In the early '60s, Baltimore is the epicenter of the aluminum-siding business, and the men who sell the stuff ("tin men") care about basically two things in life: making sales (legal and otherwise) and owning the latest model Cadillac. Two of these guys (Danny DeVito and Richard Dreyfus, perfectly cast), who work at competing companies, have a minor collision (Dreyfus’ Caddy is fresh off the lot with 1/16th of a mile on it!). This triggers a major war of one-upmanship starting with DeVito busting out Dreyfus’ car windows and quickly escalating to Dreyfus seducing DeVito’s beautiful, bored wife (Barbara Hershey). Written and directed by Barry Levinson, TIN MEN is both funny and poignant. Watch for several of Levinson’s signature coffee shop scenes replete with hilarious dialogue, and check out these quotes from the movie.
TIN MEN (1987)
Tin-acious salesmen
In the early '60s, Baltimore is the epicenter of the aluminum-siding business, and the men who sell the stuff ("tin men") care about basically two things in life: making sales (legal and otherwise) and owning the latest model Cadillac. Two of these guys (Danny DeVito and Richard Dreyfus, perfectly cast), who work at competing companies, have a minor collision (Dreyfus’ Caddy is fresh off the lot with 1/16th of a mile on it!). This triggers a major war of one-upmanship starting with DeVito busting out Dreyfus’ car windows and quickly escalating to Dreyfus seducing DeVito’s beautiful, bored wife (Barbara Hershey). Written and directed by Barry Levinson, TIN MEN is both funny and poignant. Watch for several of Levinson’s signature coffee shop scenes replete with hilarious dialogue, and check out these quotes from the movie.
