Suckers (film)

2001 film by Roger Nygard

Suckers

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

* 2001 (2001)

Running time

| 87 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $2 million

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.

## Premise

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Bobby (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

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* 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 J.J.
* 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

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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

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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.[citation needed] It was shown at the 2000 Cinequest Film Festival.[11] It picked up an award at the festival in the "Special Jury Artistic Merit Award" category.[12] It was also an entrant at the Waterfront Film Festival.[13]

The film has played on HBO and Cinemax.[14]

## Releases

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* Sucker$ \- Sand Hill SH 0061 - 2001[15]
* Suckers \- Planet - 2001
* Suckers \- Victory Multimedia - 2001
* Suckers \- Razor Digital Entertainment - 2004
* Tough Guys: Suckers / Sex and Bullets \- Razor - 2005[16]

## References

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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. ^ 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
12. ^ Mubi.com \- SUCKERS, Directed by Roger Nygard, United States, 200, Comedy
13. ^ Waterfrontfilm.org - 1999 Films, Suckers - MICHIGAN PREMIERE*
14. ^ Patch Media, Oct 4, 2012 - Comedy Night! By Tod Dimmick
15. ^ Inmotion hosting dvd art Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
16. ^ AllMovie \- Suckers (1999), Releases

## External links

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* Official website
* Suckers at IMDb
* Robert Reviews Stuff: Suckers (2001)
* Fast, Cheap Movie Thoughts: Roger Nygard on "Suckers"