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Post by pimpinainteasy on Aug 22, 2017 6:06:57 GMT
name films where the main character hates his job.
THE GHOST WRITER - ewen mcgregor's ghost is a bit of a graham greenesque character, finding solace in alcohol.
FACTOTUM - based on the bukowski novel.
TAXI DRIVER - the job and his experiences on it, slowly eats up the disturbed travis bickle
name others.
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 22, 2017 9:17:39 GMT
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 22, 2017 9:46:24 GMT
What? You mean Jett DIDN'T like cleaning out the horse stables at Reata? Are you sure about that, Old Aussie?
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 22, 2017 11:31:08 GMT
Poor old Jett didn't seem much happier when he was boss.
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 22, 2017 11:40:33 GMT
No he was not -- which just proves that oil does not bring happiness.
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Post by bravomailer on Aug 22, 2017 14:15:55 GMT
Jack Nicholson isn't happy with his job at a gas station, so he he joins Hell's Angels on Wheels! You can see how much he enjoys the change.   |
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Post by Terrapin Station on Aug 22, 2017 14:18:10 GMT
Office Space
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 22, 2017 17:16:13 GMT
BROKEN LANCE -- Richard Widmark and brothers hate being treated like mere ranch hands by their daddy-boss, cattle baron Spencer Tracy.
I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG -- Returning WWI vet Paul Muni is bored by his menial office job and decides to hit the road ... to disastrous results.
THE APARTMENT -- Jack Lemmon seems unhappy at first, lost in the impersonal and cavernous insurance machine.
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Post by bravomailer on Aug 22, 2017 17:36:51 GMT
Shane wants to set his guns aside and become a farmhand. Michael Corleone wants out of organized crime but keeps getting dragged back in. Lawrence is ambivalent about his work.   |
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 22, 2017 18:09:14 GMT
Take This Job and Shove It (1981). The title speaks for itself. While movies often try for a hit song based on the title, in this case the song came first. It was a 1977 C&W hit sung by Johnny Paycheck (née Lytle). Has a real catchy tune, too. Take This Job and Shove It
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Post by teleadm on Aug 22, 2017 18:40:28 GMT
Michael Caine doesn't seem to enjoy his job in Educating Rita 1983, at least not in the beginning.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Aug 22, 2017 18:46:21 GMT
Their misogynistic boss makes work miserable for Lilly Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Jane Fonda in 9 to 5.
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Post by Stammerhead on Aug 22, 2017 18:53:57 GMT
Blue Collar: The bosses exploit you, union's not much better and you could die.
Alien: Same problems.
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Post by movielover on Aug 22, 2017 18:56:52 GMT
Horrible Bosses
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Post by koskiewicz on Aug 22, 2017 19:54:02 GMT
Jack Nicholson in The Shining...
"all work and no play make Jack a dull boy"
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Post by politicidal on Aug 23, 2017 0:11:21 GMT
Sandra Bullock as Ryan Stone in GRAVITY (2013). She even said she hates space. I know they needed a one-liner to lighten the mood but WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU AN ASTRONAUT THEN?!?!?
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Post by snsurone on Aug 23, 2017 1:05:45 GMT
There are probably movies about prostitutes who hate being in "the business".
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 23, 2017 1:40:51 GMT
The Best Years of Our Lives Fred Derry (Dana Andrews) is not happy about going back to work at the drug store but he smiles bravely.  sometimes he is not smiling  . |
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 23, 2017 2:26:33 GMT
In the Bongo segment of Fun & Fancy Free (1947), Bongo hates his job at a circus.
In Chicken Run (2000), the characters hate their job, which is being a chicken.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 23, 2017 2:43:04 GMT
There are probably movies about prostitutes who hate being in "the business". Yup. There probably are. |
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