| Used Cars | 
 enlarge | Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank Mcrae, Deborah Harmon
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 5620
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 113
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: COLD05851D
ISBN: 0767859855
UPC: 043396058514
EAN: 9780767859851
ASIN: B00005UEQX
Theatrical Release Date: July 11, 1980
Release Date: February 5, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New and Factory Sealed Item Fast Shipping
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Product Description
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed its up to the lots hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owners ruthless brother and used-car rival. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/22/2007 Starring: Kurt Russell Jack Warden Run time: 113 minutes Rating: R Director: Robert Zemeckis
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This 1980 film by director Robert Zemeckis gives no indication of things to come in his career (Contact, Forrest Gump), but it is representative of a certain cynical humor he shared early on with writer-partner Bob Gale. Kurt Russell and Jack Warden star in a sketchy comedy about competing used-car salesmen who resort to outrageous tactics to lure customers away from each other. The jokes, like the characters, are intentionally recycled, self-conscious comic fodder from a baby-boomer's lifetime (such as Gale's or Zemeckis's) of immersion in pop culture. That makes Used Cars more pastiche than original (the film's title itself suggests that), but as such it has some good, if vaguely familiar, laughs in it. Russell, particularly, is very funny as a practiced con man. --Tom Keogh
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 Great, but with a caveat October 26, 2008
If you've never seen it, definitely check it out. It has aged surprisingly well and is good for a lot of laughs. But if you are like me, and grew up seeing this (i.e., its severely edited version) on TV once a year or so throughout the 90s, you might be in for a shock. All the jokes are still there, but there is loads of profanity. So much so that you might no longer recognize it as one of your long-lost favorites.
I have no problem with profanity when it is used comedically, or as a characterization device, but it's probably overdone in this movie. Just shows how the MPAA has changed by the decade in its approach to ratings.
 Hilarious Classic! June 26, 2008
This DVD was hilarious--it you don't mind watching a movie that hasn't been 'digitally re-mastered' and you like comedy's--this is a great flick! It arrived on time and was brand new just at the description listed. Very happy with this purchase.
 Disappointed May 12, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
We watched this the first time on TV and thought it was so funny...I bought one and was very disappointed because it was filled with bad language......
Good times!! March 23, 2008
This is a great movie. I saw it at a drive-in back in 1980, and loved it since!!! Jack Warden puts on a great performance as the Fuchs Brothers!!
Kurt Russell plays the best "con artist" there is, Lenny and Squiggy are electronic geniuses, and all the actors were great!!! And don't forget Toby the cute beagle!!
Funny February 10, 2008
This is a funny movie to buy for someone who especially has a car lot, lol. They would get a kick out of it.
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