91m; U.S.
Director: Michael Moore
Synopsis: On his book tour, Michael Moore exposes more wrongdoing by greedy big businesses and callous politicians around America.
Category Archives: Comedy
Chicken Run (2000)
84M; U.S.
Director: Peter Lord/Nick Park
Cast: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha and Phil Daniel
Synopsis (IMDB): Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Ms. Tweedy, the farm’s owners. Rocky and Ginger lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the murderous farmers and their farm of doom.
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Clerks (1994)
92M; U.S.
Director: Kevin Smith 
Cast: Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson and Marilyn Ghigliotti
Synopsis: A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.
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The Full Monty (1997)
91m; U.K.
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson and Mark Addy
Synopsis: Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for “the full monty” – total nudity.
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The Great Pretenders (2007)
30m; U.S.
Director: Jeremy Cohen
Cast: Raniah Al-Sayed, Keith Brown and Al Bundonis
Synopsis (IMDB): A biting satire from the front lines of the American workplace, where layoffs are so routine they’ve created their own industry – outplacement. Elite Transition Services promises laid-off worker Scott Matter help finding a job and getting back on his feet. But as the job search grows increasingly desperate, Scott finds himself caught in a corporate purgatory where the absurdities of office life are brought into vivid relief.
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Hula Girls (2006)
110m; Japan
Director: Lee Sang-il
Cast: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa and Yû Aoi
Synopsis: Billy Elliot meets “Shall We Dance?” Japanese coal-mining town tries to deal with loss of jobs.
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Modern Times (1936)
87m; U.S.
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard and Henry Bergman
Synopsis (IMDB): Chaplin’s last ‘silent’ film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, (The use of sound in films ?) and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts. He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital… When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again. We follow Charlie through many more escapades before the film is out.
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Office Space (1999)
89m; US
Director: Mike Judge
Writers: Mike Judge (Milton animated shorts), Mike Judge (screenplay)
Cast: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston and David Herman
Synopsis (IMDB): In the Initech office, the insecure Peter Gibbons hates his job and the abusive Division VP Bill Lunbergh that has just hired two consultants to downsize the company. His best friends are the software engineers Michael Bolton and Samir Nagheenanajar that also hate Initech, and his next door neighbor Lawrence. His girlfriend Annie is cheating on him but she convinces Peter to visit the hypnotherapist Dr. Swanson. Peter tells how miserable his life is and Dr. Swanson hypnotizes him and he goes into a state of ecstasy. However, Dr. Swanson dies immediately after giving the hypnotic suggestion to Peter. He dates the waitress Joanna and changes his attitude in the company, being promoted by the consultants. When he discovers that Michael and Samir will be fired, they decide to plant a virus in the account system to embezzle fraction of cents in each financial operation into Peter’s account..
Outsourced (2006)
103m; US
Director: John Jeffcoat
Writers: George Wing, John Jeffcoat
Cast: Josh Hamilton, Ayesha Dharker and Asif Basra
Outsourced is a modern day comedy of cross-cultural conflict and romance. Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton) spends his days managing a customer call center in Seattle until his job, along with those of the entire office, are outsourced to India. Adding insult to injury, Todd must travel to India to train his new replacement. As he navigates through the chaos of Bombay and an office paralyzed by constant cultural misunderstandings, Todd yearns to return to the comforts of home. But it is through his team of quirky yet likable Indian call center workers, including his friendly and motivated replacement, Puro (Asif Basra), and the charming, opinionated Asha (Ayesha Dharker), that Todd realizes that he too has a lot to learn – not only about India and America, but about himself. He soon discovers that being outsourced may be the best thing that ever happened to him. (Shadowcatcher Entertainment)
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The Soul’s Haven (Il posto dell’anima) [2003]
106m; Italy
Director: Riccardo Milani
Cast: Silvio Orlando, Michele Placido and Claudio Santamaria
Synopsis (IMDB): Three workers of a tire factory, in southern Italy, lead the struggle against the American company owner of the factory who wants to close the Italian branch in which they work.
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