A Hudsucker cég virágzik, az elnök mégis öngyilkosságot követ el. A mamutvállalat nagyfőnöke nemes egyszerűséggel kisétál a toronyház legfelső emeletének ablakán. Ezután az alelnök, Mussburger a saját érdekében úgy dönt, tönkreteszi a céget, hogy aztán olcsón felvásárolhassa. Terve valóra váltásához elegendő, ha egy feltűnően gügye alakot neveznek ki a cég elnökéül. Kiemel hát vezetőnek egy ügyefogyott fiatalembert, Norville Barnest, az alagsori postázóból. Barnes azonban olyan meghökkentő ötletekkel áll elő, amelyek a cég felvirágoztatásához vezetnek.
Josie McCoy (Rachael Leigh Cook) keményfejű és tehetséges lány, aki arról álmodozik, hogy csapatával egyszer csak befut és sztár lehet. Együttesének tagjai Melody (Tara Reid) és Valerie (Rosario Dawson), akik nem mindig fogadják el könnyen, hogy Josie a főnök. A Megarecords kiadó fejvadásza, Wyatt Frame (Alan Cumming) éppen új sztárokat keres és Josie-ék együttesében lát fantáziát, persze nem érdektelenül. Ő és korrupt főnöke, Fiona (Parker Posey) a popipar legmegátalkodottabb hiénái. A lánybanda első slágere rögtön a csúcsra kerül. A slágerben azonban a keverésnél ingerküszöb alatti üzeneteket helyeztek el, amelyek féktelen fogyasztásra ösztökélik a hallgatókat. A lányok szembesülnek az üzleti élet kegyetlen igazságaival, és a maguk módján rendet akarnak tenni.
Morgan Sullivan lehetne egy vezető beosztású alkalmazott, boldog házasember, de egy belső hang arra készteti, hogy ne érdekelje a (kis)polgári kényelem és inkább a rendkívüli szakmai és személyes kihívásokat keresse. Erre akkor adódik esélye, mikor a nagyhatalmú Digicorp Technology konszern alkalmazza Sullivant, hogy új személyazonosság birtokában ipari kém legyen a konkurens Sunways Systems ellen. Jack Thursby álnéven az ellenség alkalmazásába kell álljon és annak rendezvényein kell információkat gyűjtenie. Amint eközben tömeges agymosás tanúja lesz és a legalább annyira titokzatos, mint attraktív ügynöknő Rita Foster kifejezetten óvja őt a Digicorptól, Morgannak kétségei támadnak. Amint még azt is megtudja, hogy, a régi személyazonossága ugyanannyira hamis lehet, mint az új, a valóság és a fikció a létezést fenyegető misztériummá olvad egybe. Már csak Rita segíthet rajta, ám az a kérdés, hogy kinek az oldalán is áll.
Since the death of their father, the Riley siblings have kept their heads above water by illegally dealing in painkillers. Josie is managing the business with an iron fist, when her brother, War veteran Kip, is concerned that the risky business is increasingly turning them into outsiders in their small community. While Kip wants to keep his younger brother out of their illegal endeavors, his younger brother is already making plans of his own.
America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat expense account. But there's a growing pit in Karly's stomach. Something isn't right behind the scenes at big pharma. Based on the director's decade working directly for the industry.
A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams—Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s materials and debris.
When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few interests and not many friends outside of his day job. But while gathering material for a segment on the show, Steve stumbled onto a few vintage record albums that would change his life forever.
The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.
Partly figurative, partly abstract, Drux Flux is an animation film of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry. Inspired by One-Dimensional Man by the philosopher Herbert Marcus…
A small construction team led by Potapov suddenly refuses to receive a bonus payment from their company for exceeding performance targets. The team accuses its construction company HQ with artificially reducing the targets, so they can be easily exceeded. It makes the management looks good, yet leads to frequent downtime reducing earnings for common construction workers even with fake bonuses. On a hastily organized meeting the management tries to subdue the "unruly" gang leader charging that he cannot know all details. It turned out that Potapov and his team prepared a detailed business analysis, which proved their point. Managers, who had different interests and positions, have to decide how to deal with the real problem leading to unexpected results.
A film about fireworks, the people who make them and the cultures behind them across the globe.
The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As we write this, the world is reeling from economic chaos, peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, and political turmoil. Every day, the headlines re-hash stories of scandal and betrayal of the public trust. We don't have to make outraged demands for the end of the current global system - it seems to be coming apart already. But acts of courage, compassion and altruism abound, even in the most damaged places. By documenting the resilience of the people hit hardest by war and repression, and the heroism of those coming forward to confront the crisis head-on, END:CIV illuminates a way out of this all-consuming madness and into a saner future. Backed by Jensen's narrative, the film calls on us to act as if we truly love this land. The film trips along at a brisk pace, using music... Written by Franklin Lopez
On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western plains, the Bloods live on a 1 300-square-kilometer reserve. Many have lacked gainful employment and now pin their hopes on a pre-fab factory they have built. Will the production line and work and wages fit into their cultural pattern of life? The film shows how it is working and what the owners themselves say about their venture.
The doors of the jam produced by a company do not open. In order for them to be able to sell their jam, they reward the one who can open the jam. All the people try to open the door of the jam.
The 23rd issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Features the articles: 'Safety First', 'Paying For It' and ' A Star Drops In'.
The main events unfold in the train. The acceptance committee from Moscow, revealing deficiencies in the constructed bakery, did not sign the act of its delivery. But the fate of not only many people associated with the construction, but also the life of the town as a whole depends on this. Lyonya Shindin — a conscientious and decent man — is trying by all means and by any means to change the decision of the commission...
The invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.
Documentary about the building of ships at Barrow-in-Furness.
An original portrayal of a small Czech village where – as the locals put it – an UFO has landed in the form of a kilometre-long silverish factory: a Korean Hyundai automobile plant. The village, hitherto famous mostly for its sauerkraut and the “Radegast” beer was thus turned into an industrial zone – the largest greenfield investment project in the Czech Republic’s history. Nonetheless, for a long time many farmers resisted selling the land upon which the factory was now standing. Eventually, they all succumbed under the pressure from the neighbours, and even the anonymous death threats. The filmmakers returned to Nošovice two years after the dramatic property buyouts, at the time when the factory has just started churning out cheap cars. Combining the perspectives of seven characters, they have composed a portrayal of a place suddenly changed beyond recognition that is playful and chilling at the same time: a politically engaged absurd flick about a field that yields cars.