Comments on: Career Change Lessons from the Movies

By: Tarun Goyal

Tarun Goyal — Mon, 02 May 2011 17:56:31 +0000

One movie that i think really fits the bill over here is The Pursuit of Happyness…

It is more than a movie to me, with its awesome quotes and awesomer acting by Mr. Smith…

By: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, 2008

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, 2008 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:47:00 +0000

[...] of Narnia in combating an evil villain who prevents the rightful Prince from ruling the land. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. [...]

By: Lost in Translation, 2003

Lost in Translation, 2003 — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:36:47 +0000

[...] Harris is an American film actor, far past his prime. Lost in Translation. He visits Tokyo to appear in commercials, and he meets Charlotte, the young wife of a visiting [...]

By: Tribeca Film Festival -- Movies and Career Change

Tribeca Film Festival -- Movies and Career Change — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:12:58 +0000

[...] Career change continues to be a popular movie theme. Filmmakers know that work is one of the central dramas in any life. I saw another example at the premiere of Serious Moonlight (with Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, and Justin Long). Timothy Hutton’s character hates his job — which is one of the factors that ultimately leads him to the point of being duct-taped to a toilet (stay tuned for the review if you want to know more). The movie is directed by Cheryl Hines from a script written by the late, great writer/director Adrienne Shelly, who was tragically killed in 2006. [...]

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By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:15:23 +0000

Thanks! Love this post.

There is a great scene in Stranger than Fiction, in which Maggie Gyllenhaal explains to Will Ferrell why she dropped out of harvard Law to bake cookies. i wrote about it in my blog, in a series of posts called “Stranger Than Fiction” and Personal Mastery.
Roy

http://mgtatthemovies.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DD172D951D31678C!587.entry

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By: Pamela Skillings

Pamela Skillings — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:21:39 +0000

That’s a great one! I love it.

By: Serious Times

Serious Times — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:22:23 +0000

The Shawshank Redemption:
Successful banker, framed and serving life without parole – finally escapes to restore boats on a Mexican beach paradise.

Lesson: To reach your dream sometimes you’ll have to wade though a lot of cr@p. (watch the escape scene).

regards
mark mcclure