What movie is this scene in?
October 6, 2010 10:57 AM
Just trying to remember what movie this scene is from . . . .
It takes place in some giant electronics store. One of the movie's main characters works there, and he's trying to sell a stereo system to a not-very-bright customer, and he's going on and on, trading the guy up to something super-incredible-powerful, and he's telling the guy how fantastic this system is and how it'll blow away anything else on the planet, and he whips both himself and the guy into a frenzy, and then . . . the guy's wife/girlfriend appears, and she's hugely pregnant, and the salesman realizes, damn, he can't do this, so he starts talking the guy back down into something practical instead of making a giant sale. Ring any bells? The movie could be as old as the 80s.
It takes place in some giant electronics store. One of the movie's main characters works there, and he's trying to sell a stereo system to a not-very-bright customer, and he's going on and on, trading the guy up to something super-incredible-powerful, and he's telling the guy how fantastic this system is and how it'll blow away anything else on the planet, and he whips both himself and the guy into a frenzy, and then . . . the guy's wife/girlfriend appears, and she's hugely pregnant, and the salesman realizes, damn, he can't do this, so he starts talking the guy back down into something practical instead of making a giant sale. Ring any bells? The movie could be as old as the 80s.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High? I remember Judge Reinhold working at a stereo store, maybe?
posted by Admiral Haddock at 11:01 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by Admiral Haddock at 11:01 AM on October 6, 2010
Yeah, Ruthless People. It was Judge Rheinhold as the salesman. Great movie, by the way.
posted by jquinby at 11:02 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by jquinby at 11:02 AM on October 6, 2010
Yes, I think it must have been Ruthless People. Apparently I saw that scene and nothing else in the movie. Thanks!
posted by JanetLand at 11:04 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by JanetLand at 11:04 AM on October 6, 2010
"If you can't afford it, fuckin' finance it!!"
Definitely Ruthless People... great scene!
posted by Crane Shot at 11:04 AM on October 6, 2010
Definitely Ruthless People... great scene!
posted by Crane Shot at 11:04 AM on October 6, 2010
You should definitely check out the rest of the movie. Underrated film.
Incidentally, fans of Ruthless People should check out Elmore Leonard's The Switch. It's a very different take on a very similar plot conceit.
posted by Sticherbeast at 11:07 AM on October 6, 2010
Incidentally, fans of Ruthless People should check out Elmore Leonard's The Switch. It's a very different take on a very similar plot conceit.
posted by Sticherbeast at 11:07 AM on October 6, 2010
And if anyone would like to see the scene, it's here, starting at 2:20.
posted by JanetLand at 11:17 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by JanetLand at 11:17 AM on October 6, 2010
I have always loved the plotting of Ruthless People. I was young when I first saw but remember being really entertained at the way the plot followed back on itself.
posted by ao4047 at 11:44 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by ao4047 at 11:44 AM on October 6, 2010
Worth pointing out that a character in Fast Times at Ridgemont High does work at a stereo store, but it's not Reinhold, it's Ron Johnson, the guy who takes Stacy's virginity. Brad Hamilton (Reinhold) works at All-American Burger, then at Captain Kidd Fish and Chips, then at a convenience store.
posted by Chrysostom at 1:25 PM on October 6, 2010
posted by Chrysostom at 1:25 PM on October 6, 2010
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