On the contrary, the film has dated...but it's not the film's fault. It's that the Loren Shaws won. The bottom line became everything...and the factories closed and reopened overseas. Small towns died all over the country, and the world that this movie shows us was perfectly real...and gone.
Watching the scenes with factory workers meeting their families outside the gates, listening to Holden's splendid speech at the end, brought tears to my eyes. There was a time when "Made in America" was a guarantee of quality. We wore clothes, for example, that had been made in the US - and often sewn by union workers. No more.
The contest has always been between those who valued the company and those who valued the stockholders...Executive Suite gives you a great picture of a victory of the man who valued the whole company, so take a look and see what's missing.
Watching the scenes with factory workers meeting their families outside the gates, listening to Holden's splendid speech at the end, brought tears to my eyes. There was a time when "Made in America" was a guarantee of quality. We wore clothes, for example, that had been made in the US - and often sewn by union workers. No more.
The contest has always been between those who valued the company and those who valued the stockholders...Executive Suite gives you a great picture of a victory of the man who valued the whole company, so take a look and see what's missing.