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Annabelle Gurwitch, Tim Allen, David Cross

When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen she wondered how she would cope with being fired by a cultural icon. Turning to friends in show business she was assured she was n...( read more  read more... )ot alone. Once the subject had been broached, everyone she knew from her rabbi and gynecologists to her colleagues had advice and their own accounts of getting the boot to offer. This set her off on a journey to answer the question: was being fired going to be the best thing or worst thing that had happened in her working life. Annabelle turned the wit and trauma of the “fired” experience into a book, which was recently published by Simon and Schuster. The book has received rave reviews and been featured on The Today Show, People Magazine, InStyle, CNN, NPR’s Talk of the Nation and widely praised. The Washington Post called it, “a caustic but merry compendium of failure.” The New York Times said, “Fired proves that sometimes losing well is the best revenge.” The book has been number #1 on the New York Post Hot List and featured in Oprah’s Anticipation list. As she was writing the book she became interested in the downsizings occurring all over the country. She began researching and traveling the country, interviewing people as diverse as Tim Allen, Sarah Silverman, Jeff Garlin, Anne Meara, David Cross and GM workers in Lansing, Michigan whose perspectives ranged from the tragically comedic to proving that old adage when one door closes another door opens, to the just plain tragic. Annabelle attended job fairs, received “outplacement services”, interviewed human resource directors, downsizers, and the downsized who were seeking new jobs. Her journey took her to the office of Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary under President Clinton, and to economist Ben Stein who spoke to her of the growing insecurity the American worker faces today and the incredible inequities being created through corporate and government policies affecting every working or as the case may be, not working American. Fired! reminds us that all great success come out of failure and being fired can be a part of the growth process, that humor helps, and that if you’re employed in America today your firing may be both the best and the worst thing that can happen in your working life.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 11 min.

Directed by: Chris Bradley , Kyle Labrach

Release Date: February 22, 2006

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DVD Release Date: June 5, 2007

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  • wbgoose13
    February 26, 2008
    wbgoose13
    Sways between anecdotes and insight, general repetition and genuine charm.
  • wmohandisw
    August 22, 2009
    wmohandisw
    I know it was a doc but it was just bad.
  • salianom
    May 23, 2009
    salianom
    actually i haven't finished the dvd, because it's broken. but so far so good...
  • nicholsonisgod
    October 15, 2008
    nicholsonisgod
    I've never been fired...but I know it would suck....interesting film
  • briannaevans
    October 4, 2008
    briannaevans
    looks good but not sure till i see it
  • presleysgrl
    September 18, 2008
    presleysgrl
    I love Woody Allen films and I hadn't heard about this one until just now. I am so excited to see it!
  • KassyS
    July 21, 2008
    KassyS
    .....don't know what to put. no idea what it's about.
  • tommyrulz
    December 1, 2007
    tommyrulz
    haven't seen it but it looks cool

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