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Wheeler Dealers [VHS]

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Please put this interesting nostalgic James Garner movie on DVD so that humble people such as myseklf can afford it.Thanks!!!

Henry Tyroon (James Garner), Texas oilman and wheeler-dealer has to go to the city (New York) to earn one-million-two. There he encounters an aspiring stockbroker, Molly Thatcher (Lee Remick). While Henry spends time getting to know Molly, Molly leans the ins and outs of selling stock in Universal Widget.

This film is packed with great and diverse personalities. Chill Wills, Jim Backus, and Louis Nye to name a few.

"You don't go wheel'n and deal'n for money, money is just a way of keeping score.

If you like Lee Remick in this film than you really must see The Hallelujah Trail (1965).

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The Hallelujah Trail

the first of a myriad of one liners that can be gleaned from this promoter's classic. Slow in parts but full of enough sixties schtick and knee slappin stereotype humor to amuse anyone.

This is a worthwhile James Garner film with a script that was written by someone who actually understands business, the stock market, and Wall Street. How many movies have you seen where the concept of what is and isn't a mutual fund is accurately discussed? Good supporting roles by Jim Backus, John Astin, and many other familiar character actors. An interesting side-note: Garner's character in this film is almost certainly the prototype for Jimmy Joe Meeker, one of Jim Rockford's many aliases in "The Rockford Files".

Transplant Texan, Garner, needs money so he goes to the Big Apple to get some. He Meets a female stock broker banging her head on the glass ceiling who thinks he is rich.

This is one of my top 5 Garner movies and this is a movie that is just fun to watch. I love the scene at the restuarant with the steak. Crunch Crunch. My complements to the chef.

A sort of IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT meets the TV show McCLOUD movie with good clean Texas fun.

Haven't seen this one in ages but remember really enjoying it when I saw it on TV back in the 70's. One line has stuck with me all that time and it frequently comes to mind, anytime I'm asked how I want my meat cooked in a restaurant, in fact. When asked in a ritzy NYC restaurant how he wants his steak, Garner's character says, "Burn it and bring me a bottle of ketchup," to the disdain of the snooty waiter. That's how I remember it, anyway. Not that this is how I would ever order a steak, but I am always tempted as a sort of tribute to this obviously memorable film.

One of the funniest movies ever made, "The Wheeler Dealers" stands up well to the test of time. As Henry Tyroon, ostensibly a boy genius Texas oilman who goes to New York in search of another big score, James Garner displays the mastery of deadpan comic timing that made him such a success a decade later in "The Rockford Files." The enticing Lee Remick, in a role that predates and presages "women's lib," plays Molly Thatcher, a "girl" who works on Wall Street, given an impossible assignment by her boss, a foolish no-goodnik played by Jim Backus, in order to give himself the justification he needs to fire the only woman at his firm. Naturally, Henry and Molly end up working on a deal together, promoting shares of "International Widget," only to be hunted by an SEC sleuth played to the absurd hilt by John Astin, who indicts them for everything in the book, including "conspiracy to lurk." Phil Harris, Chill Wills, and Charles Watts, are Ray Jay, Jay Ray and J.R., a trio of Texas wheeler-dealers who follow Henry everywhere in their private jet. Louis Nye is especially winning as a canny painter, more con-artist than artist, hilariously capitalizing on the faddishness of the New York art scene.

I strongly agree with the person asking that this movie be issued on DVD. It was slow to reach VHS, as well. The reason for the tardiness, I have long suspected, is one unfortunate throwaway line, in which the Henry Tyroon character alludes to "wetback Spanish," an ethnic slur much less shocking in 1963 than it would be by the time the '60s were over. The legal wrangling necessary to bring an old movie forward onto a new format is undoubtedly complicated enough without having to address charges of racism.

This an excellent family movie. It's very irreverent, making fun of the stock market, the SEC, modern art, New Yorkers, Texans, and Yankees, to name a few. None of the jabs are mean-spirited, and so even fans of Jackson Pollock can enjoy the character that is based (in part) on him. The jokes seem funnier over time (Henry's explanation of expressionist and impressionist painting to his group of cowboy partners is a hoot), and there is enough slapstick in the movie to keep kids entertained while you are laughing at jokes about securities fraud.

I'm so glad this is finally out on video. I've been wanting to show it to my lady for years!

This is an old video and I was pleased to be able to find it on Amazon.com. My purchase arrived quickly in great condition. I would buy from this vendor again. Thank you. Rosemary