In the Company of Men

Infobox Film
name = In the Company of Men


caption = DVD cover
writer (play) = Neil LaBute
director=Neil LaBute
producer=Mark Archer
Stephen Pevner
screenplay = Neil LaBute
music = Karel Roessingh
Ken Williams
starring = Aaron Eckhart
Matt Malloy
Stacy Edwards
cinematography =Tony Hettinger
editing by=Joel Plotch
released = 19 January, 1997
Sundance Film Festival
runtime = 97 min.
country = USA
budget = $25,000
amg_id = 154545
imdb_id = 119361

"In the Company of Men" is a 1997 film written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy and Stacy Edwards.

It originally premiered as a play at Brigham Young University in 1993, where it received an award from the Association for Mormon Letters. The success of the play convinced LaBute to adapt it into a film. The film was shot on location entirely in Fort Wayne, Indiana, over a period of two weeks at the cost of $25,000.

A commentary on modern misogyny and corporate culture, the film revolves around two male coworkers, "Chad," played by Eckhart, and "Howard," played by Malloy. Angry and frustrated with women in general, the men plot to maliciously toy with the emotions of a deaf female subordinate.

LaBute won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.

External links

*imdb title|id=0119361|title=In the Company of Men
* [http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/men/main.html Official Website]