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Situations Vacant

07 May

97m; Ireland

Director: Lisa Mulcahy

Cast: Diarmuid Noyes, Lynette Callaghan and Martha Christie

Synopsis: 20-something, recent business graduate Dave is in the middle of a full-blown quarter life crisis. By now Dave thought he’d be living the corporate high life by day and loving a babe in a penthouse by night. But the boom’s bust. So instead, Dave’s living with his Ma, terrorised by his creepy Dole Inspector and seriously considering a career in plastic pellet packing…. Dave’s mates, Tom and Vinny are no better off. Tom’s got serious medical worries re his tackle and Vinny’s painting walls for auld ones at the rate of a fiver an hour. So when a codger down their local claims all they need do is “follow the 2 pint plan – drink 2 pints, then lie!” the lads decide they’ve nothing to lose. They down the pints and move swiftly onto telling the lies, big lies, lies that somehow, strangely seem to pay off…. Suddenly Dave and his mates are “living the dream”. Right up until the moment when the first lie starts to unravel, then the next….then the next…

 
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Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Drama, White Collar

 

Slap Shot (1977)

07 May

123m; U.S.

Director: George Roy Hill

Cast: Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean

Synopsis: Reg Dunbar (Paul Newman) is an aging player/coach for minor-league hockey team the Charleston Chiefs. His team is dead last in the Federal League, his players mostly a bunch of losers who dream of landing a job at an auto plant when their career is over. Newman battles the owner to pull the team together.

 
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Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Comedy, Drama, Sports

 

The Sleep Dealer (2008)

07 May

90m; Mexico

Director: Alex Rivera

Cast: Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela and Jacob Vargas

Synopsis: Mexican man from the provinces whose family and home are destroyed by terrorist-seeking drones goes to Tijuana, where he joins a workforce of illegal workers whose labor is transported electronically across the border.

Contact: alex@alexrivera.com http://sleepdealer.com/ Alex Rivera 611 Broadway, #836 NY NY 10012

 
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Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Automation, Migrant workers, SciFi, Technology

 

Slim (1937)

07 May

85m; U.S.

Director: Ray Enright

Cast: Pat O’Brien, Henry Fonda and Stuart Erwin

Synopsis (IMDB): A veteran lineman takes an awe-struck young farmer under his wing, but problems arise when he introduces him to his occasional girlfriend, a pretty nurse.

 
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Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Construction Trades, Drama, Romance, Working Class

 

Smithfield Workers: Yes We Can! (2008)

07 May
 
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Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Collective Bargaining, Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Organizing

 

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Smoking Room (2002)

07 May

92m

Director: Roger Gual and Julio D. Wallovits

Cast:  Miguel Ángel González, Francesc Orella and Francesc Garrido

Synopsis (IMDB): A combative office-worker is recollecting signatures. People are not allowed to smoke in the building, so he wants to ask the bosses to habilitate a smoking room. It seems logical and his colleagues praise the initiative. But actually what comes next reveals the fierce individualism, selfishness and cowardice that each one hide under their white collar.

 
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Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Drama, Organizing, White Collar

 

The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)

07 May

99m; U.S.

Director: Richard Quine

Cast: Judy Holliday, John Williams and Paul Douglas

Synopsis (IMDB): Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations. These are not the questions which the board expected to be asked of them, especially since they are all crooked, except for Edward McKeever, the current CEO who has resigned in order to take an advisory position at the Pentagon. Following the meeting, he bumps into Laura and offers to drive her home. On the way there, Laura displays her enthusiasm for being a stockholder, as a result, Edward takes a liking to her. With Edward in Washington, John Blessington and Clifford Snell establish their hold on International Projects – They see greater riches now that Edward has influence with the US senate, especially with the awarding of federal contracts.

 
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Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Comedy, Finance, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Romance, White Collar

 

Solitary Life Of Cranes (2008)

07 May

27m; U.K. 

Directro: Eva Weber

Synopsis: In this companion piece to CITY OF CRANES (SILVERDOCS ’08), anonymous crane operators muse about their unique occupation while the camera voyeuristically captures London scenes. This is a wonderful short that contemplates the modern metropolis and its unceasing development.

 
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Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Construction Trades, Documentary, Experimental, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing

 

Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)

07 May

114m; U.S.

Director: Paul Newman

Cast: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda and Lee Remick

Synopsis (IMDB): Hank Stamper and his father, Henry Stamper own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank’s wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank’s half trouble making brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.

 
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Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Crime-Action, Drama, Self-Employed/Freelance, Working Class

 

The Son (2002)

07 May

103m; Belguim

Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Cast: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne and Isabella Soupart

Synopsis (IMDB): Olivier – meticulous, careful, even-handed – teaches carpentry at a vocational school in Liège. He’s asked to take on Francis, 16, a new student. He declines the request then begins to watch, even spy on, the new lad. Olivier knows something. Later that day, he’s visited by Magali, his ex-wife, who tells him that she’s remarrying and is pregnant. Olivier seems to follow instinctive responses: “why today?” he demands of Magali; he continues to follow Francis; he changes his mind about enrolling the youth. What’s the history between the two? After that becomes clear, what is it Olivier will do? Is this precise and measured carpenter in control of himself?

 
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Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Children, Construction Trades, Drama, Education

 
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