The Efficiency Expert Synopsis & Summary

Synopsis

Also released as Spotswood, The Efficiency Expert stars Anthony Hopkins as Wallace, a cold-blooded management consultant, infamous for radically "downsizing" every firm he comes in contact with. Wallace's latest assignment is to streamline a small, family-owned shoe factory in Australia. As he gets to know the eccentric (and endearingly inefficient) factory workers, Wallace undergoes a slow-but-sure "humanizing" process. Eventually realizing that he can simultaneously cut costs and preserve the dignity of the workers, he finds a way to modernize the operation without a single firing. In traditional fashion, the main story shares screen time with a romantic subplot involving the factory-owner's son and a female employee. Characterized by many critics as "Capraesque," The Efficiency Expert also bears trace of all those Ealing comedies of the 1950s. - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Movie Info

Starring:
Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Alwyn Kurts, Bruno Lawrence, John Walton
Theatrical Release Date:
11/06/1992
DVD Release Date:
01/23/2007
MPAA Reasons:
for mild language and brief mild violence.
Run Time:
97 min.
Distributor(s):
Miramax
Production Co.:
Australian Film Finance Corporation, Meridian Films, Smiley Films
Director(s):
Mark Joffe
Genre(s):
Comedy, Drama
Themes:
Workplace Romance, Culture Clash, Fish Out of Water
Tone:
Affectionate, Light, Understated, Whimsical, Wry
Keywords:
business, career, efficiency, expert, factory, family-business, life-choices, manager, moccasins, model-car, technology
Country of Origin:
USA (11-06-1992)
Language:
English
Status:
DVD

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