The Promotion Page #3

Synopsis: At 33, Doug Stauber is ready for a promotion. He's married, wants to buy a house, and is assistant manager at a Chicago supermarket that's building a new store in his neighborhood. His boss tells him he's a shoo-in to manage the new store, then, a rival appears - Richard Wehlner, transferred from Canada. Richard has a deeper resume than Doug, is really nice, has a wife and daughter, and wants the promotion to manager too. How should Doug behave toward Richard - as a friend, a colleague, a competitor, or an enemy? Richard, it seems, has demons and a past, but with the help of motivational tapes, he's resolved to succeed. Corporate and personal tests await the two men.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Steve Conrad
Production: Weinstein Company
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
R
Year:
2008
86 min
$362,531
282 Views


- What the f*** you callin' me "whopper. "

- Whoa! Cool down.

I bought a Charleston Chew.

Man, f*** you. Ask him.

- Well, where is it?

- I ate it. Ain't I buy a Charleston Chew, a**hole?

Your name's Stauber, right? Doug?

Yep.

- Did he buy a Charleston Chew?

- Like, at 2:
00.

Did he buy a Charleston Chew this afternoon?

Come on, Stauber.

- Yeah.

- All right.

- Then he's a customer, Stauber.

- I'm a customer every day buyin' Chews.

Welcome, all you guys.

You played this the wrong way, Stauber.

What the frig are you doing?

Here's how we're gonna fix this.

Come on.

Go.

Excuse me, young sir?

I want to offer you-

I'd like to offer you a complimentary

strawberry Charleston Chew.

I indicated the flavor:: Strawberry.

Thanks, strawberry f*ggot.

I'm little Mr. Strawberries.

And I was supposed to be inside that day,

not comping the Chews.

Kev, I think you're all set. I'm gonna give you the end cap, and

- It was good to see you.

- It's great to see you. I'm proud of you.

- You too, man.

Um, like I said, if you need

more space on the shelves...

I can always squeeze

Green River a little bit.

Hey, uh, were you a male gymnastics?

Was I a male gymnastics?

Were you a male gymnastics

in theJunior Olympics? Ruiz Googled you.

He says you were a male gymnastic

in Junior Olympics.

No. I wasn't... male gymnastics

in Junior Olympics.

Octavio- Come on, man.

It's a joke, for morale purposes.

Wehlner didn't say

nothing. He's inside today.

- You're lot.

- I'm just gonna take it down.

We should eat.

You guys want something from the rotisserie?

Let's snag somethin' from Deli.

You're gonna love this deli.

Their selection is out of this world.

We're gonna place four lunch orders.

He stole my Pepsi rep detail.

No matter how you slice it,

that's a dick move.

You deal with the poster.

Dick move, man. Deal.

Rotating convention,

full benefits...

That's great.

- It is.

- Hey, Doug. Doug Stauber!

- Hey.

- It's my wife, Lori.

I was just tellin' her

about this new place.

Hey, come on over and meet Christine Wehlner.

- Hey.

- Hi, I'm Jen.

Lori. Pleased to meet you.

- Hi. Doug.

- What kind of accent is that? It's really pretty.

Scotland.

We met on a mission to Scotland.

- On an army mission?

- Christian, man. Christian mission.

Oh. Okay.

Man, when I cheese postered him,

I didn't know he was a family man.

Also, he's Canadian. They're not

the same as Americans. They're nicer.

- Oh. Hey, Paul.

- Hi. How are you? Nice to see you.

- Good to see you too. It's been a while.

- You're lookin' great.

- Thank you very much.

- Hot enough for ya?

I like it like this. Opens up the pores,

makes me feel really good.

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