The Company Page #3

Synopsis: An inside look at the world of ballet. With the complete cooperation of the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Altman follows the stories of the dancers, whose professional and personal lives grow impossibly close, as they cope with the demands of a life in the ballet. Campbell plays a gifted but conflicted company member on the verge of becoming a principal dancer at a fictional Chicago troupe, with McDowell the company's co-founder and artistic director, considered one of America's most exciting choreographers. Franco plays Campbell's boyfriend and one of the few characters not involved in the world of dance.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Robert Altman
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PG-13
Year:
2003
112 min
Website
223 Views


- Thank you for your genius.

Well, you look so beautiful.

I can see the resemblance.

- This is your father too.

- This is my stepfather.

- I see the resemblance.

- I'm the father.

- Of course. And you are?

- Ginger.

As in Ginger Rogers.

She wasn't so bad, was she?

- Enjoy yourselves at the party.

- Thank you. We will.

- Very nice to see you.

- Thank you. Mr. A.

To Justin.

Mr. A wants to do the ballet.

But I talked to Harriet.

She said if I take it to

Tucker he'd say no.

- Eldridge Wright.

- Oh, my god. How are you?

- Can I get a glass of champagne?

- How you doing?

- I'm fine. How you doing?

- You did good tonight.

- Thanks.

- So how'd you feel about it?

- I felt good about it.

- Yeah? Good.

Did Noel like it?

- Do you know Lar, the choreographer.

- Yes.

I didn't appreciate being the last

one to find out about you.

- That wasn't cool.

- You and I know what it was.

Apparently you did. I didn't.

Any way have a good night.

- I'll call you. Alright, good.

- Yes.

Mr. A?

Can I talk to you about Justin

for a second?

- Wait a minute.

- There is a problem with...

The protocol is this, you call

the company, you talk to Edouard...

- and you make an appointment.

- I understand.

Thank you.

All the best to you.

Honestly people are so rude.

It's just too much really.

Just to confirm:
Maia and Suzanne

are in every single ballet...

- Do they have covers?

- Yeah we've taken care of that.

Can we have a drop-dead date

so I can tell wardrobe?

The dancers must know the cast

one week in advance.

And they always do.

- Are you guys finished up?

- You've almost done.

- Not really.

- You've finished your meeting.

Yes sir.

Mark? Would you mind staying.

Char would you mind, darling?

And Harriet you stay too.

Robert, is this going to be ok?

My sketches are pretty big.

We might need a bit more room.

We could use the conference table.

Get rid of those bagels.

Good, good.

- So we start with a giant snake.

- What are you doing here? Out!

That's beautiful.

So we start with a giant snake

on stage. It's just floating...

- glowing blue in a void of black.

- How many dancers?

There's about twenty dancers.

But to make it really smooth...

- Can you do it with ten?

- No, we couldn't do it.

- Could we cut the tail off?

- Maybe. Yeah.

Then from the snake flowing like

that the black curtain goes up...

it reveals the blue snake

and it has the Shiva characters.

Of the cosmic dancer,

the storyteller.

- What's the ballet called?

- Blue snake.

The snake representing the spine.

The blue is the energy in the spine.

I don't think you understand our

financial situation here.

I'm working with mirrors

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