The Associate

"Behind every great man is a woman... Wishing he'd get the hell out of her way."

1996 1h 54m EN

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6.2

MID

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28%

ROTTEN

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6.2

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 245🥫28%Rotten Tomatoes★6.2IMDB · 9,741

Comedy

Synopsis

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Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.

“Behind every great man is a woman... Wishing he'd get the hell out of her way.”

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Cast

Whoopi Goldberg
Laurel Ayres
Dianne Wiest
Sally Dugan
Eli Wallach
Donald Fallon
Tim Daly
Frank Peterson
Bebe Neuwirth
Camille Scott
Austin Pendleton
Aesop Franklin
Lainie Kazan
Cindy Mason
George Martin
Walter Manchester

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Donald Petrie
Writers: Nick Thiel
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 56% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Donald Petrie, shot by Alex Nepomniaschy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Vassal Benford. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Bonnie Koehler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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ERA

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Whoopi Goldberg and Dianne Wiest and Eli Wallach carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Behind every great man is a woman... Wishing he'd get the hell out of her way.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0115580 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Donald Petrie directs. Alex Nepomniaschy behind the camera. Vassal Benford scores. Bonnie Koehler cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 56% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
230 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Donald Petrie, shot by Alex Nepomniaschy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Vassal Benford. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Bonnie Koehler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Whoopi Goldberg and Dianne Wiest and Eli Wallach carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Behind every great man is a woman... Wishing he'd get the hell out of her way.".
8IMDB entry: tt0115580 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "career", "fraud", "sexism", "wall street".