Fired! (2007)

Annabelle Gurwitch's first-person take on getting the axe.

Directors:

Chris Bradley, Kyle LaBrache

Writer:

Annabelle Gurwitch

Stars:

Stephen Adly Guirgis, Tim Allen, Andy Borowitz

Cast

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

Storyline

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.

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Taglines:

Getting Fired By Woody Allen Was Just The Beginning

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Certificate:

Unrated

User Reviews

Getting fired is no joke. Or is it?

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 February 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Lansing, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,158, 4 February 2007

Gross USA:

$5,661

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,661

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shout! Factory, Showtime Networks, SundanceTV

Technical Specs

Color:

Color