Entry Level (2007)

A 38-year old former chef starts all over again when he interviews for entry-level corporate jobs--and can't get one.

Director:

Douglas Horn

Writer:

Douglas Horn

Stars:

D.B. Sweeney, Missi Pyle, Cedric Yarbrough

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
D.B. Sweeney	...	Clay
Missi Pyle	...	Liz
Cedric Yarbrough	...	Sam
Lisa Ann Walter	...	Kathie
Steve Ryan	...	Bob
Taylor Negron	...	Charlie
Kurtwood Smith	...	Nick
Dan Southworth	...	Vince Stallen
L. Lauren Rand	...	Gabriella
Joe Sabatino	...	Foreman
Tate Hanyok	...	PDA Applicant
Anthony Giangrande	...	Typist Applicant
Eric Pumphrey	...	Spelling Applicant
Kirby Heyborne	...	Video Game Manager
Tom Beyer	...	Team Oriented Manager

Storyline

After losing his restaurant, chef CLAY MAGUIRE must start his career all over--at the bottom. Pushing forty with no "corporate skill-set", Clay enters the strange world of the Unemployable Interviewees of America. He soon meets others who share his plight--LIZ, who spent her youth traveling in the Peace Corp and now finds that experience digging wells in Bangladesh isn't exactly what corporate America is clamoring for; BOB a manufacturing engineer who lost his pension when the company went bust and now finds that 64 is too old to get hired as an administrative assistant and too young for a Wal-Mart greeter; and CHARLIE, who's job as a corporate hiring manager is so miserable that he only hires interviewees he hates because working at his company should be a form of punishment. Spurred along by the total lack of encouragement by his job counselor SAM, the self-serving "wisdom" of his homeless buddy NICK, and the most bizarre series of job interviews imaginable, Clay and his fellow ...

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Plot Keywords:

jobs | corporate | interview | entry level | job interview | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes if you want to move forward, you have to take a few steps back.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Állásvadászat

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$85,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cart Horse Films, Mark E. Lee Productions, Small Pond Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Charlie: So you were talking about the milk of human kindness? Uh uh. My friend, that is how it is all over the world. All over the world...
Clay: Guys, what do you think? You agree with this?
Liz: Well if you call France, England, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Indian, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, China, Japan, South Korea, Burma, Vietnam, Nepal, Fiji, Mexico, Panama, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chili, Argentina, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Togo, Tuvalu...
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User Reviews

Enjoyable comedy about job seekers

Seeing this film at the Stony Brook Film Festival out on Long Island, the promise that filmmaker Douglas Horn showed with his short "Full Disclosure" is fulfilled with his first feature film.

Dryly funny, but not a workplace comedy like "Office Space" is...this looks more at the funny ennui that can happen when job seekers keep running into each other at job interviews. D.B. Sweeney and Missi Pyle start a friendship in those dull waiting rooms that leads into something more, but at the same time, great character turns by the other actors (like Kurtwood Smith) makes this an enjoyable ride. It also makes you hungry, as D.B. is a cook that is looking for something new to earn money at...but he can't stop making great sandwiches for everyone he meets.