Summaries

Joey gets 2 days to sell 12 cars to keep his job and keep his girlfriends happy. It gets worse. He's juggling 3 buyers when a guy with a machine gun crashes into the car dealership and takes everybody hostage.

Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife. What more could go wrong ?.. a lot, enter a crazy jealous husband with a machine gun..—Rob Hartill

Joey is a car salesman, with an ex-wife, a daughter in trouble, a girlfriend, a married lover, and a 20 thousand dollar debt to the mob... and he's 24 hours away from losing his job! Thank God, all his troubles will go away thanks to a lunatic who takes him as hostage!—Jorge Mota

Details

Keywords
  • car dealership
  • machine gun
  • car salesman
  • voice over inner thoughts
  • suspicion of adultery
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Crime
Release date May 17, 1990
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations 3721 Northern Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Box office

Gross US & Canada $27627310
Opening weekend US & Canada $6712079
Gross worldwide $27627310

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 37m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby SR
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

When car salesman Joey O'Brien (Robin Williams) gets the chance to redeem himself from all his past sales pitches, financial misdeals and relentless womanising, he is forced to confront all his demons in one very long afternoon.

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