Tin Men Details

Director Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Good Morning, Vietnam) is much sought after in Hollywood, but his smaller personal projects remain the most fun. This, along with Diner, is one of his best. Danny DeVito and Richard Dreyfuss are the rival aluminium cladding salesmen who fall out after a car accident and become locked in an ever-escalating feud. The two leads spark off each other superbly and they are ably supported by the likes of Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, Bruno Kirby and JT Walsh. The 1960s settings are lovingly re-created and Levinson wonderfully captures the hustling banter of the reps. In spite of the laughs, there's a bittersweet undercurrent running throughout and the tone is one of regret rather than warm nostalgia.

Levinson's Tin Men are aluminium siding salesmen not averse to posing as Life magazine photographers to get the foot in... read more on Time Out