100m; U.S.
Director: James Foley
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon and Alec Baldwin
Synopsis (IMDB): An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.
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Caddyshack (1980)
98m; U.S.
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield and Bill Murray
Synopsis: An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher.
Cartoneros (2006)
60m; U.S.
Director: Ernesto Livon-Grosman
Synopsis: Economic crises forces Argentinian middle class into ranks of the Buenos Aires trash pickers.
Contact: Brittany Gravely, brittany@der.org 800.569.6621 http://www.cartonerosdoc.com/Cartoneros.html
Clockwatchers (1997)
96m; U.S.
Director: Jill Sprecher
Cast: Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Toni Collette and Alanna Ubach
Synopsis: Four temporary office workers; shy Iris, brash Margaret, wannabe starlet Paula and pampered Jane become fast friends while temping at a big company where looking busy is a full time occupation. But when their boss hires a new assistant, their jobs — and their friendship — are suddenly in danger.
Code 46 (2003)
92m; U.K
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton
Synopsis: Dystopian science-fiction movie about a doomed romance between a bureaucrat and a “genetically incompatible” woman. Intriguing premise, but somewhat esoteric in execution.
The Company Men (2010)
104m; U.S.
Director: John Wells
Cast: Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner
Synopsis (IMDB): 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.
Crossroads (2007)
7m; U.K.
Director: Matthew Hoad-Robson
Synopsis: Slick and stylish, a man and a woman compete for the same job. They meet in a bold, stark environment, each desperate to win out over the other.
Contact: Youtube link to full film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E93BCu3pKvc Found on 2007 Palms Springs Shorts Film Festival: http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=19323&FID=31
Day Labor (2008)
12m; U.S.
Director: David Lindabury
Synopsis: Burned out by the grind of boring, anonymous jobs, Corey and Dale really need a day off. But with no vacation time left, and a mandatory sales meeting to attend, they need to find a temporary solution. Juan and Esteban have worked plenty of dirty jobs before, but nothing has prepared them for a day in the office. Can they survive the cubicles and conference rooms of corporate America?
Contact: info@fearsome4.com 404-808-4728 (Cell)
Days and Clouds (2008)
115m; Italy
Director: Silvio Soldini
Synopsis: Well-to-do, sophisticated Italian couple face upheavals when the husband is fired by the company he founded. Exhausted by an unsuccessful job hunt, the husband lets himself go, alternating between vivacity and apathy and the growing distance between them eventually leads to a break-up. Only when they part will they realize that they risk losing their most precious possession: the love that binds them.
Contact: http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/index.asp?MerchandiseID=165 Film Movement, Cambria Matlow: Cambria@filmmovement.com; 212-941-7744 ext. 205
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