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In Good Company
From the Oscar®-nominated screenwriter of About a Boy, an insightful comedy about the relationship between a 50-year-old businessman and his new, 26-year-old boss, starring Dennis Quaid, Scarlett Johansson, Topher Grace, Marg Helgenberger, and Philip Baker Hall.
Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) is headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. His new boss, Carter Duryea (Topher Grace), is half his age - a business school prodigy who preaches corporate Synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Carter cross-promotes the magazine with the cell phone division and "Krispity Krunch," an indeterminate snack food under the same corporate umbrella.
Both men are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two daughters - Alex, age 18, and Jana, age 16 - and is shocked when his wife tells him she's pregnant with a new child. Between college tuition, the mortgage and a new baby, Dan can't afford to lose his job in the wave of corporate layoffs. Carter, in the meanwhile, is dumped by his wife of seven months just as he gets his promotion. Dan and Carter's uneasy friendship is thrown into jeopardy when Carter falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan's daughter Alex (Scarlett Johansson). Weitz's examination of life's surprises, ironies and coincidences combine to form In Good Company.
Product Details
- Publisher: Newmarket Press
- Date available: 03/01/2005
- Publication date: 03/01/2005
- Return policy: 30 days
Meet the Author: Paul Weitz
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Paul Weitz graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in film. In his last year there, his play Mango Tea was produced off-Broadway with Marisa Tomei and Rob Morrow by New York's Ensemble Studio Theatre. EST also produced his next works, Captive and All for One. Paul co-directed the blockbuster hits American Pie and Down To Earth starring Chris Rock with his brother, Chris Weitz. Previously, the filmmaking brothers collaborated on several screenplays, including Antz and Madeline, based on the popular children's book, and they contributed to the writing of Shanghai Noon |


