The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)

Director:

Neal Brennan

Writers (WGA):

Andy Stock (written by) &
Rick Stempson (written by)

Release Date:

14 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Used-car liquidator Don Ready is hired by a flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a majorly profitable event.

Plot Keywords:

Fourth Of July | Karaoke | Flashback | Sales Talk | Thrown Through A Window

Cast

Jeremy Piven	...	Don Ready
Ving Rhames	...	Jibby Newsome
James Brolin	...	Ben Selleck
David Koechner	...	Brent Gage
Kathryn Hahn	...	Babs Merrick
Ed Helms	...	Paxton Harding
Jordana Spiro	...	Ivy Selleck
Tony Hale	...	Wade Zooha
Ken Jeong	...	Teddy Dang
Rob Riggle	...	Peter Selleck
Alan Thicke	...	Stu Harding
Charles Napier	...	Dick Lewiston
Jonathan Sadowski	...	Blake
Noureen DeWulf	...	Heather
Wendie Malick	...	Tammy Selleck
Craig Robinson	...	DeeJay
Bryan Callen	...	Jason Big Ups!
Joey Kern	...	Ricky Big Ups!
Kristen Schaal	...	Stewardess Stacey
Christopher Gartin	...	Selleck Customer - Husband
Jessica St. Clair	...	Selleck Customer - Wife
Mary Castro	...	Stripper
Gary Sanchez	...	Passenger Mariachi
Matt Walsh	...	Captain Ortiz
Samantha Albert	...	Selleck Auto Trader Customer
Ian Roberts	...	Selleck Customer - Gary
Jean Villepique	...	Selleck Customer - Mother
Brooke Lenzi	...	Karaoke Pretty Girl
Morgan Murphy	...	Karaoke Bartender
Gwen Stewart	...	McDermott Angel
Courtney Alain Bradshaw	...	McDermott Angel (as Courtney Bradshaw)
T.J. Miller	...	Cessna Jim
Molly Erdman	...	Selleck Customer of Zooha
Paul Lieberstein	...	Selleck Last Customer
Erica Vittina Phillips	...	Selleck Customer - Teddy
Sabrina Renata Maahs	...	Don's Stripper (as Sabrina Maahs)
Brianne Van Cuyck	...	Brent's Stripper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Abernathy	...	Car Buyer (uncredited)
David Bantly	...	Selleck Salesman #1 (uncredited)
Bambi Birnbaum	...	Screaming Customer (uncredited)
Jason Castle	...	Rioter (uncredited)
David Cohen	...	Rioter (uncredited)
Ivonnah Erskine	...	Gypsy (uncredited)
Will Ferrell	...	McDermott (uncredited)
Gina Gershon	...	(uncredited)
Jennifer Harkins-Sklov	...	Stripper / Dancer (uncredited)
Austin Honaker	...	That Guy in the Riot (uncredited)
Kayla Laws	...	Enraged Teen (uncredited)
Cheryl Lyone	...	Excited Customer (uncredited)
Alan Mueting	...	Customer / Rioter (uncredited)
Bradley Steven Perry	...	Young Don Ready (uncredited)
Vanessa Ross	...	Sapphire (uncredited)
Danielle Souza	...	Customer (uncredited)
Brennan Taylor	...	Karaoke Patron (uncredited)
Kulap Vilaysack	...	Blowout Customer #2 (uncredited)
Nancy Young	...	Customer / Rioter (uncredited)
Juliana Zanville	...	Crazy Customer (uncredited)

Directed by
Neal Brennan

Writing credits (WGA)
Andy Stock		(written by) &
Rick Stempson		(written by)

Produced by
Owen Burke	....	associate producer
Will Ferrell	....	producer
Chris Henchy	....	producer
Adam McKay	....	producer
Kevin J. Messick	....	producer (as Kevin Messick)
Louise Rosner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Lyle Workman

Cinematography by
Daryn Okada		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Michael Jablow
Kevin Tent

Casting by
Jennifer Euston
Allison Jones

Production Design by
Stefania Cella

Art Direction by
dooner
Robert W. Joseph

Set Decoration by
Roya Parivar

Costume Design by
Mary Jane Fort

Makeup Department
Simone Almekias-Siegl	....	makeup department head
Mustaque M. Ashrafi	....	additional makeup artist (as Mustaq Ashrafi)
Nanci Cascio	....	key hair stylist
Bridget Cook	....	hair department head (as Bridget M. Cook)
Allan Cooke	....	dental prosthetics
Gabriel De Cunto	....	key makeup artist
Peggy Semtob	....	additional hair stylist

Production Management
Ralph Bertelle	....	executive in charge of production
Louise Rosner	....	production manager
Richard Stirling	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Paul Clark	....	assistant director
Juana Franklin	....	second assistant director
Melinda Johnson	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Kristen Davis	....	set designer
Nicole Dome	....	property person
Casey W. Engelhardt	....	art department coordinator
Carmine Goglia	....	stand-by painter
Glen Hall	....	assistant props
Edward A. Ioffreda	....	graphic artist
Jim Landis	....	first assistant property master
Martin L. Mercer	....	storyboard artist
Lanie Mimikakis	....	assistant props
Larry Morgan	....	carpenter
Matt Sazzman	....	carpenter
Tim Schultz	....	property master
Bryan Turk	....	propmaker foreman
Daniel Turk	....	construction coordinator
John Warner	....	leadman
Erica Wernick	....	graphic designer: props
Whit Vogel	....	additional graphics (uncredited)

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Scott Cannizzaro	....	adr mixer
Lawrence L. Commans	....	boom operator
Mark Fay	....	sound utility
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Gary Gegan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Hogan	....	dialogue editor
Matthew Iadarola	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Susan Kurtz	....	dialogue editor
Jared Marshack	....	sound mixing recordist
Todd Murakami	....	sound effects editor
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Rodrigo Ortiz-Parraga	....	sound engineer
Andy Sisul	....	first assistant sound editor
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Shawn Sykora	....	supervising foley editor
Robert Ulrich	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Mark Weingarten	....	sound mixer
Richard E. Yawn	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Rich E. Cordobes	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Mandy Arnold	....	digital restoration artist
Alex Gitler	....	digital compositor
Heather Elisa Hill	....	visual effects project manager: CIS Hollywood
Sadie D. Johnson	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
David Van Dyke	....	visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood
Karla Ventocilla	....	digital artist
Shane Cook	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)

Stunts
Troy Bellinghausen	....	stunts
Gianni Biasetti	....	skydiving supervisor
Gianni Biasetti	....	stunt rigger
Deck Braun	....	stunt performer
Eddie Braun	....	stunts
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunt double
Rico Burgos	....	utility stunts
Harry Daniels	....	stunt performer
Max Daniels	....	stunt performer
Greg Dela Riva	....	utility stunts
Eddy Donno	....	stunt performer
Tony Donno	....	stunts
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Michael Endoso	....	stunt performer
Terra Grant	....	stunt performer
Zac Henry	....	stunt rigger
Zac Henry	....	utility stunts
Brian Knutson	....	stunts
Tony Lazzara	....	stunt performer
Rob Mars	....	stunt double: T.J. Miller
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunt performer
Victory Palmisano	....	stunt performer
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	stunt coordinator
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts
Steve Picerni	....	stunt performer
Steve Stafford	....	aerial coordinator
Steve Stafford	....	stunt pilot
John Tamburro	....	helicopter stunt pilot
Philip Tan	....	stunt double
Nancy Young	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Adcock	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Norman Ash	....	electrician
Nico Bally	....	remote head technician
Kevin Britton	....	assistant camera
James B. Crawford	....	gaffer
Gary Dagg	....	key grip
Sam Emerson	....	still photographer
John C. Flinn IV	....	assistant camera
Paul Hazard	....	best boy electric
Julie Helton	....	second assistant camera
Douglas S. Holgate	....	aerial director of photography
J. Steven Matzinger	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jim McComas	....	lighting technician
John Murphy	....	dolly grip
Darin Necessary	....	first assistant camera
Ron Newburn	....	lighting technician
Jesse Olivares	....	digital video assist operator
Jens Piotrowski	....	Steadicam operator
Forrest Sandefer	....	grip
Jeremy Settles	....	camera operator
Joseph T. Terranova	....	set lighting technician
Patrick Albani	....	camera production assistant (uncredited)
Curt B. Walheim	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Angela Campolla-Sanders	....	casting assistant
Ben Harris	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yaa Boaa Aning	....	set costumer
Phyllis Corcoran-Woods	....	costume supervisor
Rebecca M. Graves	....	costume assistant
Jim Hansen	....	costumer
Ric Spencer	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Cameron Arguelles	....	breakdown editor
Vaune Kirby Frechette	....	first assistant editor
Ryan Helsley	....	digital intermediate producer
David Marks	....	first assistant editor
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Mike Sowa	....	digital intermediate colorist
Jay Steinberg	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Bryan Carrigan	....	digital score recordist
Chris Fogel	....	music scoring mixer
Matt Franko	....	music preparation
M.B. Gordy	....	musician: Percussion
Dave Jordan	....	music supervisor
Fred Kron	....	orchestrator
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Jason Ruder	....	temp music editor
Mike Sawitzke	....	pro tools operator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn
John Ashton Thomas	....	conductor
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator
Rebekah Touma	....	music coordinator
Jojo Villanueva	....	music supervisor
Erica Weis	....	music editor
Richard Ziegler	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Ronald Arthur Baker	....	transportation
Denny Caira	....	transportation coordinator
Jayson Chang	....	transportation office coordinator
Wallace Frick	....	transportation captain
Alex E. Burns	....	transportation: re-shoots (uncredited)

Other crew
Laura Bagano	....	key craft service
Mike Barry	....	assistant location manager
Paul Becker	....	choreographer
Colin Borden	....	production assistant: reshoots
Ericka Bryce	....	supervising medic
Joe Camp	....	head animal wrangler
Will Casey	....	unit publicist
Gregory Cebulski	....	production assistant
John Chisholm	....	welfare/studio teacher
Jennifer Clark	....	first assistant accountant
Dennis Curlett Jr.	....	production assistant
David Diamond	....	location manager
Gabrielle Eisenstadt	....	production assistant
Jessica Elbaum	....	assistant: Mr. Ferrell
Cecilia Escobar	....	payroll accountant
Wayne Fielder	....	set medic
David Goodin	....	second assistant accountant
Amy Israel	....	production executive
Sean Kaczmarek	....	accounting clerk
Lauryn Kahn	....	assistant: Mr. McKay
Zachary Kahn	....	key assistant location manager
Jason Kaplon	....	key assistant location manager
Lizzy Jane Klein	....	assistant: Mr. Brennan (as Elizabeth Klein)
Chris Kuhl	....	assistant: Mr. Messick and Ms. Rosner
Cary Sato Lee	....	craft service
Peter Lowe	....	chef
Tammy Maples	....	head animal wrangler
Scott Peterson	....	script supervisor
Nick Plantico	....	animal wrangler
John Sanchez	....	production coordinator
Teddy Saunders	....	assistant: Mr. Piven (as Ted Saunds)
Jessica Jane Stewart	....	production secretary
Elisabeth Stone	....	assistant: Mr. Henchy
Mary Sunshine	....	production accountant
Brooke Vannatta	....	assistant: Mr. Koechner
Jonathon Carmichael	....	technical supervisor (uncredited)
Michelle Faraone	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Rena Hanover	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Chris Stiles	....	researcher (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Vantage (presents)
• Gary Sanchez Productions (as Gary Sanchez)
• Kevin Messick Productions (as Kevin Messick)

Distributors

• Cathay-Keris Films (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Magna Pacific (2009) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Paramount Vantage (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• David Distribucion (2009) (Mexico) (all media)
• Europa Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (all media)
• Europa Filmes (2011) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• CIS Visual Effects Group (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Air Hollywood  aviation sets and interiors
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Got Films  camera equipment provided by (world premier)
• Hyperion Sound  music mixed at
• Picture Mill, The  titles
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Sony Pictures Stock Footage  stock footage
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Spacecam Systems  aerial cameras provided by
• Technicolor  release printing

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, nudity, pervasive language and some drug material

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44379) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | Iceland:14 | Ireland:16 | UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 | Mexico:B15 | Netherlands:12 | Brazil:16 | Malaysia:18 | Australia:MA (2010)

Filming Locations:

Alhambra, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Vantage

Trivia:

The Trans Am at Selleck Motors most likely wasn't used in the making of Smokey and the Bandit. The most telling sign of this is that the interior is golden brown, and not dark blue which was the color of the interior in the original Bandit car.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the scene where Don is making a tandem skydive into the Selleck dealership, there are a number of obvious mistakes regarding the parachute gear: You can see there is no main parachute connected at the "three ring circus" connector point on the main harness as the two are in the aircraft doorway; There is no drogue parachute used during the freefall; Under canopy, there are only 5 or 6 straight cords connecting the parachute to the harness, instead of 10 to 12 split lines; The parachute the two land under is very small (less than 200 square feet), instead of the 400 - 500 square feet required for a tandem rig; and when Cessna Jim pulls his parachute up after landing, it is not connected anywhere to the harness.

Quotes:

Don Ready:I'm sorry. I apologize. I'm... I'm a Christian man or whatever religion dominates the region I'm selling in, but you have to admit it did sound like she was talking about the big va-jay-jay, right?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: District 9/The Time Traveler's Wife/The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (#1.24)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Bald Medusa

Plot? Who says a comedy needs a plot?

Plot? Who says a comedy needs a plot? Apparently no one ever told Andy Stock or Rick Stemson, but that doesn't seem to matter much. The Goods is an absolutely hilarious look at the irreverent business of selling used cars that hasn't been addressed this well since "Cadillac Man" or "Used Cars".

They picked the perfect cast for this side splitter. Jeremy Piven is one of those guys who can pull off the two-dimensional character with finesse. His portrayal of Don Ready is the perfect lead for this cast of unlikely car salesmen trying to save the failing dealership. Ving Rhames plays his role with audacity, as do both Kathryn Hahn and David Koechner, all three exceptional comedians in their own right.

Seeing Alan Thicke and James Brolin in the film, along with Wendie Mallck, reminds us that older actors may not take the stage often, but when they do, they know their stuff. While their roles are brief, they are exceptional and add the right amount of balance to the film.

All in all, while I don't see this film walking away with any Oscars, it is an entertaining adult comedy with some great lines and a few scenes so ridiculous they are priceless. The kiddies need to be in bed or out playing in the yard though. Rated a serious R of language and nudity. Oh, don't forget to keep your eyes peeled for a cameo by the ever hot Gina Gershon.