Scenes That I Love: Gerrit Graham Battles Inflation in Robert Zemeckis’s Used Cars


Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to director Robert Zemeckis!

Today’s scene that I love comes from Zemeckis’s 1980 comedy, Used Cars!  In this scene, used car salesman Gerrit Graham interrupts a televised presidential address so that he can demonstrate the best way to deal with inflation.

(Of course, he does the demonstration at a rival used car lot.)

Jack Warden watches as his cars blow up while Graham’s boss (Kurt Russell) tries to keep his business partner (Deborah Harmon) from noticing what is happening on the television.

“That price is too high!”

One response to “Scenes That I Love: Gerrit Graham Battles Inflation in Robert Zemeckis’s Used Cars

  1. I have shared this movie a few times, always pointing out it is one of the most overlooked films of the 80’s, much like “The Paper” is one of the most overlooked of the 90’s…I love this film and every single person puts it all out there for the sake of the joke – this scene is hilarious!

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