Lights, Camera, Accountants
2005; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Volume: 200; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
0021-8448
Autores Tópico(s)Cinema and Media Studies
ResumoIf it's true that art imitates life, then CPAs and accountants have been immortalized on celluloid since early days of medium. Here are some films that feature members of profession--for better or for worse. We Who Are Young (1940) Lana Turner and John Shelton play poor newlyweds who both work at an accounting firm in New York City and are struggling to survive during Great Depression. The firm's no-marrieds rule costs Lana her job, while John loses his for demanding a raise to support his pregnant wife. This situation strains their marriage, but in true MGM musical style, all's well that ends well--even when stork delivers twins. Scarlet Street (1945) Timid accountant and amateur painter Edward G. Robinson embezzles money from his employer to finance a lavish apartment for his mistress to whom he poses as a famous painter. When he finds she and a thuggish boyfriend have been making money by selling his art and grabbing credit, he kills her. The Producers (1968) Zero Mostel, Broadway producer, and Gene Wilder, his neurotic accountant, deliberately stage a flop to swindle their investors--and wind up in jail where they stage another for same reason. Snowball Express (1972) Disney cast Dean Jones as a New York accountant who quits his job and moves to Rocky Mountains to run a newly inherited ski resort. The Main Event (1979) Barbra Streisand goes broke when her accountant flees to South America with her money, leaving her just one asset: a contract with reluctant prizefighter Ryan O'Neal, with whom she falls in love. The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983) Sail the wide accountantcy with Monty Python's short film about accountants who start a mutiny and turn pirates when one of their own is discharged. It's a story of old regime versus new corporate order. Moonstruck (1987) Cher plays a widowed Brooklyn bookkeeper who finds true love with her fiance's estranged brother and also learns nothing can take place of family--even when her aunt and uncle mistakenly accuse her of embezzling their deli's profits. The Untouchables (1987) Robert DeNiro plays Al Capone, most notorious tax-evader of them all, brought down by Treasury agent and accountant Oscar Wallace. Kevin Costner does an impressive turn as dedicated federal agent Eliot Ness. Midnight Run (1988) Robert DeNiro returns, again at odds with an accountant, playing a bounty hunter hired to find and bring in bail-jumping mob accountant Charles Grodin, who stole millions from his boss to donate to charity. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) Joe Pesci steals show in this sequel playing a mob accountant whom Mel Gibson and Danny Glover must protect until he testifies against his former bosses. She-Devil (1989) Roseanne Barr, playing title role in this comedy, comes up with a plan to teach her philandering accountant husband a lesson--by framing him for embezzlement. …
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