San Francisco Documentary Festival 2009

OPENING NGHT FILM

If you're a documentary filmmaker like Jonathan Bricklin, you could hardly have a more slam-dunk subject than dad Malcolm Bricklin, famous importer of the Yugo and Subaru, maker of the infamous 'Bricklin SV-1' automobile, and onetime millionaire, as he races around the world chasing one last deal. And it's a big one! The movie chronicles Bricklin's, um, let's just say 'awe-inspiring' negotiating style, from private meetings with his investors to epic negotiations with executives of China's leading automobile manufacturer, and ending with a nail-biting, down-to-the-11th-hour conclusion. Produced by Morgan Spurlock of Super-Size Me.