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Summary: A gut busting classic!
Review: BEHOLD! PERHAPS THE GREATEST COMEDY EVER MADE,USED CARS IS A MUST HAVE ON DVD.I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THE BONUS FEATURES ARE NOT LISTED ABOVE SO HERE THEY GO:VINTAGE ADVERTISING GALLERY,AUDIO COMMENTARY:ZEMECKIS,GALE,RUSSELL, OUTTAKES,RADIO @ TV PROMOS,PRODUCTION NOTES AND A COOL THING FOR TRUE FANS OF RUSSELL,A TV AD FOR THE ACTUAL CAR LOT,WITH THE REAL OWNER INTRODUCING RUSSELL WHO THEN GIVES A SALES PITCH FOR A CAR ON THE LOT!
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Summary: Buckle up for a great ride down a cheap highway
Review: "Used Cars" is the mother, or ugly stepmother, of great American bathroom humor. Long before the politically-correct craze of "Forrest Gump," director and co-writer Robert Zemeckis spit up "Used Cars" with a little help from executive producer Steven Speilberg. Not quite sweet enough for 'Gump-isms,' "Used Cars" explores the seedy world of the car lot and the stereotypical husslers running the joint. With gags that include strippers atop automobiles, reeling a customer across a busy city street with $20 hooked to a fishing line and a commercial jammed during a presidential address, "Used Cars" rips apart middle America to the tune of 50,000 laughs per second. Kurt Russell shines as the cheeseball in charge in one of his first post-Disney era films. Russell gets plenty of support from an ensemble cast that includes Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae, Joe Flaherty, Deborah Harmon and David L. Lander and Michael McKean (better known in the early 80s as Lennie and Squiggy). However, the real salesman is veteran actor Jack Warden who easily handles a dual role of twin brothers with competing car lots. Although not likely to appear on Zemeckis's or Speilberg's Oscar-winning resumes, "Used Cars" is hilarious, sharp and clever. I consider this vehicle one of the greatest comedic rides ever made. Trust me.
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Summary: Funniest movie I have ever seen, hands down!
Review: Just about every single cliché about used car dealers is witnessed here -- and then some. There are so many absolutely hilarious moments, be prepared to have stomach pains from laughing uncontrollably. Kurt Russell is the protagonist, complete w/cheesy plaid sports jacket and short, wide tie. He works on a car lot owned by Luke Fuchs, whose nasty twin brother Roy has a rival lot across the street (both are played by Jack Warden). The story is really about the battle between these two lots, with the conniving Roy having to deal with slick Russell (who plays Rudy Russo), Gerrit Graham (Jeff), and Jim (Frank McRae).Possibly the two single most unbelievably funny moments are when electronics geniuses Freddy and Eddie (David Lander and Michael McKean, better known as Lenny and Squiggy from "Laverne and Shirley" fame) first break into the programming of a local football game to broadcast a commercial for Russo and Co.'s lot. But even better is when they cut into a NATIONAL address by President Carter to do the same thing!! I almost could not recover from my laughing after these two incidents! Also be sure to listen to Jim the Mechanic's one-liners, as well as watch how Russo and Co. fool the police into believing dead Luke Fuchs "was merely on vacation in Florida." Some of the funniest spots in movies I've ever seen. I'd compare the humor in this to "Animal House," but "Used Cars" is even funnier.
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Summary: "He thinks I'm lyin', Jim."
Review: An uneven, but very funny film with some spectacular laughs. "Used Cars" emerges as the best of the big budget, overblown comedies that had run rampet in the late 70's/early 80's ("1941" stands as the ultimate budget-breaker of the time).
Kurt Russell is dead-on perfect as Rudy Russo, used car dealer and wannabbe local politician. His effort to raise $60,000 to "buy" a seat on the city council seems in peril when his boss (Jack Warden) unexpectedly (but hilariously) dies of a heart attack. The boss's no-good evil twin brother (also Warden) plots to take over the car lot. So Russell and his rag-tag bunch proceed to hide the body of the boss and made outrageous tv commercials in order to raise the money and save the lot.
The supporting characters range from underused (SCTV's Joe Flaherty as a lawyer) to drop-dead funny (Frank McRae as the oversized, single-minded Jim the Mechanic). But Gerrit Graham shines as the nuerotic Jeff whose phobias (such as his avoidence of the color red) are very funny indeed.
The funniest parts of the film deal with the three tv commercials Russell and crew produce. The first one takes place during a football game when Jeff discovers the car he's selling is red. The second one uses strippers and a "disco" theme which must've seemed quite odd to those watching the film at theaters since disco itself had "died" a year earlier. Still, it's pretty funny stuff.
The third one, perhaps the most hilarious single scene ever filmed (well, that's a bit much, but still...), takes place during President Carter's address to the nation. In it, Jeff proceeds to destroy the evil brother's cars as Marshall Lucky. As testiment to how funny this scene is, I've seen no fewer that ten people actually drop to the floor and pound the carpet with their fist in histerics...and that includes my mother.
"Used Cars" also has countless great lines, a wonderful turn by "The Munsters" Al Lewis as an honest, if tough judge, and the beautiful Deborah Harmon as the boss's daughter who unexpectedly shows up and throws a kink into Russell's plans.
The only problem with the film, and it's a fairly big one, is the final twenty minutes which dissolves into an uninspired car chase across the desert and a tacked on "happy" ending. Still, "Used Cars" is really funny and for those of you over 18 (this is not for the kids), a really enjoyable experience.
Note: Look for a scene in which Kurt Russell gets out of bed to answer his phone (the first time, after the "disco" commercial). He points "Elvis-like" to a cheap, two-foot statue of Elvis that he has on his headboard. Kurt Russell played Elvis just two years before on network tv.
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Summary: Great movie and great commentary!!
Review: One of the funniest movies I ever seen. Its too bad back in 1980 this movie was overshadowed by Airplane, which was also a great movie. The studio should have released Used Cars later in the year. The commentary with Kurt, Bob Gale, and Zemeckis is hilarious! They give detailed insight about the actors and what went on during the making of the movie.
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Summary: Lost Gem
Review: Zemeckis' second film really embodies those gas guzzling films from the late 70s (i.e. Smokey and the Bandit; The Gumball Rally; Freebie and the Bean, etc). No, its not a Merchant-Ivory film, BUT far more enjoyable. The secondary roles are the glue that holds Used Cars together (particularly the guys from Laverne and Shirley, and ridiculously superstitious character). Although now extremely dated - one can watch it now to have reveries of the inflation/gas shortage era.
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Summary: one of my favorite movies
Review: "well i don't wanna look inside". "ohhh, just get in the motherf_ckin car". i lose it everytime that part comes on. this movie is such a riot. if you havent seen it, check it out.
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Summary: Hilarious Movie - Great DVD
Review: Where do I start? "Used Cars" is one of those "movies for guys who love movies". I have watched it who knows how many times, but I still get a kick out of certain scenes almost 25 years later. But there is an added bonus now if you buy the DVD, an hilarious commentary track with director Bob Zemeckis and actor Kurt Russell along with Bob Gale, who co-wrote the screenplay with Zemeckis. The movie features Russell as Rudy Russo, a used car salesman with absolutely no morals (OK, most used car salesman don't have morals, but Russo takes it to another level). Jack Warden takes on dual roles as twin brothers trying to win the battle of used car lots at the same corner. Garret Graham plays Russell's sidekick Jeff who tries to help Rudy move the cars through illegal television commercials, which are absolutely hilarious. Other performances of note are those of Deborah Harmon, the daughter of one of the twins who wins Rudy's heart, Joe Flaherty from Second City as an unscrupulous lawyer and Michael McKean and David Lander (of Lenny and Squiggy fame) as techno wizards who assists Russell and Graham in their illegal activities. All of the above are great, but the two who steal this movie are Frank McRae, who plays Jim the Mechanic and Toby the Beagle. McRae may say less than 200 words in the whole movie, but he may have the highest laughter to words ratio in movie history. Toby pulls off some funny stunts as well and is a memorable dog in movie history as well. The movie is great and the DVD commentary of the three principal parties is hysterically funny. I think the three must have stopped at the local brewpub before the taping and slammed a few because they are giddy, but they let you in on on some interesting facts about the movie. There are also some outtakes as well as a real used car lot commercial that Russell shot in Arizona in Russo character. Rent it or buy it, you won't be sorry. As Rudy Russo would say "Trust Me!"
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Summary: If you love old cars...you'll LOVE this!!
Review: This film gave me an appreciation for the cars of the 1970s... I was just a kid when I first saw Used Cars, and I'll never forget the first time I saw the film because I had never seen cars like these before! For some reason, most of the '70s cars were long gone by the mid 1990s when I first saw this. Although most of the cars in the film are junkers, they are still cool! You will see an amazing lime green 1973 Lincoln Continental in one scene, and an awesome '74 Mercury Montego that jumps a ramp over a moving train and still runs with big chrome '70s bumper intact! Then you we see a remarkable car chase that involves about 300 classic cars, ranging from old Lincolns and Chryslers, etc. Beyond the cars, this is also an extremely funny movie! I have seen Used Cars at least 10 times and every time it gets better! There is a nice love story and great acting, especially by Kurt Russell and Deborah Harmon (I think this was her only film, but she is memorable). If you appreciate '70s cruisers, Pintos, Edsels, and everything else you'll love this! Back when the used car lots actually had cool cars..
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