Movie Description:
Actress Annabelle Gurwitch was canned by a cultural icon whenshe was fired from a play by Woody Allen. Turning to her friends in show business, shelearned she was not alone--everyone she knew, from her rabbi toher gynecologisthad their own account of getting the boot. Featuring interviews withcomedians, economists and regular joes, FIRED is a humorous look at downsizing in America. Gurwitch traveled the country, interviewing people as diverseas Tim Allen, Sarah Silverman, Jeff Garlin, Anne Meara, David Cross, and auto workers inLansing, Michigan, whoseperspectives ranged from the tragicallycomedic to the just plain tragic. Her journey also led her tothe office of Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary under President Clinton, and toeconomist Ben Stein, who spoke of the growing insecurity the American worker faces today.
