Whats the scariest thing to come out the great state of massachusetts. I n the late 1990s the british cinema gave us peter cattaneos the full monty, a bitter comedy about unemployed steelworkers in sheffield. The lives of three men trying to cope with losing their jobs as the result of corporate downsizing. The company men cast and crew cast photos and info. The recommendations made by the employment counselor were the same things i heard. The company men, aka the supposed problems of unsympathetic rich people or good actors stuck in a mediocre movie, tries to be timely, but its as out of touch as pat buchanan. It tells a story that though nearly too tragic yet very familiar still needs to be told.
It features ben affleck, kevin costner, chris cooper and tommy lee jones it premiered at the 26th sundance film festival on january 22, 2010 and had a oneweek run in december 10, 2010 to be eligible for the years academy awards. He is a rising star at work and has all the material trappings of success. The company men puts us down on the ground after having been up in the air. The company men 2010 full movie online long island breakfast. The company men 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company and how that affects them, their families, and their communities. A successful businessman comes facetoface with americas downsizing epidemic when he loses his. The company men follows the fortunes of three executives walker, gene mcclary tommy lee jones and phil woodward chris cooper after they are fired from the same company as it struggles to raise its share price in an adverse market.
The company men on dvd june 7, 2011 starring kevin costner, tommy lee jones, ben affleck, maria bello. Subscribe to watch the best free full length movies. Starring ben affleck, tommy lee jones, chris cooper, rosemarie dewitt, maria bello, craig t. With ben affleck, chris cooper, tommy lee jones, suzanne rico. Thus the company men would have been a much better movie if at least one of the good guy characters, such as the jones character, was a positive force for change, with an interest in and a. The company men did not do a bad job of making a dramtic film with a potential happy. The film, which was adapted from a play written by labute, and served as his feature film debut, won him the independent spirit award for best first screenplay. The company men 2010 r 1h 44m dramas a successful businessman comes facetoface with americas downsizing epidemic when he loses his job and is forced to take a construction gig. The wenstein co has released the first full length movie trailer for the company men, john wells feature directorial debut. Finding a job is a fulltime job on its own and may be the hardest one of all. The company men 2011 a young executive at a shipping and manufacturing conglomerate, bobby walker ben affleck is on the fast track to the top.
Ben affleck and kevin costner illustrate our recession trauma in this latest release. The company men on showtime a downsized executive goes to work for his brotherinlaw in construction. The world is full of paper pushing and we get carried away with stats rather than focusing on how to work together to make a better world and future. It features ben affleck, kevin costner, chris cooper and tommy lee jones. I found it offers reasonable food for thought, despite a. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the company men near you. The company menfilm synopsis a young executive at a shipping and manufacturing conglomerate, bobby walker ben affleck is on the fast. Bobby walker ben affleck is living the american dream. The company men l ike the recent oscarwinning doco inside job, the global financial crisis of 2008 is the sharpened plot point cutting everyone to shreds in the company men. Results importanceapplication ethical discussion bowie carr orlando maitland schimmel overall. The company men offers no great elation or despair. The whole movie seemed extremely real to me, up until the ending. Michael piccini 10 apr 14 ethics oral presentation the company men the ethics of downsizing did gtx act ethically.
When company men lose their clean white collars npr. A deeply empathetic film about men and women left unmoored after losing their jobs, it hits the right note. Watch the company men online stream full movie directv. A scene where the laidoff men throw rocks at the companys sparkling new headquarters is, in its anger and helplessness, the most honest moment in the movie. The company men charts the path of those who fail to adapt to a changing landscape, and those who do. Ten life lessons i took away from watching the company. The company men 2011 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Read the in the company of men movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Ben affleck takes a hard fall in the company men the. The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company and how that affects them. It might be hard for most viewers to identify with the company mens. The company men is a drama film that was released in 2010. Company man 2001 cast and crew company man is the story of a nerdy connecticut grammar school teacher who stumbles into becoming a legendary international spy hero in an effort to avoid his. As the companys chief observes, we work for stockholders now.
Topics movie trailers, dramas, business dramas, the recession, ben affleck, chris cooper, tommy lee jones. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. This is a well done film that shows the impact of todays economy on a variety of individuals, mostly from the same company. Everything you need to know about the company men movie. Thats the case with the company men, the bigscreen debut of writerdirector john wells, who produced tvs er, the west wing, third watch, and china beach. The movie was released commercially in the united states and canada on january. A young executive at a shipping and manufacturing conglomerate, bobby walker ben affleck is on the fast track to the top. Three men try to survive during a year in which their company undergoes corporate downsizing. When corporate downsizing leaves him and coworkers phil. Their lives seem to be going kind of good, but things quickly change for them when their business decides to downsize. Park city the company men looks at corporate downsizing squarely in the face that is, the faces of startled men, some still relatively young but others much older whose whole selfimage.
Then his company goes through a few rounds of layoffs, so bobby and colleagues phil chris cooper and gene tommy lee jones find themselves on the unemployment line. The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company and how that aff. After the panic of what are we going to do recedes, there is a universal lesson learned, said wells. The movie powerfully revisits a theme touched on last year in the bitter comic drama up in the air. I had first watched this 2010 movie a few years ago and, for kicks, decided to watch it again. The company men is 2010 american drama film, written and directed by john wells. The film revolves around two male coworkers, chad and howard, who, angry.
The film involves three men who work at a stereotypical corporate office. This is the story of a whitecollar worker who gets laid off due to the company downsizing. Wells is best known for writing and producing hundreds of episodes. In theatres january 21 bobby walker ben affleck is living the american dream. A round of layoffs leave a hotshot executive and two older colleagues facing the end of their careers, forcing each to find a way to move forward. At its heart, the company men is not the recession movie but rather a film that traces the journey back home to family, to love, and to the joy that comes from building something from the ground up. In the company of men is a 1997 canadianamerican black comedy film written and directed by neil labute and starring aaron eckhart, matt malloy, and stacy edwards. Although the actors are convincing, and the film wellcrafted, the company men delivers few satisfactory character portraits because the movie isnt really about characters, its about economic units. When the gtx corporation must cut jobs to improve the companys balance sheet during the 2010 recession, thousands of employees will.
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