Tag: The Company Men
Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones Terrific in The Company Men
Writer-director John Wells‘ The Company Men shows what happens to workers after the Gordon Gekkos (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps), of the world are given carte blanche to make whatever changes they want together with corrupted liberal politicians.
And what does happen? Unemployment runs out of control. The entrepreneurial spirit is crushed. Jobs are exported. All to benefit a precious belong few of the rich.
“The Company Men” is fictional but it plays like a document drama. It is truthful. It is the brutal reality about how American society — and, by economic influence, Canadian society too — has suffered under this system. However, the film tells the saga inside a specific universe that draws deep inside. You can make your own assumption.
The Company Men Poster Debuted
The poster for Ben Affleck’s The Company Men is now online.
Living the American dream, three white-collar employees are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers following corporate downsizing. Taking a job of building houses for his brother-in-law (Costner) and joining life coaching, Walker learns what it takes to be a true winner while realizing that there is more to life than chasing the bigger, better deal.
The Company Men Trailer
We have added the theatrical trailer for the upcoming film, The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Rosemarie DeWitt, Maria Bello and Craig T. Nelson.
Living the American dream, three white-collar employees are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers following corporate downsizing. Taking a job of building houses for his brother-in-law (Costner) and joining life coaching, Walker learns what it takes to be a true winner while realizing that there is more to life than chasing the bigger, better deal.
Ben Affleck’s “The Company Men” Teaser Trailer
Here’s the new teaser trailer for Ben Affleck‘s latest movie, ‘The Company Men“.
One of the first casualties of a corporate downsize is Bobby Walker (Affleck), a hot-shot sales executive who is living the idyllic life—complete with two kids and a mortgaged picket fence. His boss, and founder of the company, doesn’t take Bobby’s severance well, and he storms into the boardroom to demand a reprieve of the severe measures. He learns quickly that some choices are out of his hands, and this is only the beginning. We embark on a journey that is all too familiar in today’s recessionary economy: one that will test friendships, loyalties, and family bonds.
Ben Affleck Signs Onto John Wells’ The Company Men
John Wells will write, direct and produce the screenplay about a man who is laid off and must cope with the financial and personal consequences. Ben Affleck is in negotiations to star in the film according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The project would mark the feature directorial debut for Wells, the award-winning writer-producer of episodes of television series ER and The West Wing.
Affleck’s own career is far from in the doldrums since his directing debut on the child kidnapping drama Gone Baby Gone. He is also starring as an ambulance-chasing lawyer in Extract, the new film from Mike Judge, the director of cult comedy Office Space and the King of the Hill TV show.
