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The Associate
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In this comedy, a woman discovers that it's impossible to get ahead in business without a man to guide her -- so she invents one. Laurel (Whoopi Goldberg) is an expert financial analyst with a top Wall Street brokerage; however, she keeps getting passed over for raises and promotions, and she's convinced that no one at her firm takes her seriously because she's a black woman. Frustrated, Laurel and her loyal assistant Sally (Dianne Wiest) open a new firm, but Laurel discovers that her fears were based firmly in reality: male clients don't want to take financial advice from women, especially women of color. So Laurel invents a white man, Robert S. Cutty, to be the firm's top adviser. Speaking on Cutty's behalf, Laurel passes along the fictional man's advice, which her new clients find to be quite sound, and when they stop by to see him, he always manages to be out of the office (and why wouldn't a man so successful be busy?). The ruse seems to work, and soon Laurel's business is going great guns, but an increasingly large number of her clients want to see Cutty face to face, which won't be easy to pull off. However, with the help of a drag queen, Laurel tries to remake herself into Cutty for a night in order to keep her firm afloat. The Associate was based on a novel by author Jenaro Prieto.
In this comedy, a woman discovers that it's impossible to get ahead in business without a man to guide her -- so she invents one. Laurel (Whoopi Goldberg) is an expert financial analyst with a top Wall Street brokerage; however, she keeps getting passed over for raises and promotions, and she's convinced that no one at her firm takes her seriously because she's a black woman. Frustrated, Laurel and her loyal assistant Sally (Dianne Wiest) open a new firm, but Laurel discovers that her fears were based firmly in reality: male clients don't want to take financial advice from women, especially women of color. So Laurel invents a white man, Robert S. Cutty, to be the firm's top adviser. Speaking on Cutty's behalf, Laurel passes along the fictional man's advice, which her new clients find to be quite sound, and when they stop by to see him, he always manages to be out of the office (and why wouldn't a man so successful be busy?). The ruse seems to work, and soon Laurel's business is going great guns, but an increasingly large number of her clients want to see Cutty face to face, which won't be easy to pull off. However, with the help of a drag queen, Laurel tries to remake herself into Cutty for a night in order to keep her firm afloat. The Associate was based on a novel by author Jenaro Prieto.
Actors:
Whoopi Goldberg,
Dianne Wiest,
Eli Wallach,
Tim Daly,
Bebe Neuwirth,
Austin Pendleton,
Lainie Kazan,
George Martin,
Kenny Kerr,
Lee Wilkof,
Helen Hanft,
...»
Whoopi Goldberg
13 November 1955, New York City, New York, USA
Dianne Wiest
28 March 1948, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Eli Wallach
7 December 1915, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Tim Daly
1 March 1956, New York City, New York, USA
Bebe Neuwirth
31 December 1958, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Austin Pendleton
27 March 1940, Warren, Ohio, USA
Lainie Kazan
15 May 1940, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
George Martin
15 August 1929, New York City, New York, USA
Kenny Kerr
March 12, 1925 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Lee Wilkof
25 June 1951, Canton, Ohio, USA
Helen Hanft
3 April 1934, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Genre:
Comedy
Director:
Donald Petrie
Country:
United States
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