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Synopsis: Tom and Josh Sterling have a start-up dot-com. It's gone public to initial success. Josh is the technical genius. Tom is the fast-talking and abrasive CEO, in charge of the business side. It's August, 2001, less than a month before they can sell their shares and, perhaps, make lots of money. But the company is running out of cash, its main client is stalling, and share values are falling. For Tom to maintain the firm's appearance, he must find cash: investors could rescue him, but at a high cost of his potential wealth and company control. Tom goes to his brother for a loan. At the same time, an old flame, Sarrah, comes back to the city. Can Tom hold things together, bravura and all?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Austin Chick
Production: Original Media
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
R
Year:
2008
88 min
144 Views


They'll call Dylan, and when

they do, take their money.

They'll call. Trust me. You'll see.

I've got a bazillion

shares of Landshark

I can't do

anything with.

out of lockup, 4 weeks.

Four weeks from now, If we

don't get any cash coming In,

we're gonna be

under water!

We IPOed at 12, shot up to

Want to know

where we are now?

Two and one eighth.

You better get

to work then.

Can I have my

chair back, please?

Hey.

Yeah, you can

put it there.

Can you give

me a burp pad?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Josh, you need to help

me unpack this sh*t.

I can't do it

by myself.

I know.

I'm sorry.

I'll help you unpack tonight, I promise.

Is there

anything I can?

I can't stay

very long.

Is there anything that

I can do before I leave?

You can give

me a kiss.

How is he?

Good.

He fell asleep.

Wanna hold him?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Do you want

your hot chocolate?

What do you mean I can't?

What you're saying isn't can't,

you're saying I shouldn't.

There's a

world of difference.

Do what you want. Want the

Gulfstream? Go ahead and get it.

I just want the numbers,

not the moralizing,

not the more than I can

afford, just numbers.

With maintenance?

With everything!

Give or take, but

a million a month.

What does it cost not to lease

the G5? Ever think about that?

Did you ever take

that into account?

You're looking at me like

"What does this a**hole think?

That the bottom never fell

out? Like July never happened?

Of course it happened! Abercrombie

was like, "This is great"

and then she was like,

"This is overvalued. "

What the f*** does that

have to do with us?

It's about

valuation, Tom.

Elision has

a Gulfstream.

Case has a Gulfstream.

Ross has a Gulfstream.

Bezos has a Gulfstream.

F***ing Bezos!

The cost of not having one is the

cost of saying to the world that Tom...

Tom is just not

In that league.

And what does that cost? A f*** of

a lot more than a million a month.

A million a month

can be leveraged.

Being looked at

as B-List, can't.

Can't.

You're past

that point, Tom.

I was right about Unison, wasn't I?

They called, just

Like I said they would.

You and Mel just need to

have a little bit of faith.

This will take more

than smoky mirrors.

If you're not part of the solution,

you're part of the problem.

Am I fired?

Just find a

way to do it.

Arbitrage, I don't

care. Wanna know something?

You're gonna like it.

You're gonna

like riding in it.

You're gonna

call me and say,

I'm gonna take

the family to Hawaii.

You got two kids?

Three.

"I'm gonna take the wife

and three kids to Hawaii. "

and I'm gonna say, "Cool.

Why don't you take the G?"

And I'll tell you this.

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Howard A. Rodman

Howard A. Rodman is a screenwriter, author and educator. He is the former President of the Writers Guild of America, West; professor and former chair of the writing division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts; and an artistic director of the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs. He is the son of screenwriter Howard Rodman (1920–1985). more…

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