Suckers (film)

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
Directed byRoger Nygard
Written byRoger Nygard
Joe Yanetty
Produced byW.K. Border
StarringDaniel Benzali
Louis Mandylor
Lori Loughlin
CinematographyNathan Hope
Edited byRoger Nygard
Music byBilly Sullivan
Walter Werzowa
Production
company
NEO Motion Pictures
Distributed byCreative Light Entertainment
Creative Light Worldwide
Release date
2001
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,000,000

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.[1] 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.[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] Things are further complicated when the loan sharks come to collect money that Bobby owes them.[5]

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.[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

The 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]

The film has played on HBO and Cinemax.[15]

Releases
  • Sucker$ - Sand Hill SH 0061 - 2001[16]
  • Suckers - Planet - 2001
  • Suckers - Victory Multimedia - 2001
  • Suckers - Razor Digital Entertainment - 2004
  • Tough Guys: Suckers / Sex and Bullets - Razor - 2005[17]

References
  1. Turner Classic Movies - Suckers, Brief Synopsis
  2. Variety, October 31, 1999 - Suckers By Robert Koehler
  3. 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
  4. Waterfrontfilm.org - 1999 Films, Suckers - MICHIGAN PREMIERE*
  5. Rotten Tomatoes - Suckers (2001)
  6. IMDb - Suckers (2001), Full Cast & Crew
  7. Fast, Cheap, and Written that Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-budget Movies, John Gaspard - Page xiii, Page 182
  8. KAOS2000 Magazine - CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL - California Theatre - San Jose, CA - Sun. March 8, 2009
  9. The Aspen Times, May 14, 2003 - Funny films join bill at Comedy Arts Fest - Stewart Oksenhorn
  10. Variety, October 23, 2001 - ‘Snow White’ & Barbie win vid awards, 2001 Video Premiere Award Winners By Scott Hettrick
  11. FamousFix - DVD Exclusive Awards » 2001, Event held on 23 October 2001 in El Capitan Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA
  12. 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
  13. Mubi.com - SUCKERS, Directed by Roger Nygard, United States, 200, Comedy
  14. Waterfrontfilm.org - 1999 Films, Suckers - MICHIGAN PREMIERE*
  15. Patch Media, Oct 4, 2012 - Comedy Night! By Tod Dimmick
  16. Inmotion hosting dvd art
  17. AllMovie - Suckers (1999), Releases
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