VIDEO: Jeremy Piven's The Goods tackles ever-fertile comedic ground of used car sales
The Goods trailer: Click above to watch the preview after the jump
The used car salesman is typically thought of as a bit of a slime ball. You know the guy. Hair greased to the side, cheesy sport coat, promises you anything to get you to buy. But if you get down to brass tacks, a real used car guy can flat out ball on the sales floor. The creators of Talladega Nights and Step Brothers want to take the used car salesman to a new level of awesomeness with a new movie called The Goods, and Jeremy Piven is playing the Don Ready, the lead character. Sounds like a match made in heaven.
Judging from the two-minute preview, The Goods looks like equal parts Used Cars with Kurt Russell and just about any movie Will Ferrell ever made. Piven plays the ring leader of a used car sales person dream team that goes out to any dealer in need of help pushing metal. He smokes, he drinks, and he swears a lot, but he also gets the job done. Hit the jump to watch the preview and judge for yourself. There is also an unedited version of the trailer (beware, lots of swearing) that exposes the upcoming movie as what it really is: vulger, politically incorrect, and probably very funny. Hat tip to Adam.
[Source: Live hard, Sell hard].
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Chubaka 8:12PM (6/04/2009)
Definitely watch the restricted trailer.
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Tim 2:17AM (6/05/2009)
Are we talking about p*ssy?
Egon 8:30AM (6/05/2009)
YEEEEESSS! I smell a Best Picture nomination!!!!
Seriously, at least the trailer is hilarious. That might be enough
to lure me down to the local MegaPlex.
Juan 6:11PM (6/10/2009)
The restricted version keeps freezing up for me. Lame.
Yaroukh 8:21PM (6/04/2009)
I can't wait for all those GM references.
BTW on the Google Finance news-group I have read how GM calls the BK in their letter to the customers: "court-supervised process to accelerate the reinvention of our company".
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swimtedswim 8:30PM (6/04/2009)
The creators of Talladega Nights and Step Brothers want to take the used car salesman to a new level of awesomeness with a new movie called The Goods
hence when i typed in my name as "rick bobby" it wouldn't let me see the trailer
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Terry 8:35PM (6/04/2009)
Watching for sure.
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Edsel 8:40PM (6/04/2009)
The site didn't believe I was "Edsel Ford" either.
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indijanac 11:55PM (6/04/2009)
It believed that i was John Smith.
larry a 8:49PM (6/04/2009)
Jeremy Piven's only downfall is the only character he can play is a pompous assh0le.. With that said, I think this movie is going to be great!
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Miguel 10:03PM (6/04/2009)
Not true. Piven played the flamboyantly gay menswear salesmen in Rush Hour 2 (towards the end, when Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan are looking to fit in at the casino opening: "Okay, you got the mochachino and the big broad shoulers...let's put a dead animal on you! Crock skin. Butter cream. Crock skin. Butter cream...what size is the waist? Let's go in!") as well as a supporting friend opposite Nicholas Cage in The Family Man. Piven is one of the most underrated and overlooked comic actors in Hollywood today, and his range is much broader than Entourage's Ari Gold (though Ari Gold is amazing).
larry a 10:08PM (6/04/2009)
Hmm, you maybe right, I do love the guy.. its been way too long since I've seen RH2 and haven't seen the Family Man cause Nicolas Cage sucks lmfao. I was referring to Old School and his character on Entourage. And it looks like he's going to be playing the same kind of character in the Goods. But I'm definitely going to see the Goods, the idea is genius.
Oluseyi 1:13AM (6/05/2009)
Don't forget him as the former classmate in Grosse Point Blank. Some real winners in there.
mark_welby 11:00AM (6/05/2009)
But he's great at it! "Cheeeeeeeeeesssseee!"
sitruc 8:36PM (6/05/2009)
He was Cupid in the original ABC series Cupid. It was cancelled, but it had a cult following and was finally brought back this year with a new cast and set in NYC instead of Chicago. The new series was cancelled too. Not that I watched either...
Brad 8:38AM (6/06/2009)
he also played the role of George Costanza in Jerry's pilot for his show about nothing on Seinfeld.
SP 8:53PM (6/04/2009)
"The Goods looks like equal parts Used Cars with Kurt Russell and just about any movie Will Ferrell ever made."
...except anything Ferrell is in usually sucks. Thank God HE'S not in it!!
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Javanese 9:28PM (6/04/2009)
One of the best trailer this year... definitely better than transformers2.
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Willute 1:26AM (6/05/2009)
They didn't bite on Harry Balzac either. These promo guys have no sense of humor.
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murplepoo 9:46PM (6/04/2009)
Anyone wanna spot me some info that worked to see the restricted trailer? It doesn't seem to like me very much.
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