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BIZ PIX BIG HITS
(FORTUNE Magazine) – Business is boffo at the box office -- business plots, that is: A management consultant drops out and becomes a successful entrepreneur in Baby Boom. A stockbroker falls in Wall Street. Hits in theaters, both movies are now available on videotape, as are many others where the characters are driven by true-to-life business pressures. Above is FORTUNE's list of the best -- along with probably the very worst -- that you can buy or rent. Ache for factory scientist Alec Guinness in The Man in the White Suit as he suffers the politics of innovation after inventing a fabric that never soils or wears out. Thrill as two VPs -- one who believes in R&D, the other in ROE -- battle for the corner office in Executive Suite. Chill as Walter Ramsey pushes an aging executive out to pasture in Patterns, a little-known gem written by Rod Serling of TV's Twilight Zone fame. CHART: NOT AVAILABLE |
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