In the Company of Men

In the Company of Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNeil LaBute
Written byNeil LaBute
Based onIn the Company of Men
by Neil LaBute
Produced byMark Archer
Stephen Pevner
Starring
CinematographyTony Hettinger
Edited byJoel Plotch
Music byKarel Roessingh
Ken Williams
Production
companies
  • Atlantis Entertainment[1][2]
  • Company One Productions[2]
Distributed by
Release dates
  • January 19, 1997 (1997-01-19)
(Sundance)
  • August 1, 1997 (1997-08-01) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States[1][2]
LanguagesEnglish
American Sign Language
Budget$250,000[4]
Box office$2.8 million[3]

In the Company of Men is a 1997 American black comedy film, written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy, and Stacy Edwards. The film, which was adapted from a play written by LaBute,[5] and served as his feature film debut, won him the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.[6]

The film revolves around two male co-workers, Chad and Howard, who, angry and frustrated with women in general, plot to toy maliciously with the emotions of a deaf female subordinate. It was first written as a play, which debuted at Brigham Young University in December 1992, and received a 1993 Drama AML Award from the Association for Mormon Letters.

  1. ^ a b "In the Company of Men (1997)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "In the Company of Men (1997)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "In the Company of Men". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  4. ^ Sterngold, James (August 3, 1997). "Conventionally Unconventional". The New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  5. ^ "In the Company of Bad". Miami New Times. November 21, 2002. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  6. ^ "Why is everyone mad at this man?". Daily Herald. May 8, 2003. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2013.

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