Comedy | THE LABOR FILM DATABASE

It Should Happen to You (1954)

86m; U.S.

Director: George Cukor

Cast: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon and Peter Lawford

Synopsis: Gladys Glover has just lost her modelling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it’s love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things — like making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city. Suddenly all of New York is clamoring for Gladys Glover without knowing why and playboy Evan Adams III is making a play for Gladys that even Pete knows will be hard to beat.

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Posted by Metro Council on March 23, 2012 in Comedy, White Collar, Women

The Job (2007)

23 Mar

4m; U.S.

Director: Jonathan Browning, Shaun Greenspan

Synopsis: The tables are turned on a group of white collar professionals in this amusing tale set in a parallel universe right here on earth.

Contact: Youtube link to watch the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGJq8wrw5I Film

Website: http://www.thejobtheshort.com/

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Posted by Metro Council on March 23, 2012 in Available Online, Comedy, SciFi, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), White Collar

I Really Hate My Job (2007)

19 Mar

90m; U.K.

Director: Olive Clark

Synopsis: The story of the lives of five waitresses stuck in a second rate London restaurant with delusions of grandeur. Customers come and go, unaware of the real concerns of these women; a rat or two in the kitchen, bitter arguments about life and art, as well as a coup d’état in the kitchen… all overshadowed by the anticipation of a booking by a famous Hollywood film star.

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Posted by Metro Council on March 19, 2012 in Comedy, Service Workers, Women, Working Class

I’m Alright Jack (1959)

19 Mar

105m; U.K.

Director: John Boulting

Cast: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers

Synopsis: A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labour union.

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Posted by Metro Council on March 19, 2012 in Comedy, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Working Class

Import Export (2007)

19 Mar

135m;

Director: Ulrich Seidl

Cast: Ekateryna Rak, Paul Hofmann, Michael Thomas, Maria Hofstätter, Georg Friedrich, Natalija Baranova, Natalia Epureanu, Petra Morzé, Dirk Stermann, Erich Finsches

Synopsis: This dark comedy is about the crossing stories of a Ukrainian nurse (import) and a maladjusted Viennese security man (export).

Contact: (http://importexport.ulrichseidl.com/en/) Sarah Wilby 45a rathbone Street London W1T 1NW, GB, T +44 20 7580 0222 F +44 20 7580 0333 sarahwilby@mac.com

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Posted by Metro Council on March 19, 2012 in Comedy, Global Economy, Immigrants/Immigration, Working Class

In Good Company (2004)

19 Mar

109m; U.S.

Director: Paul Weitz

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace and Scarlett Johansson

Synopsis: A middle-aged ad exec is faced with a new boss who’s nearly half his age… and who also happens to be sleeping with his daughter.

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Posted by Metro Council on March 19, 2012 in Comedy, Drama, White Collar

Beynelmilel/”The International” (2006)

19 Mar

106m; Turkey

Director: Muharrem Gulmez & Sirri Sureyya Onder

Cast: Cezmi Baskin, Özgü Namal and Umut Kurt

Synopsis: One of the most popular films in Turkey about military rule and resistance.

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Posted by Metro Council on March 19, 2012 in Comedy, Drama, Politics, Working Class

The Invitation (1973)

19 Mar

100m

Director: Claude Goretta

Synopsis (IMDB): “After the death of his mother, middle-aged insurance employee inherits her small cottage surrounded by a garden. Selling the cottage which is situated on unexploited ground near the center of a big city makes him a rich man and he buys a big house in the countryside. He takes some time off and decides to throw a big garden party at the house and invite all his colleagues from the office. Aided by alcohol, the guests gradually lose all their inhibitions and reveal personality traits and frustrations that they normally keep hidden.”

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Posted by Metro Council on March 19, 2012 in Comedy

Housewarming (2005)

09 Mar

90m; Belguim

Director: Brigitte Roüan

Cast: Carole Bouquet, Jean-Pierre Castaldi and Didier Flamand

Synopsis (IMDB): Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect. In the mean time a former client decides he is in love with her, her son and daughter are becoming nearly homeless since the flat’s walls are demolished, the architect has new plans every day, an irregular workers fall in love with Chantal too and dance with her daughter, Martin (the son) still continue to roller blade around… Could the works go forward in this mess

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Posted by Metro Council on March 9, 2012 in Comedy, Immigrants/Immigration, Romance, Working Class