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Used Cars (1980)

 Used car salesman Rudy Russo needs money to run for State Senate, so he approaches his boss Luke. Luke agrees to front him the $10,000 he needs, but then encounters an "accident" orchestrated by his brother Roy, who runs the car lot across the street. Roy is hoping to claim title to his brother's property because Roy's paying off the mayor to put the new interstate through the area. After Luke disappears, it's all out war between the competing car shops, and no nasty trick is off limits as Rudy and his gang fight to keep Roy from taking Luke's property. Then Luke's daughter shows up.

Directed by:
Robert Zemeckis
Cast:
Kurt Russell .... Rudolph 'Rudy' Russo
Jack Warden .... Roy L. Fuchs/Luke Fuchs
Gerrit Graham .... Jeff
Frank McRae .... Jim, the Mechanic
Deborah Harmon .... Barbara Jane Fuchs


IMDB

User Rating: 6.5/10 (1,814 votes)







*specs:
Filename.............: Used.Cars.(1980).MBCD2000-XViD.avi
Filesize.............: 699 MB (or 716,204 KB or 733,392,896 bytes)
Runtime..............: 01:48:04 (162,099 fr)
Video Codec FourCC...: xvid
Video Codec Name.....: XviD
Video Frame Size.....: 576x320 (1.80:1) [=9:5]
Video Bitrate........: 805 kb/s
Video Framerate......: 25.000
Video Frame Quality..: 0.175 bits/pixel
Audio Codec..........: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate........: 92 kb/s (46/ch, stereo) VBR LAME3.90.?
Audio Framerate......: 44100 Hz
Interleave...........: 1 vid frame (40 ms), p=522 Split: No
IMRR.................: 1.00
Stream Type..........: OpenDML AVI
*notes:
On DVD, Used Cars is further enriched by screen-specific group commentary from Russell, Zemeckis, and Gale. I hereby order Russell to participate in every future yak-track for his films: his laughter is so warm, frequent, and infectious that one contracts sympathetic nostalgia. The three of them have a sustained blast watching Used Cars again twenty-one years later, Zemeckis and Gale relating their inspiration for the story and certain characters, having some chuckles at Spielberg's expense (they reveal that the big boy scout was offended by the scripted line, "The President lies!"), and getting wistful over the pre-CGI days of "pure cinema." This is easily the most enjoyable commentary I've heard in ages.

*edonkey-link:

Used.Cars.(1980).MBCD2000-XViD.avi


*commentary-track:

Used.Cars.(1980).MBCD2000-commentary-track.mp3
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