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The Associate is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Donald Petrie and written by Nick Thiel. It stars Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly, and Bebe Neuwirth, alongside Austin Pendleton and Lainie Kazan.
Oct 25, 1996 · The Associate: Directed by Donald Petrie. With Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly. A comedy about making it on Wall Street. Prejudices are hard to break and Laurel Ayres quickly learns that in order for people to take her seriously she has to work for an older white man or be one.
- (9.1K)
- Comedy
- Donald Petrie
- 1996-10-25
When an unqualified white man (Tim Daly) receives a promotion, she quits her job to start her own business, only to learn that, as a woman, she is not taken seriously. To fool her competitors ...
- (18)
- Donald Petrie
- PG-13
- Whoopi Goldberg
Oct 25, 1996 · Overview. Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm.
Enlisting the help of her drag queen friend and her associate, Sally Dugan she is able to create a physical prosthetic entity. A chain of events mostly due to Laural Ayers adversaries force her to abandon her fictional character and deal her out once again.
With a bizarre but satisfying plot, and some surprisingly radical ideas for what appears to be a middle-of-the-road comedy vehicle for Whoopi Goldberg, The Associate deserves more attention. Goldberg is a talented investment banker in New York who struggles as a black, female professional to be taken seriously.
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Synopsis. Whoopi Goldberg handles business her own way in this outrageous comedy hit! Whoopi plays a fast-track executive who starts her own company after a back-stabbing co-worker (Tim Daly) nabs her promotion.
