Suckers

Suckers (1999)

If you think car salesman are lying, low-life scum... You should see them in their off hours.

A fiercely dishonest car salesman hires a new employee who owes a serious debt to loan sharks.

Date of release
1999-12-12
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (29)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Director
Roger Nygard

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

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. 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.

The film had its premiere at the Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. The film was a 2001 Video Premiere Award Winner in the Screenplay category, 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. It was shown at the 2000 Cinequest Film Festival. It picked up an award at the festival in the "Special Jury Artistic Merit Award" category.

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