Company Man (2000)

Directors:

Peter Askin
Douglas McGrath

Writers:

Peter Askin (writer)
Douglas McGrath (writer)

Release Date:

3 May 2000 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A high school teacher in the 60s becomes an international spy and becomes involved in a plot to overthrow Fidel Castro. |

Plot Keywords:

Fidel Castro | Ballet Dancer | Marilyn Monroe | Grammar | Bay Of Pigs

Cast

Paul Guilfoyle	...	Officer Hickle
Jeffrey Jones	...	Sen. Biggs
Reathel Bean	...	Sen. Farwood
Harriet Koppel	...	Stenographer
Douglas McGrath	...	Alan Quimp
Sigourney Weaver	...	Daisy Quimp
Terry Beaver	...	Mr. Judge
Sean Dugan	...	Skull and Bones Waiter
Grant Walden	...	Older Man
Nathan Dean	...	Younger Man
John Randolph Jones	...	Fobbs
Ryan Phillippe	...	Petrov
Kim Merrill	...	Woman in Line
Merwin Goldsmith	...	Mr. Brisk
Heather Matarazzo	...	Nora

Also Known As:

Company Man (France)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual humor and drug content.

Runtime:

Argentina:82 min | France:95 min | Germany:86 min | USA:86 min

Country:

France | UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13 | France:U | Germany:12 | Spain:T | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Film Foundry Partners

Trivia:

'Bill Murray' had a cameo in the film, but his appearance was cut.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Alan first lands in Cuba in the late 1950s, he flies in on a Cessna Caravan, an aircraft that didn't take its first flight until 1982.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Studjentotschka

Old style humor - still enjoyable

'Company Man' is absolutely old style. The jokes, the acting, even the story. Douglas McGrath is a cross between Bob Hope and Jack Lemmon, while Sigourney Weaver's acting is reminiscent of something from the 50's.

In fact, all the cast is absolutely magnificent and it consists of Paul Guilfoyle, John Torturro, Alan Cumming, Ryan Phillippe and the fabulous Anthony LaPaglia as Fidel Castro.

Of course, for once more, no one is able to appreciate this movie, probably because of the absence of toilet humor and stupidity. Classy humor is something that people don't care about any more, they want rudeness, shallowness and indecency.

So, we have 'Scary Movie' scoring more in imdb that a movie with Woody Allen in it. That's great! That's really great!

10/10