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SYNOPSIS __________
Plot:
Dan Foreman (played by 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, Tom (played by Topher Grace) is half his age--a
business school prodigy who preaches corporate Synergy. While
Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships,
Tom 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. Tom, in the meanwhile,
is dumped by his wife of seven months just as he gets his
promotion. Dan and Tom's uneasy friendship is thrown into
jeopardy when Tom falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan's
daughter Alex (Scarlett Johansson).
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Release Date:
December 29, 2004
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