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The Company Men is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Wells released in USA on 21 october 2010 with Ben Affleck
The Company Men (2010)
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Add to a movie listThe Company Men is an American drama movie, written and directed by John Wells. It features Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Chris Cooper and Tommy Lee Jones.
It premiered at the 26th Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2010 and had a one-week run in December 10, 2010 to be eligible for the year's Academy Awards. The movie was released commercially in the United States and Canada on January 21, 2011.
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When the multi-billion dollar publicly held shipbuilding corporation Global Transportation Systems, or GTX, is downsized in the midst of the recession, many employees are fired, including Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck). Walker is a white-collar, corporate ladder-climbing employee with a six-figure salary, a wife, and a teenage son and younger daughter.Actors
Ben Affleck
(Bobby Walker)
Chris Cooper
(Phil Woodward)
Kevin Costner
(Jack Dolan)
Tommy Lee Jones
(Gene McClary)
Maria Bello
(Sally Wilcox)
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