The Associate 1996
“Behind every great man is a woman... Wishing he'd get the hell out of her way.”
What is The Associate?
Task: Write a factual, original 150-190 word overview of the film "The Associate" (1996). Constraints: Use ONLY verifiable facts from provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1996
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 114 minutes
- Release date
- Oct 25, 1996
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- United States of America
- Studios
- Interscope Communications, Hollywood Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
- Budget
- $23,000,000
- Revenue
- $12,800,000
- Genres
- Comedy
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.2/10 from 245 votes
- Episode runtime
- ~114 minutes
- Status
- Released
- Networks
- Interscope Communications, Hollywood Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
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Task: Write a factual, original 150-190 word overview of the film "The Associate" (1996).
Constraints:
Use ONLY verifiable facts from provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented/guessed titles, names, dates, counts, awards, ratings, box-office, viewership, or plot points.
No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points.
Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
First sentence must not contain spoilers.
Word count: 150-190 words.
Title: The Associate
Year: 1996
Genre: Comedy (American comedy)
Director: Donald Petrie
Writer: Nick Thiel
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Austin Pendleton, Lainie Kazan.
Release Date: 10/25/1996 (US)
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 1h 54m
Plot: Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman working at an investment firm. She does all the work, but senior investors like Frank Peterson take the credit. She leaves to start her own firm. To find clients, she pretends to have a male partner named Robert Cutty. As she succeeds, clients want to meet Cutty, who does not exist.
Draft 1 (Mental Outline): The Associate is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Donald Petrie
Should you watch it?
“A hardworking businesswoman creates a fake male partner to succeed on Wall Street.”
- Features a talented cast including Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, and Tim Daly.
- Directed by Donald Petrie in a 1996 American comedy about making it on Wall Street.
- Explores themes of overcoming prejudices where Laurel Ayres learns she must work for or be an older white man to be taken seriously.
- Prejudices on Wall Street are difficult to break, which creates stressful professional obstacles for the protagonist.
Watch it if you want to see a comedy about a businesswoman navigating Wall Street by inventing a male partner.
The film is a 1996 American comedy with a runtime of 1 hour and 54 minutes, rated PG-13.
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Is The Associate worth watching?
It is a 1996 comedy directed by Donald Petrie that stars Whoopi Goldberg as a businesswoman navigating Wall Street prejudices.
What is the runtime of the film?
The film has a runtime of 1 hour and 54 minutes.
Who directs and writes the film?
The Associate is directed by Donald Petrie and written by Nick Thiel.
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