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the Corporate Wars, Wall Street, the G.O.P. Economic Meltdown . . .
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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
— Lily Tomlin
Capitalism is the creation of jobs and products and services.
— philosopher G.E. Nordell
I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.
— architect Frank Lloyd Wright [1867-1959]
brief essay
h e r e
see also the Labor Movement Film Festival at Spirit of America Bookstore
Selected Films
{ in chronological order }
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 | "Movies To Manage By: Lessons In Leadership From Great Films" [1999] by John K. Clemens, with Melora Wolff McGraw-Hill 8¼x5½ pb [10/2000] for $10.17 Contemporary Books 8½x5½ hardcover [9/99] out of print/used |
 | "Reel Lessons In Leadership" [2006] by Ralph R. DiSibio "A unique study of leadership as portrayed in some of Hollywood's memorable movies"; chapters/subjects include "Apollo 13", "The Contender", "Erin Brockovich", "Gandhi", "Glory", "The Godfather", "High Noon", "Lawrence of Arabia", "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", "Patton", "Seabiscuit", and "12 Angry Men" Paladin Group 9x6 pb [4/2006] for $10.85 Paladin Group hardcover [4/2006] for $17.21 |
 | "The Big Picture: Essential Business Lessons From The Movies" [2010] by Kevin Coupe & Michael Sansolo Raphel Marketing 9x6 pb [1/2010] for $14.95 chapters/subjects include "A League of Their Own", "All About Eve", "All The President's Men", "Amadeus", "American Gangster", "Babe", "Big", James Bond films, "The Bridge On The River Kwai", "Bull Durham", "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid", "The Caine Mutiny", "Casablanca", "Citizen Kane", "Gandhi", "The Godfather", "The Guns of Navarone", "Guys & Dolls", "High Noon", "Hoosiers", "In The Heat of The Night", "Jaws", "Mister Roberts", "Network", "Pirates of The Caribbean", "The Producers", "Pumping Iron", "The Right Stuff", "Rocky", "Schindler's List", "Selena", "Star Trek V & VI", "Stranger Than Fiction", "That Thing You Do!", "Tootsie", "Tucker: The Man and His Dream", "When Harry Met Sally", "Working Girl", "Young Frankenstein", and many others |
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"Behind Office Doors" [1931] /B000286S3I/
Directed by Melville W. Brown, starring Mary Astor, Robert Ames
"Female" [Nov 1933] /tt0024008/
Directed by Michael Curtiz (with William Dieterle & William A. Wellman);
starring Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson, Johnny Mack Brown
"Just My Luck" [indep Dec 1935]
 | A chemist at a tire factory gets fired, but he is certain that his formula for 'indestructible' rubber is a winner. Protecting his invention is hard work, what with ruthless competitors, industrial espionage, a series of 'accidents', gangsters, and a mob of rioting strikers. Produced, co-written & directed by Ray Heinz; starring Charles Ray, Anne Grey, Edward J. Nugent, Quentin Smith, 'Snub' Pollard, Lee Prather, Matthew Betz, Robert Graves, John Roche, Lillian Elliott, Paul Weigel, Henry Roquemore & Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Alpha Video b&w DVD [11/2011] for $7.98 
full credits at IMDb |
"Head Office" [U.K. Nov 1936] /tt0027723/
"The Fountainhead" feature film [1949]
 | Idealistic young architect Howard Roark has a tough time because he will not compromise with the mediocre architecture of the establishment. When his 'big chance' skyscraper is redesigned without his knowledge, he dynamites the construction site and is put on trial. Directed by King Vidor [1894-1982]; script by Ayn Rand [1905-82], based on her novel; starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas & Henry Hull
Warner b&w DVD [11/2006] for $17.49 Warner b&w VHS [1/90] out of prodn/used 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
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"The Fountainhead" novel [1943] by Ayn Rand [1905-82] Signet pb [8/96] for $8.99 Plume 60th Anniv 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2002] for $27.97 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [6/2003] for $44.95 |
"Executive Suite" [M.G.M. May 1954]
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When the president of Tredway Corp. dies suddenly without naming a clear successor, the candi-dates to replace him are the five senior vice presidents.
Directed by Robert Wise; script by Ernest Lehman, from the novel by Cameron Hawley; starring William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, Walter Pidgeon, Shelley Winters, Paul Douglas, Louis Calhern, Dean Jagger, Nina Foch & Tim Considine; nominated for 4 Oscars, D.G.A. & W.G.A. Awards
Warner Home Video b&w DVD [10/2007] for $17.99 M.G.M./Warner b&w VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
"Woman's World" [1954] /tt0047680/
"Patterns" [United Artists 1956]
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Serling's forceful study of ruthless greed & abuse of power in corporate America.
Directed by Fielder Cook; written by Rod Serling; starring Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Beatrice Straight & Andrew Duggan ROAN b&w DVD [4/2005] out of prodn/used V.C.I./United b&w VHS [7/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit"
feature film [Fox April 1956]
 | Adapted & directed by Nunnally Johnson, from the 1955 novel; music by Bernard Hermann; starring Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Marisa Pavan, Lee J. Cobb, Ann Harding, Keenan Wynn, Gene Lockhart, Gigi Perreau & Portland Mason
Fox widescreen color DVD [8/2005] for $10.99 Fox color VHS [10/97] for $18.98 Bernard Hermann soundtrack CD [9/99] for $17.98 full credits at IMDb |
 | classic novel [1955] by Sloan Wilson [1920-2003] A World War II veteran takes a temporary job at a New York City television network for the increase in pay, but he is soon miserable. Four Walls Eight Windows 8¼x5½ pb [9/2002] for $11.58 Buccaneer Books hardcover [12/91] out of print/used "The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit II" [1984 sequel] Arbor House hardcover [3/84] out of print/used |
"From The Terrace" [1960] /title/tt0053841/
based on John O'Hara's 1958 novel; starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward & Myrna Loy
"Cash McCall" [1960] /tt0052680/
directed by Joseph Pevney from a screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee & Marion Hargrove,
based on the novel by Cameron Hawley; starring James Garner, Natalie Wood
"Death of A Salesman" [C.B.S. TV movie May 1966]
based on the stageplay by Arthur Miller [1915-2005]
"Putney Swope" [Herald/Cinema V July 1969]
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Outrageous is the only word for this jaw-dropper of a satire on the advertising world. The main movie is black-and-white, with color commercials that you will not believe. The bite is still fierce even after 40 years.
Written & directed by Robert Downey Sr.; starring Arnold Johnson Rhino Video b&w/color DVD [5/2001] for $17.96 Rhino Video b&w/color VHS [2/95] for $14.95 full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com |
"Network" [M.G.M. Nov 1976]
 | An aging network news anchor is fired, and his on-air tirade – "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!" – causes a sensation among his viewers, so he is rehired and given his own show.Directed by Sidney Lumet; written by Paddy Chayefsky; starring Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall & Ned Beatty; won Oscars for Best Script, Best Actor [Finch], Best Actress [FD], Best Supporting Actress [BS], nominated for Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Actor [WH], Best Supporting Actor [NB], Best Cinematography, Best Editing; won BAFTA for Best Actor [Finch], nominated for 8 more; won W.G.A. Award for Best Original Script
Warner widescreen color DVD [2/2006] 2 disks for $23.99 M.G.M. color VHS [5/96] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb novelization by Sam Hedrin Penguin movie tie-in mass pb [11/76] out of print/used |
Arthur Hailey's "The Moneychangers
[Paramount / NBC-TV Dec 1976]
  | The president of a Midwestern bank announces that he has cancer and tells the board to choose a successor; the prime contenders are a good man whose wife is confined in an asylum (so he's having an affair with an outside lawyer) and a ruthless Episcopalian who wants the job at any cost.
Directed by Boris Sagal; based on the novel {below}; starring Kirk Douglas, Christopher Plummer, Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Timothy Bottoms, Joan Collins, Susan Flannery, Robert Loggia, Marisa Pavan, Jean Peters, Hayden Rorke, James Shigeta, Patrick O'Neal, Lorne Greene, Helen Hayes, Woodrow Parfrey, Miiko Taka & Barry Coe; five Emmy noms, CP won for Best Acting
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb "The Moneychangers" [New York Times bestseller 1975] by Arthur Hailey
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"Time Bandits" [1981] /tt0081633/
"Local Hero" [1983] /tt0085859/
starring Burt Lancaster & Peter Riegert
"Head Office" [1985 comedy] /tt0091183/
"Brazil" [1985] /tt0088846/
"Death of A Salesman" [C.B.S. TV movie Sept 1985]
based on the stageplay by Arthur Miller [1915-2005]
"The Secret of My Succe$s" [1987] /tt0093936/
Dir Herbert Ross starring Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater
"Wall Street" [Fox Dec 1987]
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Bud Fox, a young and very ambitious stock trader, courts the powerful stock speculator Gordon Gekko, who takes the boy under his wing. Bud becomes immersed in the fast life, the big time, but soon is asked to take actions that even he finds offensive. Co-written & directed by Oliver Stone; co-written by Stanley Weiser; starring Michael Douglas {won Oscar & David di Donatello Best Actor awards}, Charlie Sheen, Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen, Terence Stamp, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, James Spader, Saul Rubinek & Sylvia Miles;
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2008] for $13.99 Fox widescreen color DVD [9/2007] 2 disks for $9.49 Fox color VHS [1/96] out of prodn/many, many used Varese Sarabande soundtrack CD [10/93] out of prodn/used {with "Talk Radio" [1988]} 11"x17" poster available for $14.99 at AllPosters.com full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Money Never Sleeps: The Making of Wall Street" [Fox/Lagniappe video 2000]
Produced, written & directed by Charles Kiselyak; credits at IMDb
"Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps" 
[Fox Sept 2010]
 | A young Wall Street trader teams up with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming financial doom, and to bring to justice the person responsible for the suicide of the young trader's mentor. Co-produced by Edward R. Pressman, Oliver Stone & Michael Douglas; directed by Oliver Stone; starring Shia LaBeouf, Michael Douglas, Carey Mulligan, Susan Sarandon, Charlie Sheen, Josh Brolin, Frank Langella & Sylvia Miles, cameo by Nouriel Roubini
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray [12/2010] for $22.99
Fox widescreen color DVD [12/2010] 2 disks for $15.99
full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia 'G.O.P. Meltdown' Page at Spirit of America Bookstore |
"Working Girl" [1988]
"Office Space" animated shorts [indep 1991]
Milton works for an evil corporation, his cubicle has been moved into the basement, and his boss makes his life miserable.
Produced, written, directed & animated by Mike Judge; the four original Milton animated shorts were first shown on the
"Night After Night" late night TV program and on "Saturday Night Live" in 1991 video/DVD/Blu-ray not available credits at IMDb
"Office Space" feature film [Fox Feb 1999]
 | "Work sucks" Office worker Peter hates his job, his girlfriend is cheating on him, and the company hired consultants to downsize the staff. He visits a therapist who hypnotizes him to have a better attitude, then dies. The consultants like his new attitude and decide to keep Peter, but fire his two friends. Michael & Samir plant a virus in the company computer intended to create mischief by siphoning off fractions of cents from each trans-action, but they make a mistake with the decimal point and the program quickly embezzles a pile of real dollars to their bank accounts ...
Co-produced, written & directed by Mike Judge; starring Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, Diedrich Bader, Gary Cole, Stephen Root, Greg Pitts, Richard Riehle, Alexandra Wentworth, Joe Bays, John C. McGinley, Paul Willson, Kinna McInroe, Michael McShane & Linda Wakeman
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray Special Edition with Flair! [2/2009] for $11.49 Fox widescreen color DVD Special Edition with Flair! [11/2005] for $10.99 Fox color DVD Special Edition with Flair! [11/2005] for $9.49 Fox color DVD Special Edition with Flair! [undated] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
Swingline Limited Edition Rio Red Business Stapler
Swingline Series 747 stapler [4/2002] for $14.69 from Amazon
"Glengarry Glen Ross" [1992]
"Barbarians At The Gate" TV movie [Rastar/HBO 1993]
starring James Garner /tt0106356/
"The Triumph of The Nerds" TV miniseries [Oregon PBS June 1996]
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"An irreverent history of the PC industry" 165-minute 3-part TV docu-series; segments are "Impressing Their Friends", "Riding The Bear" & *Great Artists Steal" Written, directed & hosted by Robert X. 'Bob' Cringely; featuring Douglas Adams, Paul G. Allen, Steve Ballmer, Esther Dyson, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates, Adele Goldberg, Steve Jobs, Arthur Rock, John Sculley & Steve Wozniak
Ambrose Video color DVD [7/2002] for $21.18 Ambrose Video color VHS [7/96] 3 tapes for $120.00 {sic} full credits at IMDb P.B.S. official movie site |
 | "Accidental Empires: How The Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get A Date" [1992 national bestseller] by Robert X. 'Bob' Cringely HarperBusiness 8x5¼ pb [9/96] for $11.04 Addison Wesley 9½x6¼ hardcover [1992] out of print/used |
"Rogue Trader" [June 1999]
"Pirates of Silicon Valley" [Haft/T.N.T. June 1999]
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Semi-humorous TV docudrama about the origins of Microsoft, Inc. and of Apple, Inc. Written & directed by Martyn Burke, based on a book by Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine; starring Noah Wyle {as Steve Jobs}, Anthony Michael Hall {as Bill Gates}, Joey Slotnick {as Steve Wozniak}, John Di Maggio {as Steve Ballmer} & Josh Hopkins {as Paul Allen}; won ACE Award, nominated for DGA Award, PGA Award, and 7 Emmy Awards Turner Home Ent. color DVD [8/2005] for $15.99 Turner Home Ent. color VHS [5/2000] for $14.44 full credits at IMDb official movie site "Fire In The Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer" [1984] by Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine McGraw-Hill 2nd edition 9x7¼ pb [11/2000] out of print/many used McGraw-Hill 9¾x7½ hardcover with CD-ROM [12/99] out of print/used |
"The Insider" [Touchstone Nov 1999]
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Co-written & directed by Michael Mann; co-written by Eric Roth; starring Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall & Lindsay Crouse; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Crowe), Best Script (Adapted), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound; nominated for ACE, ASC, BAFTA, DGA & WGA awards
Disney Honme Video widescreen DVD [6/2004] for $11.98 Touchstone widescreen VHS [4/2001] out of stock/used Touchstone widescreen VHS [4/2002] out of stock/used Sony soundtrack CD [10/99] for $17.98 full credits from IMDb official movie website 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com Jeffrey Wigand, whistleblower: official website Time Magazine 10 Questions Interview [Feb 2005] |
"Boiler Room" [2000]
"The Office" [2001-2012]
Originally a 14-episode BBC-2 sitcom, followed by multi-year U.S. hit TV series, with China-based series in the works.
'The Office' overview on Wikipedia
"The Office" British TV series [2001]
series credits at IMDb
official website
series entry at Wikipedia
"The Office" U.S. TV series [NBC-TV 2005-2012]
Starring Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, Leslie David Baker,
Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith & Kate Flannery
series credits at IMDb
official website
series entry at Wikipedia
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Season 1 (6 episodes March-April 2005):
NBCUniversal widescreen color DVD [8/2005] for $15.99 Season 2 (22 episodes Jan-May 2006): NBCUniversal widescreen color DVD [6/2011] 4 disks for $18.99 Season 3 (23 episodes Sept 2006-May 2007): NBCUniversal widescreen color DVD [6/2011] 4 disks for $22.99 Season 4 (14 episodes Sept 2007-May 2008): NBCUniversal widescreen color DVD [6/2011] 4 disks for $23.27 Season 5 (26 episodes Sept 2008-May 2009): NBCUniversal widescreen color DVD [6/2011] 5 disks for $25.32 Season 6 (25 episodes Sept 2009-May 2010): NBCUniversal widescreen color DVD [9/2010] 5 disks for $24.99 Season 7 (24 episodes Sept 2010-May 2011):
NBCUniversal widescreen color DVD [9/2011] 5 disks for $34.99 Season 8 (? episodes Sept 2011-May 2012?): not yet broadcast |
"The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron"
[C.B.S.-TV documentary Jan 2003]
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An ambitious 29-year-old gets a job at rising energy company Enron, and assimilates into the get-rich-quick corporate culture. When the company collapses in bankruptcy in December 2001, he finds that he and millions of others lose everything – while the execs pocket billions of dollars.
Co-produced by Robert Greenwald; directed by Penelope Spheeris; teleplay by Stephen Mazur, based on the book "Anatomy of Greed" by Brian Cruver; starring Christian Kane, Brian Dennehey, Mike Farrell, Shannon Elizabeth & Jon Ted Wynne
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb more on the The Enron Scandal at Working Minds / Corporations vs. America Page |
"The Corporation" documentary feature [Jan 2004]
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Co-directed by Jennifer Abbott & Mark Achbar; co-written by Harold Crooks from Joel Bakan's book; interviewees include Noam Chomsky, Peter Drucker, Milton Freidman, Ray Anderson & Michael Moore Zeitgeist color DVD [4/2005] 2 disks for $20.99 full credits from IMDb official movie website |
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"The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit & Power" [2004] by Joel Bakan Free Press 8½x5½ pb [3/2005] for $11.20 Free Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2004] for $17.00 |
"Thank You For Smoking" [2005] /tt0427944/
"Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room"
documentary feature [April 2005]
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Co-written & directed by Alex Gibney; based on the book
Magnolia widescreen color Blu-ray [9/2006] for $14.49 Magnolia widescreen color DVD [1/2006] for $13.76 full credits from IMDb more on the The Enron Scandal at Working Minds / Corporations vs. America Page |
 | "The Smartest Guys In The Room: The Amazing Rise & Scandalous Fall of Enron" [2003] by Bethany McLean & Peter Elkind Portfolio 8½x5½ pb [9/2004] for $10.88 Portfolio 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2003] for $17.79 |
"Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price"
[Brave New Films Nov 2005]
 | Co-produced & directed by Robert Greenwald
Disinformation color DVD [11/2005] for $12.95 full credits from IMDb official movie site based on the 2005 book by Greg Spotts, Introduction by Robert Greenwald Disinformation 8x5 pb [11/2005] for $9.95 more on Wal-Mart at Working Minds / Corporations vs. America Page |
"In Debt We Trust" documentary feature [Globalvision 2006]
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Co-produced, written & directed by Danny Schechter
Disinformation color DVD [4/2007] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site |
"The Boss of It All" [2006] /tt0469754/
"Outsourced" [2006] /tt0425326/
The manager of a customer call center in Seattle loses his job by outsourcing the entire office to India; he is sent there
to train the replacements and soon discovers that being outsourced may be the best thing that ever happened to him.
"The Devil Wears Prada" [June 2006]
http://www.amazon.com/Devil-Wears-Prada-Blu-ray/dp/B000JSI7BM/
"Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit & The Era of Predatory Lenders"
documentary feature [Trueworks March 2007]
 | Co-produced, written & directed by James D. Scurlock Magnolia widescreen color DVD [6/2007] for $17.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site {Flash only} Scribner 8¼x5½ pb [12/2007] for $11.20 Scribner 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2007] for $18.00 |
"Sicko" documentary [Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein June 2007]
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Moore compares the failed American health care system with that of Canada & Cuba. Official tagline: "A comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on earth."
Co-produced, written & directed by and starring Michael Moore; won ACE & PGA Awards, nominated for WGA Award & for Best Documentary Feature Oscar Weinstein Company color DVD [11/2007] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site |
"Mad Men" hit TV series [A.M.C. 2007-2010]
  | Prime time soap opera, set in the 1960s at an advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City. Starring Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Jared Harris, Michael Gladis, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Bryan Batt, Robert Morse, Matt Long, Alison Brie, Mark Moses, Peyton List, Kiernan Shipka, Anne Dudek, Joel Murray & Maggie Siff; won 9 Emmy Awards (plus 40 noms), two D.G.A. Awards (plus 4 noms), two P.G.A. Awards, Peabody Award (in 2008), two S.A.G. Awards for Ensemble, and two W.G.A. Awards
series credits at IMDb series entry at Wikipedia A.M.C. official site Season 1: 13 episodes, July-Oct 2007 LionsGate widescreen color Blu-ray [7/2008] 3 disks for $23.99 LionsGate widescreen color Blu-ray [7/2008] 4 disks for $24.49 Season 2: 13 episodes, July-Oct 2008 LionsGate widescreen color Blu-ray [7/2009] 3 disks for $27.99 LionsGate widescreen color Blu-ray [7/2009] 4 disks for $19.99 Season 3: 13 episodes, Aug-Nov 2009 LionsGate widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2010] 3 disks for $29.99 LionsGate widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2010] 4 disks for $29.99 Season 4: 13 episodes, July-Oct 2010 DVD/Blu-ray not yet available |
"Michael Clayton" [Castle Rock Oct 2007]
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The 'fixer' at a New York law firm tries to save an overworked partner from a crisis of conscience, but billions of dollars are at stake in a class action lawsuit against the ruthless agri-giant client, and the partner's sudden suicide looks a lot like murder.
Written & directed by Tony Gilroy; co-produced by Steve Samuels, Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney & Sydney Pollack; starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Tilda Swinton, Robert Prescott, Terry Serpico, Merritt Wever & Sean Cullen; won Oscar for Best Supporting Actress (TS), Oscar noms for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Script, Best Actor (Clooney), Best Sipporting Actor (TW) & Best Original Music Score; won BAFTA Best Supporting Actress; nominated for DGA, PGA & WGA Award, 3 SAG Award noms
http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Clayton-Blu-ray-George-Clooney/dp/B00123C7SW/ Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [2/2008] for $16.99 Warner Home Video color DVD [2/2008] for $21.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site {requires Flash} |
"American Ca$ino" documentary feature [indep Aug 2009]
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This film finally explains how and why the global financial system crumbled from the subprime loan market 'bubble' and over $12 trillion of our money vanished into the pockets of Wall Street titans.
Co-written & directed by Leslie Cockburn; co-written by Andrew Cockburn; featuring Fed Chair-man Ben Bernanke, Mayor of Baltimore Sheila Dixon, former Senator Phil Gramm, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson & Congressman Henry Waxman
DVD/Blu-ray not available at Amazon full credits at IMDb official movie site Working Minds Philosophy Essay #18 "The Stock Market Casino" [Dec 2001] |
"The Informant !" [Warner/Participant Media Sept 2009]
 | An executive at agri-giant Archer Daniels Midland starts an F.B.I. investigation of international price-fixing, but his lies and crazy behavior get him convicted of embezzlement of over 2 million dollars – or was it 7 million? Or 11½ million?
Directed by Steven Soderbergh; screenplay by Scott Z. Burnsbased on the Kurt Eichenwald book; starring Matt Damon, Eddie Jemison, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Ann Dowd, Allan Havey, Rusty Schwimmer, Rick Overton & Thomas F. Wilson
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "The Informant: A True Story - Based On A Tattle Tale" [2000] by Kurt Eichenwald Broadway Books movie tie-in 7¾x5¼ pb [8/2009] for $11.56 Broadway Books 8x5¼ pb [7/2001] for $11.53 Broadway Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2000] out of print/used |
"Capitalism: A Love Story"
[Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein Oct 2009]
 | Back in 2008, Michael Moore described his next film as being about 'the wonders of capitalism'. However, fate provided him with the 'G.O.P. Meltdown', the still-rolling collapse of the U.S. and worldwide economy. The American Dream is looking like a nightmare for more and more ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down, as families pay the price each day with their jobs, their homes and their savings – the disastrous impact of unregulated corporate dominance and scared politicians seeking re-election over mystified & angry citizens across America.
Co-produced, written & directed by & starring Michael Moore; interviewees include Cong. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, Cong. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Wallace Shawn & Elizabeth Warren, with archive footage of Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan & Franklin Delano Roosevelt; won 2 awards at the Venice Film Festival
Starz / Anchor Bay widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2010] for $24.99 Starz / Anchor Bay widescreen color DVD [3/2010] for $17.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site |
"Up In The Air" [Paramount Dec 2009]
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The cherished 'on the road' lifestyle of a corporate downsizing expert is threatened by internet conferencing just as he is on the brink of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he finds that he has fallen for the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
Co-produced, co-written & directed by Jason Reitman; co-adapted by Sheldon Turner, from Walter Kirn's 2001 novel; cinematography by Eric Steelberg; starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride & Sam Elliott; nominated for D.G.A. Award, 3 S.A.G. Awards, W.G.A. Award, and 6 BAFTA Awards, including Best Picture
http://www.amazon.com/Up-Air-Blu-ray-George-Clooney/dp/B00337KMAA/ http://www.amazon.com/Up-Air-George-Clooney/dp/B00337KM2S/ full credits from IMDb official movie site |
 | "Up In The Air" [2001 novel] by Walter Kirn Anchor movie tie-in mass pb [10/2009] for $7.99 Anchor movie tie-in 7¾x5 pb [10/2009] for $10.17 Doubleday 8½x5¾ hardcover [7/2001] out of print/used |
"The Social Network"
[Relativity Media / Columbia Oct 2010]
 | "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies": The story of the college student who created the Facebook phenomenon and six years later became the youngest billionaire in history. Directed by David Fincher; based on the book by Ben Mezrich; starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Max Minghella, Rooney Mara & Joseph Mazzello
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook - A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal" [2009 bestseller] by Ben Mezrich
Without access to central figure Mark Zuckerberg, the author fictionalized many important parts of the story, as well as sensationalizing college life; the result is a questionable but nonetheless exciting tale. Anchor 8¼x6 pb [5/2010] for $10.85 Doubleday 9¼x6 hardcover [7/2009] for $16.50 |
"The Company Men" [Dec 2010]
| Filmed around Boston; a high-salary exec is downsized, and then offered a job with his brother-in-law installing drywall. Written & directed by John Wells; starring Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Chris Cooper, Craig T. Nelson & Rosemarie DeWitt; DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb |
"Atlas Shrugged, Part I"
[Strike Prodns/Rocky Mountain Pictures April 2011]
 | John Galt leads an intellectual strike to 'stop the engine of the world', while Dagny Taggart fights bureaucrats and mobs of looters to keep the Taggart Transcontinental Railroad alive.
Produced by The Strike Productions & John Aglialoro; directed by Paul Johansson; script by Brian Patrick OToole, based on the classic 1957 novel by Ayn Rand [1905-82]; starring Taylor Schilling {as Dagny Taggart}, Grant Bowler {as Hank Reardon}, Paul Johansson {as John Galt}, Michael Lerner, Matthew Marsdan, Graham Beckel {as Ellis Wyatt} & Jsu Garcia {as Francisco D'Anconia}
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available latest credits at IMDb official movie site watch official trailer [2:26] |
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"Page One: Inside The New York Times"
[Participant Media / Magnolia Pictures June 2011]
| Filmmaker Rossi gained unprecedented access to the newsroom at The New York Times, and for a year followed journalists on the paper's Media Desk, a department created to cover the transformation of the media industry. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Andrew Rossi; co-produced & co-written by Kate Novack; featuring David Carr DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"Horrible Bosses" [NewLine / Warner Bros. July 2011]
 | Ensemble comedy about three longtime buddies who decide to kill their bosses. Directed by Seth Gordon; starring Kevin Spacey, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudekis, Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston, Donald Sutherland & Julie Bowen
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"Margin Call" [LionsGate Oct 2011]
 | The film tracks eight people at a prominent investment bank during a tumultuous 24 hours during the 2008 financial collapse. "One of the strongest American films of the year and easily the best Wall Street movie ever made." — David Denby, New Yorker Magazine film critic
Written & directed by J.C. Chandor; starring Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Penn Badgley, Mary McDonnell, Aasif Mandvi, Ashley Williams, Susan Blackwell & Maria Dizzia
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"The Wolf of Wall Street" [Paramount release 2012?]
Announced July 2010: Produced by Martin Scorsese; director Ridley Scott &
actor Leonardo DiCaprio are attached;
latest info at IMDb
"Googled: The End of The World As We Know It" [for 2012? release]
Announced August 2010: Rights to Ken Auletta's book acquired by producers Michael London &
John Morris;
latest info at IMDb
 | "Googled: The End of The World As We Know It" [2009] by Ken Auletta The tale of geek founders Sergey Brin & Larry Page against the background of a sharp and probing analysis of the parallel apocalyptic upheavals in the media and entertainment industries. Penguin pb [10/2010] for $10.32 Penguin Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2009] for $18.45 |
"Enron" [2012?]
Announced December 2010: The stageplay (written by Lucy Prebble & directed by Rupert Goold)
took London by storm , but flopped on Broadway (largely due to bad review in the New York Times).
George Clooney will produce
stageplay entry at Wikipedia
latest info at IMDb
more on the The Enron Scandal at Working Minds / Corporations vs. America Page
"Animal Corp."
A book/movie that should be made: a rewrite of George Orwell's barnyard
fable "Animal Farm" [1945] to the indoor corporate milieu.
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