Credited cast: | |||
Stephen Adly Guirgis | ... | Self | |
Tim Allen | ... | Self | |
Andy Borowitz | ... | Self | |
W. Bruce Cameron | ... | Self | |
David Cross | ... | Self | |
Andy Dick | ... | Self | |
Tate Donovan | ... | Self | |
Illeana Douglas | ... | Self | |
Jeff Garlin | ... | Self | |
Judy Gold | ... | Self | |
Annabelle Gurwitch | ... | Self | |
Jeff Kahn | ... | Self | |
Richard Kind | ... | Self | |
Anne Meara | ... | Self | |
Bob Odenkirk | ... | Self |
When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen, she wondered how she would cope with being downsized by a cultural icon. Turning to friends in show business, she was assured she was not alone. Everyone she knew, from her rabbi to her gynecologist, had their own account of getting the boot. Featuring interviews with comedians, economists and regular working folks, and drawing on her hugely popular book, Fired! is a humorous look at downsizing in America. Written by Anonymous
Annabelle Gurwitch's take on getting fired from a play by Woody Allen. It's sort of a satirical documentary, opening with shots of New York in a spirited Allen parody, and then a scene with Gurwitch and an Allen impersonator acting out the firing. To this is added some bits by various comedians about work, getting fired, depression, and surviving getting fired. There are lots of people more or less in the business either performing in a show Gurwitch devised doing riffs on getting fired. Some celebrities are interviewed, or something, and some of them are really quite funny. Gurwitch consults some scary specialists and interviews people she's encountered at open-houses for the recently fired. Toward the end there are some serious points made by economists about the collapse of companies taking thousands of jobs while executives leave with ten million. Disgusting, the man says. The last ten minutes offer a lot to think about, and so Gurwitch manages to sneak social commentary into her movie. And then back to funniness.