- Company Man (2000 film)
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Company Man 
Directed by Peter Askin
Douglas McGrathProduced by Guy East
John Penotti
Rick Leed
James W. SkotchdopoleWritten by Peter Askin
Douglas McGrathStarring Douglas McGrath Music by David Lawrence Cinematography Russell Boyd Editing by Camilla Toniolo Release date(s) 2000 Country France
UK
USALanguage English Budget $16,000,000 (estimated) Company Man is a 2000 Anglo-American comedy film directed by and written by Peter Askin and Douglas McGrath. Film stars Douglas McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, Ryan Phillippe, Alan Cumming, Anthony LaPaglia with Woody Allen and Denis Leary as "Officer Fry". Bill Murray had a cameo appearance in the film, but his appearance was cut.
Plot
In the 1960s, Alan Quimp is a school teacher of English grammar and married with the very demanding woman Daisy Quimp. In order to avoid the constant mockery in Daisy's family, Alan says that he is a secret CIA agent. Daisy tells everybody, the CIA acknowledges the lie, but due to a coincidence, Alan has just helped and hidden the professional Russian dancer Petrov who wanted to leave Russia. The CIA decides to hire Alan as an agent, to get the credits of bringing Petrov to USA, and immediately decides to send him to a very calm place, Cuba.
Box office
According to IMDb, film's budget was $16,000,000 (estimated). Film grossed only $146,028 in USA.
External links
Films directed by Douglas McGrath 1990s Emma (1996)2000s Company Man (2000) · Nicholas Nickleby (2002) · Infamous (2006)2010s His Way (2011) · I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)Categories:- 2000 films
- 2000s comedy films
- American comedy films
- English-language films
- Films shot in New York City
- 2000s comedy film stubs
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