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/
91m; U.S.
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey and George Sanders
Synopsis (IMDB): A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.
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.
52m; U.S.
Synopsis: A picture of the mind-numbing clerical work at Georgia Life, an Atlanta insurance company.
60m; Israel
Director: Ayelet Bargur
Synopsis: What happens when globalization — in the form of high-tech giant Intel — comes to a small, remote community in southern Israel?
Contact: Ayelet Bargur, eyelet6@013.net 971-3-6041225; 972-52-2204734
121m; U.S.
Director: David Swift
Cast: Robert Morse, Michele Lee and Rudy Vallee
Synopsis: Armed with a “How to…” manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.
98m
Director: Stina Werenfels
Cast: Michael Neuenschwander, Susanne-Marie Wrage, Bettina Stucky, Georg Scharegg
Synopsis (IMDB): Investment banker HP has allegedly ridden out the crash of the stock exchange. One evening, on a barbecue event with his banker friends and their wives, HP’s Danish au pair girl threatens to blow the whistle on her love affair with HP’s married boss. HP wants to please everybody but what was set out to be a gathering amongst friends spins out of control into a night of blackmail and intrigue.
90m; U.S.
Director: Dean Parisot
Cast: Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni and Alec Baldwin
Synopsis: The day before Globodyne’s stock tanks, a la Enron, and its pension fund evaporates, the corporation’s CEO and CFO set up middle manager Dick Harper to be the public face of the disaster. Jobless, and with no savings, pension, or home equity, Dick and his wife Jane sink slowly into poverty. He looks for work (as do all former Globodyne executives); he even tries day labor with the relatives of their Mexican nanny. A foreclosure notice sends Dick and Jane over the edge into a life of blue-collar crime. Then, as things finally look up, the report of an looming indictment pushes Dick and Jane toward a denouement with the real criminals, the white-collar guys
88m; U.S.
Director: Jacob Kornbluth, Josh Kornbluth
Cast: Josh Kornbluth, Warren Keith and Sarah Overman
Synopsis: Josh has an offer to “go perm” at his employer and the first task is to mail 17 high priority letters….something that seems a little difficult to do.
95m; U.S.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Jane Fonda, George Segal, Ed McMahon
Synopsis (IMDB): When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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