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A 1991 romantic comedy-drama directed by Creator/NormanJewison, adapted from Jerry Sterner's [[TheFilmOfThePlay play of the same name name]] and starring Creator/DannyDeVito, Creator/GregoryPeck (in his last major film role), and Penelope Ann Miller.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A reconstruction or simply an aversion. Sure Larry's actions might seem ruthless but there's no malice behind them. He just wants to make money, which he does in an entirely legitimate and legal fashion. Neither does he have the overwhelming disdain for those beneath him that is a hallmark of the character type.
* {{Expy}}: Some might argue that Larry's based on Gordon Gekko
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Corporate Raiders Have Standards]]: When Jorgy's wife attempts to bribe Larry with her life's savings to leave them alone. Larry not only rejects it but seems genuinely offended that she expected him to take it, comparing it to stealing from orphans and widows.
* {{Expy}}: Some might argue that Larry's based on Gordon Gekko
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Corporate Raiders Have Standards]]: When Jorgy's wife attempts to bribe Larry with her life's savings to leave them alone. Larry not only rejects it but seems genuinely offended that she expected him to take it, comparing it to stealing from orphans and widows.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A reconstruction or simply an aversion.{{reconstruction}}. Sure Larry's actions might seem ruthless but there's no malice behind them. He just wants to make money, which he does in an entirely legitimate and legal fashion. Neither does he have the overwhelming disdain for those beneath him that is a hallmark of the character type.
*{{Expy}}: Some might argue that Larry's based on Gordon Gekko
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Corporate Raiders Have Standards]]:EvenEvilHasStandards: When Jorgy's wife attempts to bribe Larry with her life's savings to leave them alone. Larry not only rejects it but seems genuinely offended that she expected him to take it, comparing it to stealing from orphans and widows.
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* InformedWrongness: Garfield is only evil because other characters tell us he is. He is never shown doing anything illegal, and he genuinely believes those who might be hurt by his actions will be better off in the end. He is certainly no [[Film/BarbariansAtTheGate Henry Kravis]] or [[Film/WallStreet Gordon Gekko]], even with his shareholder speech that sounds similar to the latter.
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* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Corporate Raiders Have Standards]]: When Jorgy's wife attempts to bribe Larry with a million dollar payoff her life's savings to leave them alone, alone. Larry not only rejects it but compares taking seems genuinely offended that she expected him to take it, comparing it to stealing from orphans and widows.
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: Notably subverted. The film pits a wealthy corporate raider played by Danny Devito against a hard-working, old-fashioned, New England factory owner who [[FatherToHisMen genuinely cares about his employees]] and his family business and is played by Creator/GregoryPeck. At the climax of the film, Gregory Peck makes an impassioned speech about industry and America, about honor and old-fashioned values. His opponent counters with a speech about how he can make the stockholders more money... [[RealityEnsues and wins easily]].
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: Notably subverted. The film pits a wealthy corporate raider played by Danny Devito against a hard-working, old-fashioned, New England factory owner who [[FatherToHisMen genuinely cares about his employees]] and his family business and is played by Creator/GregoryPeck. At the climax of the film, Gregory Peck makes an impassioned speech about industry and America, about honor and old-fashioned values. His opponent counters with a speech about how he can make the stockholders more money... [[RealityEnsues and wins easily]].easily.
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* WTHCastingAgency: The source material is a screwball comedy where two people on opposite sides of a corporate case fall for one another. It's a little harder to pull off a convincing love relationship with a plus-sized bald, older man and Penelope Anne Miller.
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** It's rare for a corporation's stock to trade below the sale value of its assets. In 1949 Benjamin Graham (the father of modern investing) wrote about the advantages of purchasing stock in "net-nets", and they were promptly hunted to extinction. If a company does enter such dire straights, liquidation specialists (like Larry) will start circling pretty quickly, and it's unlikely that New England Wire & Cable would have limped along for so long without some sort of buyout. This is ultimately [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that the company is run more like a family business than a corporation, with the president, the board and the employees collectively holding 30% of the stock. This means that Larry has to convince an overwhelming majority of the other stockholders, and/or make such a good case that the board and employees would vote for liquidation.
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** It's rare for a corporation's stock to trade below the sale value of its assets. In 1949 Benjamin Graham (the father of modern investing) wrote about the advantages of purchasing stock in "net-nets", and they were promptly hunted to extinction. If In real life, such a company does enter such dire straights, liquidation specialists (like Larry) will start circling pretty quickly, and it's unlikely that New England Wire & Cable would have limped along for so likely be taken over long without some sort of buyout. before the stock value dropped so low. This is ultimately [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that the company is run more like a family business than a corporation, with the president, the board and the employees collectively holding 30% of the stock. This means that Larry has to convince an overwhelming majority of the other stockholders, and/or make such a good case that the board stock, and employees would vote for liquidation. president aggressively opposed to selling.
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* HollywoodLaw: Kate never suggests to Jorgy some of the most common anti-takeover defenses, notably the poison pill or the crown jewel defense. The film was released in 1991, and is presumably set in the late eighties, except that by that time the takeover movement of the eighties was waning in no small part because of defenses like the poison pill. Any competent corporate attorney at that time would have suggested those defenses to her client, but Kate never does. Probably the filmmakers knew this but decided that, one, they didn't want to have to have Kate explain to the audience what a poison pill is, and, two, if Jorgy had used either of those defenses that probably would have been the end of it and there would have been no movie. The whole point of those defenses, after all, is that they can pretty much stop takeovers dead in their tracks.[[note]]It's not quite that simple, but close enough.[[/note]]
** Note that this is only true in the film. In the original stage play, Kate suggests a number of defensive tactics, including poison pills and shark repellants. In a case of HonorBeforeReason, Jorgy disdains to use them because they would dilute the value of his company for its existing shareholders. Larry, commenting on the action to the audience, cheers as Jorgenson refuses the weapons that might save him.
** Note that this is only true in the film. In the original stage play, Kate suggests a number of defensive tactics, including poison pills and shark repellants. In a case of HonorBeforeReason, Jorgy disdains to use them because they would dilute the value of his company for its existing shareholders. Larry, commenting on the action to the audience, cheers as Jorgenson refuses the weapons that might save him.
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* HollywoodLaw: In the film, Kate never suggests to Jorgy some of the most common anti-takeover defenses, notably the poison pill or the crown jewel defense. The film was released in 1991, and is presumably set in the late eighties, except that by that time the takeover movement of the eighties was waning in no small part because of defenses like the poison pill. Any competent corporate attorney at that time defense, which would have suggested those defenses to her client, but Kate never does. Probably the filmmakers knew this but decided that, one, they didn't want to have to have Kate explain to the audience what a poison pill is, and, two, if Jorgy had used either of those defenses that probably would have been the end of it and there would have been no movie. The whole point of those defenses, after all, is that they can pretty much stop takeovers dead stopped Larry in their tracks.[[note]]It's not quite that simple, but close enough.[[/note]]
** Note that this is only true in the film.his tracks. In the original stage play, Kate suggests a number of defensive tactics, including poison pills and shark repellants. In a case of HonorBeforeReason, she recommends these methods, but Jorgy disdains to use rejects them because they would dilute they'd [[HonorBeforeReason compromise the value integrity of his company company]]. In the film, Jorgy rejects the idea of reincorporating in a more favorable state, for its existing shareholders. Larry, commenting on much the action to the audience, cheers as Jorgenson refuses the weapons that might save him.same reasons.
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* HonestCorporateExecutive: As with CorruptCorporateExecutive, this trope is fully deconstructed. Gregory Peck perfectly fits the role of an old-fashioned, honest and sincere CEO who cares deeply about the business his grandfather started, and cares more about the business and its employees than about making money for himself. But this very commitment blinds him to the decline of the company. He remains stuck in magical thinking that things are about to turn around, and his traditionalist mindset keeps him from innovating or seeking out new markets to keep the business relevant. It even makes him helpless against Larry's hostile takeover, because he refuses to pursue any tactic that feels underhanded.
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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Both Jorgy and Larry in their big speeches. Jorgy talks about how the wire and cable industry will recover when the dollar is a little stronger and the yen is a little weaker; actually, that would just mean that an American company like his would get priced out of the market by its Japanese competitors. On the other hand, Larry says that the fastest way to go broke is to have an increasing share of a shrinking market; that's true if and only if the market shrinks away to nothing, which is unlikely to happen for products like wire and cable. Otherwise, having an increasing share of a shrinking market is a way to become spectacularly profitable, since it eliminates all your competitors.
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** Both Jorgy and Larry in their big speeches. Jorgy talks about how the wire and cable industry will recover when the dollar is a little stronger and the yen is a little weaker; actually, that would just mean that an American company like his would get priced out of the market by its Japanese competitors. On the other hand, Larry says that the fastest way to go broke is to have an increasing share of a shrinking market; that's true if and only if the market shrinks away to nothing, which is unlikely to happen for products like wire and cable. Otherwise, having an increasing share of a shrinking market is a way to become spectacularly profitable, since it eliminates all yourcompetitors.competitors.
** It's rare for a corporation's stock to trade below the sale value of its assets. In 1949 Benjamin Graham (the father of modern investing) wrote about the advantages of purchasing stock in "net-nets", and they were promptly hunted to extinction. If a company does enter such dire straights, liquidation specialists (like Larry) will start circling pretty quickly, and it's unlikely that New England Wire & Cable would have limped along for so long without some sort of buyout. This is ultimately [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that the company has relatively few shareholders and is ran more like a family business than a corporation.
** Both Jorgy and Larry in their big speeches. Jorgy talks about how the wire and cable industry will recover when the dollar is a little stronger and the yen is a little weaker; actually, that would just mean that an American company like his would get priced out of the market by its Japanese competitors. On the other hand, Larry says that the fastest way to go broke is to have an increasing share of a shrinking market; that's true if and only if the market shrinks away to nothing, which is unlikely to happen for products like wire and cable. Otherwise, having an increasing share of a shrinking market is a way to become spectacularly profitable, since it eliminates all your
** It's rare for a corporation's stock to trade below the sale value of its assets. In 1949 Benjamin Graham (the father of modern investing) wrote about the advantages of purchasing stock in "net-nets", and they were promptly hunted to extinction. If a company does enter such dire straights, liquidation specialists (like Larry) will start circling pretty quickly, and it's unlikely that New England Wire & Cable would have limped along for so long without some sort of buyout. This is ultimately [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that the company has relatively few shareholders and is ran more like a family business than a corporation.
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** Note that this is only true in the film. In the original stage play, Kate suggests both poison pills and shark repellants. In a case of HonorBeforeReason, Jorgy disdains to use them because they would dilute the value of his company for its existing shareholders. Larry, commenting on the action to the audience, cheers as Jorgenson refuses the weapons that might save him.
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** Note that this is only true in the film. In the original stage play, Kate suggests both a number of defensive tactics, including poison pills and shark repellants. In a case of HonorBeforeReason, Jorgy disdains to use them because they would dilute the value of his company for its existing shareholders. Larry, commenting on the action to the audience, cheers as Jorgenson refuses the weapons that might save him.
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-->KATE: I’m sorry you feel that way. I’m only telling you how corporations under attack defend themselves. Don’t [[ShootTheMessenger blame the messenger for the message.]]
-->JORGENSON: The messenger, as I hear it, is saying ‘pay him off or self-destruct. Either way, pay me my fee.’
-->KATE: I’m sorry you feel that way. I’m only telling you how corporations under attack defend themselves. Don’t [[ShootTheMessenger blame the messenger for the message.]]
-->JORGENSON: The messenger, as I hear it, is saying ‘pay him off or self-destruct. Either way, pay me my fee.’
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Lawrence Garfield, otherwise known as "Larry the Liqudator" ([=DeVito=]), is an apparently heartless, but secretly lonely, corporate raider launching a hostile takeover of a small Rhode Island company that makes wire and cable. The founder of the company, Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson (Peck), reaches out to his stepdaughter Kate (Miller), an attorney, to stop him. Larry soon becomes smitten with Kate, leading him to try to beat her and woo her at the same time.
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Lawrence Garfield, otherwise known as "Larry the Liqudator" ([=DeVito=]), is an apparently heartless, but secretly lonely, corporate raider launching a hostile takeover of a small Rhode Island company that makes wire and cable. The son of the founder of the company, Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson (Peck), reaches out to his stepdaughter Kate (Miller), an attorney, to stop him. Larry soon becomes smitten with Kate, leading him to try to beat her and woo her at the same time.
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: Notably subverted. The film pits a wealthy corporate raider played by Danny Devito against a hard-working, old-fashioned, New England factory owner who [[FatherToHisMen genuinuely cares about his employees]] and his family business and is played by GregoryPeck. At the climax of the film, Gregory Peck makes an empassioned speech about industry and America, about honor and old-fashioned values. His opponent counters with a speech about how he can make the stockholders more money... [[RealityEnsues and wins easily]].
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: Notably subverted. The film pits a wealthy corporate raider played by Danny Devito against a hard-working, old-fashioned, New England factory owner who [[FatherToHisMen genuinuely genuinely cares about his employees]] and his family business and is played by GregoryPeck. Creator/GregoryPeck. At the climax of the film, Gregory Peck makes an empassioned impassioned speech about industry and America, about honor and old-fashioned values. His opponent counters with a speech about how he can make the stockholders more money... [[RealityEnsues and wins easily]].
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Lawrence Garfield, otherwise known as "Larry the Liqudator" ([=DeVito=]), is an apparently heartless, but secretly lonely, corporate raider launching a hostile takeover of a small Rhode Island company that makes wire and cable. The founder of the company, Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson (Peck), reaches out to his stepdaughter Kate (Miller), an attorney, to stop him. Larry soon becomes smitten with Kate (seeing as how she's, you know, Penelope Ann Miller--click the link under Male Gaze), Kate, leading him to try to beat her and woo her at the same time.
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* AntiHero: Larry the Liquidator (type 1) greedy, materialistic, lecherous, and ruthless in the pursuit of money. However, unlike similar characters he pursues wealth in entirely legal ways, refuses to take bribes from those he targets, and -- since he's played by Danny Devito -- if you're not in one of the companies he's trying to liquidate he actually seems like a fun guy to know.
* AntiVillain: Andrew " Jorgy" Jorgenson (played by Gregory Peck in his last major role). If Larry is a reconstruction of the CorruptCorporateExecutive, then Jorgy is a deconstruction of the HonestCorporateExecutive; effectively making Jorgy the George Bailey to Larry's Mr. Potter.
* AntiVillain: Andrew " Jorgy" Jorgenson (played by Gregory Peck in his last major role). If Larry is a reconstruction of the CorruptCorporateExecutive, then Jorgy is a deconstruction of the HonestCorporateExecutive; effectively making Jorgy the George Bailey to Larry's Mr. Potter.
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* AntiHero: Larry the Liquidator (type 1) 1). Yes, he's greedy, materialistic, lecherous, and ruthless in the his pursuit of money. However, unlike similar characters he pursues wealth in entirely legal ways, refuses to take bribes from those he targets, and -- since he's played by Danny Devito -- if you're not in one of the companies he's trying to liquidate he actually seems like a fun guy to know.
* AntiVillain: Andrew " Jorgy"Jorgenson (played by Gregory Peck in his last major role).Jorgenson. If Larry is a reconstruction of the CorruptCorporateExecutive, then Jorgy is a deconstruction of the HonestCorporateExecutive; effectively making Jorgy the George Bailey to Larry's Mr. Potter.
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* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Corporate Raiders Have Standards]]: When the the wife of Gregory Peck's character attempts to bribe Larry with a million dollar payoff to leave them alone, Larry not only rejects it but compares taking it to stealing from orphans and widows.
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* PetTheDog- Larry tells Kate over dinner how a cheerleader broke his heart in high school.
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Lawrence Garfield, a/k/a otherwise known as "Larry the Liqudator," ([=DeVito=]) Liqudator" ([=DeVito=]), is an apparently heartless, but secretly lonely, corporate raider launching a hostile takeover of a small Rhode Island company that makes wire and cable. The founder of the company, Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson (Peck), reaches out to his stepdaughter Kate (Miller), an attorney, to stop him. Larry soon becomes smitten with Kate (seeing as how she's, you know, Penelope Ann Miller--click the link under Male Gaze), leading him to try to beat her and woo her at the same time.
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Lawrence Garfield, a/k/a "Larry the Liqudator," ([=DeVito=]) is an apparently heartless, but secretly lonely, corporate raider launching a hostile takeover of a small Rhode Island company that makes wire and cable. The founder of the company, Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson (Peck), reaches out to his stepdaughter Kate (Miller), an attorney, to stop him. Larry soon becomes enamored of Kate (seeing as how she's, you know, Penelope Ann Miller--click the link under Male Gaze), leading him to try to beat her and woo her at the same time.
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Lawrence Garfield, a/k/a "Larry the Liqudator," ([=DeVito=]) is an apparently heartless, but secretly lonely, corporate raider launching a hostile takeover of a small Rhode Island company that makes wire and cable. The founder of the company, Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson (Peck), reaches out to his stepdaughter Kate (Miller), an attorney, to stop him. Larry soon becomes enamored of smitten with Kate (seeing as how she's, you know, Penelope Ann Miller--click the link under Male Gaze), leading him to try to beat her and woo her at the same time.
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Lawrence Garfield, a/k/a "Larry the Liqudator," ([=DeVito=]) is an apparently heartless, but secretly lonely, corporate raider launching a hostile takeover of a small Rhode Island company that makes wire and cable. The founder of the company, Andrew Jorgenson (Peck), reaches out to his stepdaughter Kate (Miller), an attorney, to stop him. Larry soon becomes enamored of Kate (seeing as how she's, you know, Penelope Ann Miller--click the link under Male Gaze), leading him to try to beat her and woo her at the same time.
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Lawrence Garfield, a/k/a "Larry the Liqudator," ([=DeVito=]) is an apparently heartless, but secretly lonely, corporate raider launching a hostile takeover of a small Rhode Island company that makes wire and cable. The founder of the company, Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson (Peck), reaches out to his stepdaughter Kate (Miller), an attorney, to stop him. Larry soon becomes enamored of Kate (seeing as how she's, you know, Penelope Ann Miller--click the link under Male Gaze), leading him to try to beat her and woo her at the same time.
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* BelligerentSexualTensionBelligerentSexualTension: Lots of it between Larry and Kate.
