premiere Award Winners By Scott Hettrick
- ^ FamousFix - DVD Exclusive Awards » 2001, Event held on 23 October 2001 in El Capitan Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA
- ^ metroactive, February 17–23, 2000 - Eleven Days In the Valley, Our critics pick out the highs and lows at this year's Cinequest festival, Suckers By Richard von Busack
- ^ Mubi.com - SUCKERS, Directed by Roger Nygard, United States, 200, Comedy
- ^ Waterfrontfilm.org - 1999 Films, Suckers - MICHIGAN PREMIERE*
- ^ Patch Media, Oct 4, 2012 - Comedy Night! By Tod Dimmick
- ^ Inmotion hosting dvd art Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ AllMovie - Suckers (1999), Releases
