Out of Competition

SLASHER



Country of production: USA
Year: 2004
Language: English
Mins: 85

Director: John Landis
Cinematography: Paul Dokuchitz,
Peter Rieveschl
Editing: Martin Apellbaum
Producers: Steven Cantor, Daniel Laikind, Chris Kobin
Production company: The Independent Film Channel
Source: Cristina Dowdell
The Independent Film Channel
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Chicago-native and legendary pop-movie director John Landis makes his first foray into documentary directing. Shot in Memphis, Tennessee, SLASHER follows "the greatest living used car salesman" through a wild weekend of slashing prices and making deals.

Part circus sideshow, part con job and part clinic on the world of business, SLASHER gives us an inside look at the tricks of the used car sales trade, which we will all remember next time we ourselves go looking for a new (or used) car.

Chicago-native John Landis is the award-winning director (and often writer) of some of the most cherished American film comedies of the last thirty years. In 1985, he was made a Chevalier dans l'ordre des arts et des lettres by the French government. More recently, Riminicinema of Italy awarded him with the Federico Fellini prize.

filmography as director
(selected)
SLASHER (2004)
BLUES BROTHERS 2000 (1998)
BEVERLY HILLS COP III (1994)
COMING TO AMERICA (1988)
THREE AMIGOS (1986)
THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980)
ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)

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