The Promotion Page #6

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
319 Views


- What's a cleft palate? - It's a

deformation of the "mascus"- the lower face.

Medically, it's "masculari horriblus"...

which is Latin for "monster face. "

And I guess some of these kids

really do feel like monsters.

But we restore them to normalcy.

You should see it, man.

It's beautiful.

- Man.

- Yeah.

- What? Tell me what.

- Nothing. I'll see you tonight.

Okay.

- Let me show you something.

- Yeah.

One way to go from planning to tell

the truth to telling another lie...

is to find a gift from your wife-

who has no money-

of some long-sleeved shirts...

because she believes

you'll dress more formally...

as the shoo-in boss of a large grocery

because you said this.

When the truth is you might

stay a "short sleever"...

for the foreseeable future

of thousands of days.

- Hey. I like my shirts.

- Hey.

What are you doing?

It's for night school-

for the school thing, for just in case.

I thought I should do it.

- Are you worried?

- No. But just in case.

I didn't want to miss the sign-up.

I want to save a spot.

- You have to write a check?

- 180.

Don't. Because I got the job.

- They decided?

- Yeah. I got the job.

- Doug! You are great!

- Yeah.

Good-bye, banjo f***ers!

Yeah.

I don't know what that was.

A lie wish?

Way to go, Doug!

Whoo.

Hey, Scott, I wanted to mention, um-

My wrist is acting up a little...

from the Tater Tot thing.

So I think I should

probably do that in-store.

The in-store complaint?

- Yeah.

- All right.

That circulates through the company-

to the board, everywhere.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah. I think that's probably for the best.

You know, in case he does it

to somebody else.

- Okay. I'll get the forms.

- Thanks, Scott.

Because it's flaring up.

#I could be wrong #

#I could be right #

# Could be wrong #

#I could be wrong

I could be right #

#I could be black

I could be white #

#I could be right

I could be wrong #

In-store complaints are for real.

They're for gross and flagrant violation

of company conduct.

It says it on the paperwork.

- Goddamn it.

- Guys get fired for them, not promoted-

tojobs their wives already

think they have.

Oye. I heard from Scott.

He say you into gymnastics

all the way for males.

# Could be wrong #

#I could be right #

Our classes are a "no refund" policy.

Right. Uh-

My wife-

Due to circumstances, my wife

won't be able to be my partner anymore...

and that's cash money.

You can transfer your deposit

if you like.

We have one class

available for singles.

#I could be wrong #

#I could be right #

- Hey, Mr. Wehlner.

- Hey, Hardy.

- Hey, Mr. Wehlner.

- Hey, Hardy.

- How you doin'?

- Doin' good.

- What'd you do last night?

- Went to the movies with my sister.

- You did? That sounds awesome.

- Yeah.

- Guess what.

- What?

- I'm growing a mustache.

- All right. That's cool.

Hey, Hardy, you're doing a great job

in the store here.

- Thanks. You too, man.

- Keep it up.

- What's going on?

- Oh, nothing.

Just... Hardy.

Itjust gets sad sometimes.

Do you know why Hardy's hand

is powdered?

Why?

'Cause retarded guys

masturbate so much...

that they rub the skin

off their penises.

It's just-They don't know better.

Just-They have a hard time

not jerkin' off.

- Hey.

- Hey, guys.

- Scott in?

- Yeah.

- I think Scott's in Receiving.

- Okay.

- I wanted to ask you a question about the application.

- No problem.

I'll see you guys later, all right?

Hey, fellas.

What was he doing?

- Was he talking about jacking off?

- Richard?

He was talking about jacking it?

In front of customers?

Jacking d*cks?

Yeah. Yeah, I guess so. Yeah.

F. You!

- What?

- I didn't say that.

They asked me what you said.

That's what you said.

- You know what? F*** you, Doug.

- That's what you said.

How's your wrist?

How's your wrist, Richard?

- You're bogus.

- I'm bogus?

You lace that thing on, try to f*** me out of a job

- out of money for me and my wife.

Those things weigh 62 grams.

I don't know what a gram is,

but I guess that's a lot 'cause you're hurt.

Get off me, Wehlner!

See you later, Tappy.

What, are you wearing tap shoes?

Lori left me, little boy.

It's the only class

I can attend as a single.

Goddamn! Come on!

Is that guy wearing tap shoes?

Come on!

- F*** off!

- Yeah?

Come on, dick!

Come on!

- F*** you!

- Hold it! Not cool!

Not cool! Go inside.

Sorry, Scott.

- Dancing bear.

- Yeah, wife liar!

I was lunching with Jen...

trying to forget about it and roll into

the crucial second interview.

Then I spied that Big World.

Remember Do-Good and Dodo?

Dodo makes lunchtime

unpleasant for everyone.

Do-Good shares his peanut brittle

with the new... Negro.

"Negro"?

What the f***?

- Hey, babe.

- Hey.

Sometimes, Do-Good cleans up a mess...

even ifhe didn't make it.

Dodo is sometimes simply

not a good young man.

Hey, Lori. It's me.

Hey, uh, tomorrow's the big day-

the final sit-down.

You know, the final interview thing.

Then they make their decision.

Hey, guess what.

I'm taking tap dancing.

The studio wouldn't give me

the deposit back, so I'm tappin'.

I've gotta say I really like it.

It's real-

It's a real dance style.

Very expressive.

Um, anyway, whatever.

I'm still dancin', practicin'.

And, uh-

Listen, Lori.

I love you, and I miss you.

Bye.

#And deep down

we were really in love #

# Oh, but I'm tired

ofholdin'on #

# To a feelin'

I know is gone #

A man probably has just a half dozen or so...

really critical days in his life-

that's all-

a few days that can totally determine

the quality ofhis future.

This chapter is dedicated to helping you-

Richard Wehlner-

to make the most of the few really golden

opportunities many of us will actually have.

So let's let this classic track

take us into Chapter 10.

"Time for Me to Fly. "

# Time for me to fly #

# Oh, I've got

to set myself free #

- # Time for me to fly #

- # Oh, baby #

# That's just how

it's got to be #

# Oh, I know it hurts

to say good-bye #

#But it's time for me to fly #

#It's time for me to fly #

#It's time for me to fly #

#It's time for me to fly #

#It's time for me to fly #

#It's time for me to fly #

#It's time for me to fly ##

By the way, don't tell

anyone that track's on here.

Because I didn't pay

for the licensing.

You have to pull the card back out.

Orange Line, Midway. Now changing to direct.

Orange Line, Midway.

Now changing to direct.

We have a temporary delay.

# When #

# Whenever Paul #

# Thinks of rain #

#Swallows fall #

#In a wave #

#And tap on his window #

Chapter 12. "Finishing Strong. "

I've written this chapter

as a reminder of your new skills.

Perhaps you'll choose

to listen to this passage...

on the morning

of your most important day.

So here it goes,

because you're ready.

Richard Wehlner-

is totally number one.

Because- Richard Wehlner-

shows true grit.

Richard Wehlner

- is not afraid to put others under his thumb...

because- Richard Wehlner-

totally does more than what's expected.

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