The Efficiency Expert (1991)
- Starring:
- Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mark Joffe
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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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
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 85 mins
Complete Cast:
- Anthony Hopkins - Wallace
- Alwyn Kurts - Mr. Ball
- John Walton - Finn
- Toni Collette - Wendy
- Daniel Wyllie - Frank Fletcher
- Jeff Truman - Ron
- Jacob Kino - Marvin
- Angela Punch McGregor - Caroline
- Esme Melville - Rose
- Desiree Smith - Shirley
- Conor McDermottroe - Salesman 2
- Leslie Baker - Gwen
- Ben Mendelsohn - Carey
- Bruno Lawrence - Robert
- Rebecca Rigg - Cheryl
- Russell Crowe - Kim
- John Flaus - Gordon
- Gary Adams - Kevin
- Judith Graham - Jean
- Geoff Brooks - Salesman 1
- James Condon - Executive 1
- Robert Noble - Union Official
- Max Fairchild - Wendys Father
- Randall Berger - Amos
- Director(s):
- Mark Joffe
- Writer(s):
- Andrew Knight, Max Dann
- Producer(s):
- Richard Brennan, Timothy White
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Suitable for Children, Violence)
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