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00:23Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.
00:26These scenes will clean your teeth and comb your hair.
00:28What's your name?
00:29F*** you! That's my name!
00:32You know why, mister?
00:33Because you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight.
00:36I drove an $80,000 BMW.
00:38That's my name.
00:40Welcome to WatchMojo.com.
00:42You call yourself a salesman, you son of a bitch.
00:44And today, we're counting down our picks for the top 10 sales scenes and pitches from movies.
00:50Only one thing counts in this life.
00:52Get them to sign on the line which is dotted.
00:55For this list, we're looking at the most magnificent, memorable or convincing big screen scenes about the art of making
01:02a deal.
01:02You know what it takes to sell real estate?
01:07It takes brass balls to sell real estate.
01:10The characters involved should be making a sale or being sold to.
01:14You're sitting out there waiting to give you their money.
01:17Are you gonna take it?
01:20Are you man enough to take it?
01:22The films the scenes are from don't necessarily need to be about sales pitches.
01:27You don't like it? Leave.
01:28Though that certainly helps.
01:30Put that coffee down.
01:38Coffee's for closers only.
01:40So, without further ado, let's close this deal.
01:43I can go out there tonight.
01:45The materials you got make myself $15,000.
01:48Tonight, in two hours, can you?
01:55They say the best weapon is one you never have to fire.
01:59I respectfully disagree.
02:00I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once.
02:05In this scene from the first installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe,
02:09good old Tony Stark sells us a grand slam on the last missile defense system the United States will ever
02:14need.
02:15It's the first missile system to incorporate our proprietary repulsor technology.
02:19You can't not adore the already cool and calculated performance by Robert Downey Jr. in all of the Iron Man
02:25movies.
02:26That's how dad did it.
02:27That's how America does it.
02:29And it's worked out pretty well so far.
02:32But if you stick him in front of an explosive blast and he remains cool, calm and collected as he
02:37does here,
02:38then you've sold your movie already.
02:40For your consideration, the Jericho.
02:48As the dust settles on the closing deal, Tony even throws in a nice perk for his military customers.
02:54Now that's class.
02:55I'll be throwing one of these in with every purchase of $500 million or more.
02:58It's a piece.
03:07Planning the kidnapping of your wife is hard enough.
03:11But it's especially so when you have to deal with angry clients on the side.
03:14You're sitting there, you're talking in circles, you're talking like we didn't go over this already.
03:19Sometimes the best way to get around a sale is simply to lie right into your customer's face.
03:24Especially when you're sneaking your way to get them to buy true coat for their cars.
03:28All right, I'm not saying I didn't.
03:30So remember kids, the next time you try to sell something to your client that he doesn't want,
03:34knock off $100 and get them to buy it anyway.
03:37He never done this before.
03:39But seeing as it's special circumstances and all, he says I can knock $100 off that true coat.
03:44Oh, and be prepared to get called a liar in a rather mean fashion.
03:49You lied to me, Mr. Lundgaard.
03:51You're a bald-faced liar.
03:53Bucky, please.
03:56A f***ing liar.
03:57Bucky, please.
04:00Where's my goddamn checkbook?
04:01Let's get this over with.
04:03Number 8.
04:03The Necklace, Love Actually.
04:05Looking for anything in particular, sir?
04:08What's better than a slow shopkeeper in a bustling jewelry store?
04:11Would you like it gift-wrapped?
04:14Uh, yes, Nora.
04:16Lovely.
04:17This scene features an overtly polite and classy performance by England's own crown jewel, Rowan Atkinson.
04:24Look, could we be quite quick?
04:27Certainly, sir.
04:28Ready in the flashiest of flashes.
04:31Insisting that Alan Rickman's haste has been noted, Atkinson's character carefully and meticulously wraps the necklace he's trying to hide
04:38from his wife
04:39in an array of bizarre and extreme methods.
04:49The chemistry of the two actors proves that this sales scene is one of the most shining moments of the
04:55film.
04:56No, no, no, no, no bloody Holly.
04:59But, sir, leave it, leave it, just leave it.
05:01Number 7.
05:02Han Solo's Millennium Falcon.
05:04Star Wars Episode 4, A New Hope.
05:06Han Solo.
05:07I'm Captain of the Millennium Falcon.
05:10Amid this wretched hive of scum and villainy, lays one of the greatest star pilots in Star Wars.
05:15And one of the best barterers, too.
05:17Fast ship.
05:19You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?
05:21Never should I have.
05:23Haggling their way to a ride out of Mos Eisley, Han Solo pitches the Falcon as the fastest in the
05:29galaxy, making the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs.
05:32It's a ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
05:35Impressive, we think.
05:37A handy salesman as well as a smuggler, Han Solo thus proves himself as a negotiator as well as a
05:44star pilot here.
05:45I've outrun Imperial Starships.
05:47Not the local bulk cruisers, mind you.
05:50I'm talking about the big Karelian ships now.
05:52Number 6.
05:53Closing the sale?
05:54Foiler Room.
05:55Hi, Dr. Jacobs.
05:56This is Chris Marlin over at JT Marlin.
05:58The rightful predecessor to a certain Martin Scorsese film,
06:02I'm not f***ing leaving!
06:05Smartly uses Vin Diesel's voice to its full potential by having him act as a stockbroker in this 2000 crime
06:11drama.
06:12That's great, Doc, if you want to miss yet another opportunity here and watch your colleagues get rich doing clinical
06:18trials,
06:18then don't buy a share and hang up the phone.
06:20With the eyes of every employee on his grandeur of a pitch, Diesel schools the entire office with his charming
06:26yet heroic sounding voice.
06:28Well, hold on a second now, I didn't say that. I just want to talk about it so much.
06:31Honestly, Doc, I don't have the time.
06:33This stock is blowing up right now. The whole firm's going nuts. Hold on, let me open up the door
06:38to my office.
06:42Giovanni Ribisi looks thrilled by Diesel's performance.
06:45Ironic, considering that the two met a couple of years previously in Saving Private Ryan.
06:49But there wasn't much in the way of sales going on in that film.
06:52I can't walk you through this right now. I'm sorry.
07:02Okay, okay, let's do this.
07:04Number five. All about that bass? Boogie Nights.
07:07So basically, you're getting twice the bass with the TK-421, which we've got available in this system right here.
07:15It's one thing to hear it from WatchMojo's mouth. It's another to watch the scene for yourself.
07:19Oh, I think you need all that bass. I mean, if you want a system to handle what you want,
07:25yeah, you need the bass.
07:26A sales pitch that appears to be going perfectly until you add in the one turnoff for almost any customer.
07:33Country music.
07:34You hear that? You hear the bass, right? You hear it? It kicks. It turns. It curls up your belly.
07:42Makes you wanna freaky deaky, right?
07:44What we love about this scene is the way it builds for minutes on end with a great rapport between
07:48Buck and his potential customer.
07:50But the energy in the scene turns on a dime.
07:54Go on and move with it if you need to. It helps me.
07:58Thank you for your time.
07:59A nice flavor of comedy for anyone interested.
08:02I don't know what you're talking about.
08:03What is that country western shit? No one's gonna buy a stereo.
08:07What kind of brother are you anyway, huh?
08:09Listen to that shit.
08:10Number four, desktop demonstration, Tommy Boy.
08:13What my associate is trying to say is that, uh, our new brake pads are really cool.
08:19Another flavor of comedy we can all enjoy is Chris Farley's delightful demonstration of his new brake pads in this
08:26road comedy.
08:26Truck tire.
08:28I can't stop!
08:32Help!
08:34There's a cliff!
08:36And your family's screaming,
08:39Oh my god, we're burning alive!
08:42Sometimes it's wise to make use of props when conducting a pitch.
08:45But maybe not to such extremes as these.
08:48No, I can't feel my legs!
08:51In comes a meat wagon!
08:52Wee-hoo, wee-hoo, wee-hoo!
08:54And the medic gets out and says,
08:56Oh my god!
08:58All seems perfectly fine until dear old Chris decides to break out the cliffs, the fire, and ambulances as his
09:05imagination literally runs away with him.
09:07New guys in the corner puking his guts out!
09:12All because you want to save a couple extra pennies.
09:16And to me, it doesn't...
09:17Get out.
09:19Now!
09:20What surprises us most is how a pitch like this could fail.
09:24Do you validate?
09:25Now!
09:26Okay, thank you.
09:28Number three.
09:28You rent it.
09:29Glengarry Glen Ross.
09:31You know, they say you don't buy it.
09:33You rent it.
09:34Huh?
09:35The thing.
09:36Alec Baldwin lays down the laws of the jungle in a matter of ABCs.
09:41A-B-C.
09:43A-Always-B-B-C closing.
09:46Always be closing.
09:48Always be closing.
09:51But it's Al Pacino that brings the true vigor to the art of salesmanship in this drama.
09:56I mean, you don't keep anything, really.
09:58No.
10:00Security.
10:02Things.
10:03Things.
10:04You know?
10:05Mm-hmm.
10:06To the unassuming, this would not appear to be a clear-cut sales pitch.
10:10But that's because Pacino entices us to learn more about what he's talking about
10:14before pulling the trigger on the real estate sale right at the end.
10:18Stocks, bonds, objects of art, real estate.
10:22What are they?
10:23An opportunity.
10:24To what?
10:25To make money?
10:26Perhaps.
10:27To lose money.
10:29Perhaps.
10:30To indulge and to learn about ourselves.
10:33Perhaps.
10:33The pacing is more key than anything else in this scene,
10:37as Pacino frames the sale as an opportunity rather than a standard purchase.
10:41Look at this.
10:44What is this?
10:46This is a piece of land.
10:49Listen to what I'm gonna tell you now.
10:55You give me one shot here on a blue chip stock like Kodak.
10:59And believe me, Kevin, the only problem you're gonna have is that you didn't buy more.
11:07Leave it to Leo DiCaprio to teach us how to be Captain Ahab catching whales.
11:11Excellent choice.
11:13Schooling his associates to be hot and primed stock brokers, Jordan Belford demonstrates his talent in a perfect sales pitch
11:19while mocking every response that comes his way.
11:23Sound fair enough?
11:24Though his performance throughout the film did not land him an Oscar, his sales tactics and demeanor, especially here, have
11:30become almost akin to cult-like inspiration to any would-be future salesman types.
11:35Sound fair enough?
11:38Before we unveil our top pick.
11:40Oh.
11:41Have I got your attention now?
11:43Here are a few honorable mentions.
11:45Sound!
11:47To the man with the exceptional beard and his unexceptional n***a.
11:53It's a bit nipply out.
11:55I mean nippy out.
11:57What did I say?
11:58Nipple?
11:59Can you be here in 20 minutes?
12:03Uh, 20 minutes.
12:04Absolutely.
12:05Just had someone cancel.
12:06Come now.
12:07I can give you a few minutes before the 49ers.
12:08Monday Night Football, buddy.
12:10Yes, sir.
12:11Thank you very much.
12:12See you soon.
12:13Bye-bye.
12:13Okay, see?
12:14See, now you found yourself a**hole.
12:16You were looking for a**hole a**hole a**hole now.
12:18See?
12:19Today's forecast?
12:20Dark and cloudy.
12:21And chance of drive-by.
12:23How many car salesmen talk about their work?
12:25Huh?
12:26How many cigarette salesmen?
12:28Both their products kill more people every year than mine.
12:30At least mine has a safety switch.
12:33The only thing the road cares about is that you pay to visit once in a while.
12:39Nike.
12:40No games.
12:42Just sports.
12:43Number 1.
12:44Buying guns?
12:46Taxi Driver.
12:46Hey Travis, this here's Easy Andy.
12:48He's a traveling salesman.
12:50How you doing, Travis?
12:51This is the moment that puts sales scenes on the map as potential dramatic winners.
12:55You got a .44 Magnum?
12:57It's an expensive weapon.
12:58It's all right.
12:59I got money.
13:00It's a real monster.
13:02Robert De Niro remains almost completely silent for its duration, as he calculates every
13:07word his salesman, Easy Andy, is saying.
13:09There you go.
13:11It's a premium high resale weapon.
13:18Look at that.
13:21Look at that, that's a beauty.
13:23This scene works for how well it displays the character of Travis Bickle, whose actions cautiously hinge around the dealer's
13:29pitch, before he chooses to buy not just one gun, but all of them.
13:33How much for everything?
13:35All together.
13:37Well, only a jackass would carry that cannon in the streets like that.
13:40Here.
13:41When writing this film, Paul Schrader kept a loaded gun on his desk for inspiration.
13:46We can only assume they motivated him, plot out this fantastic scene.
13:50How about dope?
13:51Grass, ash, coke, mescaline, downers, nebutal tonal, chloral hydrates.
13:58How about upper synphetamines?
14:00No, I'm not interested in that stuff.
14:01Do you agree with our list?
14:02Where did you learn your trade, you stupid fucking c**t, you idiot?
14:06Who ever told you that you could work with men?
14:09What movie sales pitches have got your money?
14:11Nice guy?
14:13I don't give a s**t.
14:15Good father?
14:16F**k you.
14:17Go home and play with your kids.
14:18For more top 10 lists that sell themselves.
14:21I wish you good luck, but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it.
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14:27You can't close the leads you're given.
14:29You can't close s**t.
14:30You are s**t.
14:31Hit the bricks, pal, and beat it, cause you are going out.
14:35You are a bit closer to the left.
14:35I'm sure you're gonna go out.
14:36You are a funny guy, man.
14:40I'm good.
14:42I'm good.
14:43You...
14:44You're a funny guy.
14:45You're a funny guy.