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The Search for John Gissing (2001)
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Mike Binder (writer)
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Matthew Barnes is a young exec on the move up who finds himself a pawn in corporate in-fighting when he's sent to London to oversee a merger...
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(Complete credited cast)| Mike Binder | ... | Matthew Barnes | |
| Tim Briggs | ... | Hotel Clerk | |
| Allan Corduner | ... | Francois Fuller | |
| Janeane Garofalo | ... | Linda Barnes | |
| Frank Harper | ... | Dexter | |
| Caroline Holdaway | ... | Gissing's Secretary | |
| James Lance | ... | Donny the Janitor | |
| Lee Oakes | ... | Cousin Carl Gissing | |
| Angela Pleasence | ... | Johanna Frielduct | |
| Alan Rickman | ... | John Gissing | |
| Juliet Stevenson | ... | Gwenyth Moore | |
| Owen Teale | ... | Giles Hanagan | |
| Nigel Terry | ... | Alan Jardeen | |
| Sonya Walger | ... | Sister Mary | |
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| David Reid | ... | Man Who Wants to be a Woman (as Dave Reid) | |
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91 min (AFI Film Festival)
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Matthew Barnes: The fact that we weren't met at Heathrow was frustrating, I can't deny that. But when you work for one of these international conglomerates like I do you kind of expect that every now and then there'll be a paper jam that takes your life along with it.
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Matthew Barnes: The fact that we weren't met at Heathrow was frustrating, I can't deny that. But when you work for one of these international conglomerates like I do you kind of expect that every now and then there'll be a paper jam that takes your life along with it.
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Referenced in Creating 'The Upside of Anger' (2005) (V)
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In this film, Mike Binder (who also directed) is an American businessman named Matthew Barnes who just arrived in London with his wife (played by Janeane Garofalo), where Matthew is supposed to take over the final negotiations for a big merger with a German firm. Unfortunately, all of the arrangements were made by John Gissing (Alan Rickman), who feels passed over for the job and sabotages Matthew at every turn. Another key character is their boss, Francois (played by Allan Corduner, who played Sullivan in "Topsy-Turvy").
All of the characters are interesting, as is the direction and editing (which features lots of jump cuts). All in all I was pleasantly surprised given the poor review I had read in the local newspaper. Seen at Cinequest (the San Jose, CA film festival), where it was the opening night film on 2/21/2002.