Used Cars
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 DVD cover for Used Cars |
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| Directed by | Robert Zemeckis |
| Produced by | Bob Gale John Milius Steven Spielberg John G. Wilson |
| Written by | Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale |
| Starring | Kurt Russell Jack Warden Gerrit Graham Deborah Harmon |
| Music by | Patrick Williams |
| Cinematography | Donald M. Morgan |
| Editing by | Michael Kahn |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 11, 1980 |
| Running time | 113 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
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Used Cars is a 1980 comedy satire film. It stars Kurt Russell, Jack Warden (in a dual role), Deborah Harmon, and Gerrit Graham. The supporting cast includes David L. Lander, Michael McKean, Al Lewis, Dub Taylor, Dick Miller, and Betty Thomas.
The movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and his long-time writing partner Bob Gale with Steven Spielberg and John Milius as executive producers. The original music score was composed by Patrick Williams.
The movie was released on July 11, 1980. Although not a box-office success at the time, it has since developed cult film status due to its dark, cynical humor and the Zemeckis style. It is also marketed with the tagline "Like new, great looking and fully loaded with laughs."
The film is rated R for violence, brief nudity, adult language and adult situations and humor.
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[edit] Overview
Kurt Russell portrays a devious car salesman who goes to work for affable but monumentally unsuccessful used car dealer Jack Warden. Warden's principal rival is his more prosperous twin brother, also played by Warden, who schemes to take over the "good" brother's lot.
Used Cars was filmed primarily in Mesa, Arizona.
[edit] Synopsis
When Luke Fuchs, owner of the struggling New Deal Used Car lot dies of a heart attack, hot-shot salesman (and aspiring senator) Rudy Russo decides to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless twin brother (and used-car rival) Roy L. Fuchs, whose own used car lot is under threat of demolition to facilitate the construction of a proposed new freeway exit. An all-out war breaks out between the competing car lots with Russo resorting to extremely outrageous customer-getting schemes in order to save Luke's lot, complicated even more with the arrival of Luke's daughter Barbara Jane Fuchs.
[edit] Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Kurt Russell | Rudolph 'Rudy' Russo |
| Jack Warden | Roy L. Fuchs / Luke Fuchs |
| Gerrit Graham | Jeff |
| Frank McRae | Jim |
| Deborah Harmon | Barbara Jane Fuchs |
| Joe Flaherty | Sam Slaton |
| David L. Lander | Freddie Paris |
| Michael McKean | Eddie Winslow |
| Michael Talbott | Mickey |
| Alfonso Arau | Manuel |
| Al Lewis | Judge H. H. Harrison |
| Woodrow Parfrey | Mr. Chartner |
| Dub Taylor | Tucker |
[edit] External links
The Lift • A Field of Honor • I Wanna Hold Your Hand • Used Cars • Romancing the Stone • Back to the Future • Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Back to the Future Part II • Back to the Future Part III • Death Becomes Her • Forrest Gump • Contact • What Lies Beneath • Cast Away • The Polar Express • Beowulf • The Corrections
