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	\| caption = Film poster		\| caption = Film poster
	\| director = ]		\| director = ]
	\| ~~producer~~ = ~~Bob Brown<br />~~Jeff Daniels~~<br />Tom Spiroff~~		\| writer = Jeff Daniels
			\| story = {{Plainlist\|
	\| writer = Jeff Daniels<br />Guy Sanville
			* Jeff Daniels
	\| starring = Jeff Daniels<br />]<br />]<br />]
			* Guy Sanville
⚫	\| editing =
			}}
⚫	\| ~~distributor~~ = Purple Rose Films
			\| producer = Tom Spiroff
⚫	\| released = ~~February~~ 24~~, 2002 ''(~~Jackson, MI premiere~~)''<br />January~~ 24~~, 2003<br />''(~~US release~~)''~~
			\| starring = {{Plainlist\|
			* Jeff Daniels
			* ]
			* ]
		⚫	* ]
			* John Seibert
			* Guy Sanville
			* Kate Packham
			* Sandra Birch
			* Michelle Mountain<ref name="purplerosetheatre/michelle-mountain">{{cite web \|title=Michelle Mountain \|url=https://www.purplerosetheatre.org/artists/michelle-mountain/ \|website=The Purple Rose Theatre Company \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|date=23 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="youtube=nAc1zVgEU2k">{{cite web \|author1=Purple Rose Theatre Company \|title=Michelle Mountain - Across the Way \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAc1zVgEU2k \|website=Monologue Project \|publisher=youtube \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|language=en}}</ref>
			* Will Young
			}}
			\| cinematography = Richard Brauer<ref name="brauer/history">{{cite web \|title=History \|url=https://www.brauer.com/history \|website=Brauer Productions, Inc. \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|language=en}}</ref>
		⚫	\| editing = Robert Tomlinson
			\| music = ]
		⚫	\| studio = Purple Rose Films
		⚫	\| released = {{Film date\|2002\|02\|24\|] premiere\|2003\|01\|24\|US release}}
	\| runtime = 95 minutes		\| runtime = 95 minutes
	\| country = United States		\| country = United States
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	'''''Super Sucker''''' is a ~~2003~~ film featuring ], ], and ~~Kate~~ ~~Peckham~~.		'''''Super Sucker''''' is a 2002 film featuring ], ], ], and ].

			==Plot==
	Filmed in ], Daniels and Presnell play Fred Barlow and Winslow Schnaebelt, the heads of two different groups of door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen who are competing for the same territory. Their rivalry becomes so fierce that the president of the manufacturer of the product, Mr. Suckerton, decides that for the good of the company, the town will have only one group of sales representatives. Desperate, and always the underdog, Barlow suggests a winner-take-all sales contest to determine who gets the territory. Well behind Schnaebelt from the very start, Barlow's sales surge when he learns of his wife's non-traditional use of a long forgotten vacuum attachment.
			Fred Barlow (Daniels) and Winslow Schnaebelt (Presnell), are the heads of two different door-to-door vacuum cleaner distributors, with salesmen who are competing for the same territory. Their rivalry becomes so fierce that the president of the manufacturer of the product, Mr. Suckerton, decides that for the good of the company, the town will have only one group of sales representatives. Desperate, and always the underdog, Barlow suggests a winner-take-all sales contest to determine who gets the territory. Well behind Schnaebelt from the very start, Barlow's sales surge when he learns of his wife's non-traditional use of, the circular nap nipper,<ref name="encyclopedia.com/daniels-jeff-1955">{{cite web \|title=Daniels, Jeff 1955– \|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/daniels-jeff-1955 \|website=Encyclopedia.com}}</ref> a "homemaker's little helper",<ref name="thelantern/2003/01/daniels-sucks">{{cite news \|last1=LaPlace \|first1=Todd \|last2=Christ \|first2=Eric \|title=Daniels sucks up laughs in new film \|url=https://www.thelantern.com/2003/01/daniels-sucks-up-laughs-in-new-film/ \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|work=The Lantern \|date=January 28, 2003 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628082932/https://www.thelantern.com/2003/01/daniels-sucks-up-laughs-in-new-film/ \|archive-date=28 June 2023 \|location=Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio}}</ref><ref name="latimes/2002-feb-22-lv-angles22">{{cite news \|last1=Piccalo \|first1=Gina \|last2=Roug \|first2=Louise \|title=Strolling the Boardwalk With Actor Jeff Daniels \|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-22-lv-angles22-story.html \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|work=Los Angeles Times \|date=22 February 2002}}</ref> a long forgotten vacuum attachment.

	The movie, written by Daniels, won the 2002 ] audience award for Best Feature but never obtained national distribution.

	==Cast==		==Cast==
	*~~Fred Barlow –~~ ]		* ] as Fred Barlow
	*~~Howard Butterworth –~~ ]		* ] as Howard Butterworth
	*~~Winslow Schnaebelt –~~ ]		* ] as Winslow Schnaebelt
			* ] as herself
	*Bunny Barlow – Michelle Mountain
			* John Seibert as Shelby
	*Darlene – Kate Peckham
			* Guy Sanville as Leonard
⚫	*] ~~– herself~~
			* Kate Packham as Darlene
	*Jill – Suzi Regan
	*~~Rhonda –~~ Sandra Birch		* Sandra Birch as Rhonda
			* Michelle Mountain<ref name="purplerosetheatre/michelle-mountain"/><ref name="youtube=nAc1zVgEU2k"/> as Bunny Barlow
			* Will Young as Clifford

			==Production ==
			Daniels made<ref name="britannica/Jeff-Daniels">{{cite web \|title=Jeff Daniels \|url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Jeff-Daniels \|website=Britannica .com \|language=en}}</ref> Super Sucker in ], and ],<ref name="TCMDb/533776">{{TCMDb title \| id= 533776 \| title= Super Sucker}}</ref> with Michigan performers<ref name="purplerosetheatre/michelle-mountain"/> and technicians.<ref name="nitrateonline/2003/fsucker"/>

			==Release==
			''Super Sucker'' opened on 24 January 2003 (] weekend), on 125 screens in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Kansas, and Missouri,<ref name="nitrateonline/2003/fsucker">{{cite web \|last1=Lybarger \|first1=Dan \|title=Super Sucker - Interview with Jeff Daniels - Nitrate Online Feature \|url=https://nitrateonline.com/2003/fsucker.html \|website=nitrateonline.com \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|date=24 January 2003}}</ref> but never obtained national distribution.<ref>{{asin\|B001HT2D9Y}}</ref> Purple Rose is the distribution company and the distributor.<ref name="nitrateonline/2003/fsucker"/>

			<blockquote>"It didn’t do as well as we had hoped when we released it in the Midwest. We had hoped it would do better, but distributing a film, particularly by yourself, is always a dicey enterprise. The video and DVD deal is in place, so we project it will make its money back. Domestic theatrical distribution is just a very difficult thing." — ]<ref name="dailyfreeman/2003/02/22/jeff-daniels">{{cite news \|last1=Householder \|first1=Michael \|title=Jeff Daniels’ film career blooming despite moving back to Michigan \|url=https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2003/02/22/jeff-daniels-film-career-blooming-despite-moving-back-to-michigan/ \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|work=Daily Freeman \|date=22 February 2003 \|location=Kingston, New York}}</ref> </blockquote>

			==Reception==
			''Super Sucker'' won the 2002 Audience Award for Best Feature at HBO's ] in Aspen, Colorado.<ref name="brauer/history"/><ref name="dramatists/Jeff+Daniels">{{cite web \|title=Jeff Daniels \|url=https://www.dramatists.com/dps/bios.aspx?authorbio=Jeff+Daniels \|website=Dramatists Play Service, Inc. \|access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>

			"I haven't a clue what this movie is about." — Christopher Borrelli, film critic, ].<ref name="toledoblade/Super-Sucker-Daniels">{{cite news \|last1=Borrelli \|first1=Christopher \|title=Super Sucker: Daniels has a well-meaning dud \|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/movies/2003/01/24/Super-Sucker-Daniels-has-a-well-meaning-dud/stories/200301240004 \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|work=The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) \|publisher=Toledo Blade Co \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628074916/https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/movies/2003/01/24/Super-Sucker-Daniels-has-a-well-meaning-dud/stories/200301240004 \|archive-date=28 June 2023 \|location=Toledo, Ohio \|language=en}}</ref>

			"I cannot recommend this movie highly enough. Jeff Daniels has crafted a comedy that is intelligent, well-acted, and laugh-out-loud funny." — ''Moriarty'',<ref name="aintitcool/14291">{{cite web \|title=Early Review For New Jeff Daniels Comedy SUPER SUCKER!! \|url=https://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/14291 \|website=Aint It Cool News \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|language=en \|date=January 24, 2003}}</ref> ]

			"A solid mix of lowball and under-the-breath humor, Super Sucker is a balanced and worthwhile film." — Nathan Lichtman,<ref name="badgerherald/super-sucker-blows">{{cite news \|last1=Lichtman \|first1=Nathan \|title="Super Sucker" blows — and that’s a good thing \|url=https://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2003/02/03/super-sucker-blows/ \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|work=The Badger Herald \|date=3 February 2003}}</ref> ]

			"Super Sucker... is a terrible movie. But that doesn’t prevent it from being interesting and even admirable as a grassroots phenomenon." — ],<ref name="jonathanrosenbaum/buyer-beware">{{cite news \|last1=Rosenbaum \|first1=Jonathan \|author1-link=Jonathan Rosenbaum \|title=Buyer Beware \|url=https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2023/01/buyer-beware/ \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|work=Jonathan Rosenbaum .net}}</ref> ] (January 24, 2003)<!-- https://chicagoreader.com/film/buyer-beware-2/ -->

			"Daniels (goes) for big, tawdry, gloriously cheap yuks. Bless him for it" — Tom Lang,<ref name="encyclopedia.com/daniels-jeff-1955"/> ]

			"This is juvenile stuff (not a bad thing) and Super Sucker makes no bones about its meaning or pedigree (also not a bad thing)" — Erin Podolsky,<ref name="metrotimes/2283478">{{cite news \|last1=Podolsky \|first1=Erin \|title=Super Sucker \|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/arts/super-sucker-2283478 \|access-date=28 June 2023 \|work=Detroit Metro Times \|language=en}}</ref> ]

			==References==
			{{Reflist}}

	==External links==		==External links==
	*		* {{cite web \|title=SuperSucker - A Purple Rose Film \|url=http://supersuckerthemovie.com/ \|website=supersuckerthemovie.com <!-- \|access-date=28 June 2023 --> \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030404095133/http://supersuckerthemovie.com/ \|archive-date=4 April 2003}}
			* {{cite web \|title=Super Sucker (Trailer) \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3CmjNTfXTw \|website=youtube \|language=en}}
⚫	* {{~~imdb~~ title\|0293624\|Super Sucker}}
			* {{Rotten Tomatoes\|super_sucker}}
	* {{Amg movie\|260751\|Super Sucker}}
			* {{Mojo title \| id= 0293624 \| title= Super Sucker }} <!-- * {{Mojo title\|supersucker}} -->
			* {{TCMDb title \| id= 533776 \| title= Super Sucker}}
		⚫	* {{IMDb title\|0293624\|Super Sucker}}

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Latest revision as of 07:02, 22 December 2024

2002 film by Jeff Daniels

Super Sucker
Film poster
Directed by	Jeff Daniels
Written by	Jeff Daniels
Story by	Jeff Daniels Guy Sanville
Produced by	Tom Spiroff
Starring	Jeff Daniels Matt Letscher Harve Presnell Dawn Wells John Seibert Guy Sanville Kate Packham Sandra Birch Michelle Mountain Will Young
Cinematography	Richard Brauer
Edited by	Robert Tomlinson
Music by	Alto Reed
Production company	Purple Rose Films
Release dates	February 24, 2002 (2002-02-24) (Jackson, MI premiere) January 24, 2003 (2003-01-24) (US release)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Super Sucker is a 2002 film featuring Jeff Daniels, Harve Presnell, Matt Letscher, and Dawn Wells.

Plot

Fred Barlow (Daniels) and Winslow Schnaebelt (Presnell), are the heads of two different door-to-door vacuum cleaner distributors, with salesmen who are competing for the same territory. Their rivalry becomes so fierce that the president of the manufacturer of the product, Mr. Suckerton, decides that for the good of the company, the town will have only one group of sales representatives. Desperate, and always the underdog, Barlow suggests a winner-take-all sales contest to determine who gets the territory. Well behind Schnaebelt from the very start, Barlow's sales surge when he learns of his wife's non-traditional use of, the circular nap nipper, a "homemaker's little helper", a long forgotten vacuum attachment.

Cast

Jeff Daniels as Fred Barlow
Matt Letscher as Howard Butterworth
Harve Presnell as Winslow Schnaebelt
Dawn Wells as herself
John Seibert as Shelby
Guy Sanville as Leonard
Kate Packham as Darlene
Sandra Birch as Rhonda
Michelle Mountain as Bunny Barlow
Will Young as Clifford

Production

Daniels made Super Sucker in Jackson, Michigan, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with Michigan performers and technicians.

Release

Super Sucker opened on 24 January 2003 (Super Bowl weekend), on 125 screens in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Kansas, and Missouri, but never obtained national distribution. Purple Rose is the distribution company and the distributor.

"It didn’t do as well as we had hoped when we released it in the Midwest. We had hoped it would do better, but distributing a film, particularly by yourself, is always a dicey enterprise. The video and DVD deal is in place, so we project it will make its money back. Domestic theatrical distribution is just a very difficult thing." — Jeff Daniels

Reception

Super Sucker won the 2002 Audience Award for Best Feature at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.

"I haven't a clue what this movie is about." — Christopher Borrelli, film critic, Toledo Blade.

"I cannot recommend this movie highly enough. Jeff Daniels has crafted a comedy that is intelligent, well-acted, and laugh-out-loud funny." — Moriarty, Ain't It Cool News

"A solid mix of lowball and under-the-breath humor, Super Sucker is a balanced and worthwhile film." — Nathan Lichtman, The Badger Herald

"Super Sucker... is a terrible movie. But that doesn’t prevent it from being interesting and even admirable as a grassroots phenomenon." — Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader (January 24, 2003)

"Daniels (goes) for big, tawdry, gloriously cheap yuks. Bless him for it" — Tom Lang, Detroit News

"This is juvenile stuff (not a bad thing) and Super Sucker makes no bones about its meaning or pedigree (also not a bad thing)" — Erin Podolsky, Metro Times

References

^ "Michelle Mountain". The Purple Rose Theatre Company. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ Purple Rose Theatre Company. "Michelle Mountain - Across the Way". Monologue Project. youtube. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "History". Brauer Productions, Inc. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "Daniels, Jeff 1955–". Encyclopedia.com.
LaPlace, Todd; Christ, Eric (January 28, 2003). "Daniels sucks up laughs in new film". The Lantern. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
Piccalo, Gina; Roug, Louise (22 February 2002). "Strolling the Boardwalk With Actor Jeff Daniels". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
"Jeff Daniels". Britannica .com.
Super Sucker at the TCM Movie Database
^ Lybarger, Dan (24 January 2003). "Super Sucker - Interview with Jeff Daniels - Nitrate Online Feature". nitrateonline.com. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
ASIN B001HT2D9Y
Householder, Michael (22 February 2003). "Jeff Daniels' film career blooming despite moving back to Michigan". Daily Freeman. Kingston, New York. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
"Jeff Daniels". Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
Borrelli, Christopher. "Super Sucker: Daniels has a well-meaning dud". The Blade (Toledo, Ohio). Toledo, Ohio: Toledo Blade Co. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
"Early Review For New Jeff Daniels Comedy SUPER SUCKER!!". Aint It Cool News. January 24, 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
Lichtman, Nathan (3 February 2003). ""Super Sucker" blows — and that's a good thing". The Badger Herald. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
Rosenbaum, Jonathan. "Buyer Beware". Jonathan Rosenbaum .net. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
Podolsky, Erin. "Super Sucker". Detroit Metro Times. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

External links

"SuperSucker - A Purple Rose Film". supersuckerthemovie.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2003.
"Super Sucker (Trailer)". youtube.
Super Sucker at Rotten Tomatoes
Super Sucker at Box Office Mojo
Super Sucker at the TCM Movie Database
Super Sucker at IMDb

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