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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110122:01:53:00

As we mentioned earlier the president has teamed up with ge ceo jeff immelt to bring jobs back to this country. the devastation felt by millions of americans out of work is too real and it s captured with unflinching honesty in a new film that comes out today. a sudden impact on corporate downsizing by ben affleck, tommy lee jones. thousands of americans who lost their jobs including his own brother-in-law. let s take a look at a clip. it s bob walker calling. sally, bob walker. thanks for not returning any of my phone calls. i would like to know why you fired me without any notice you ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110121:12:43:00

Other guy decides to become less materialistic. i think there s a different answer for every person. there is, john, though, in terms of trying to work on developing the characters for this movie and the story line i know, just from friends that we have who are in this situation, there is an entire psychological process to being laid off, downsizing, having to rethink your outlook and future and it truly does, for some families, take away the essence of being a man in a marriage or a man in the world. and i mean, i went through my own process. there s a different experience for women but for men, it s rough. it s pretty much everything. yeah, you know, we have a society in n which we define yourselves by our job. it s the first people ask you when they ask you, what do you do for a living? that s who you are. one of the things i heard ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110121:21:33:00

As a nation, that pele do get back on their feet, really through the help of their family and friends, the people that they know, and i heard that over and over again from the people i talked about, it was a very difficult experience emotionally, economically painful, but at the end of it they felt stronger for the experien experience. the ceo seems to be the villain in this piece. are ceos the villens in what s happening in the job equation? i think they bear some responsibility, but no, i think it s us. it s one of the points that the films tries to make, is not to be too simplistic. there s one of the scenes i m very proud of in the film where one of the assistants who works for commy lee jones is excited after corporate downsizing, because the stock has gone up 6 her and her 401(k) is worth more. the major shareholders that the companies are trying to please on a quarterly reports are the big pension funds, people who ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110121:12:41:00

Fed their kids, bought homes, made enough to send their kids to college, buy a second car. building something they could see, not just figures on a balance sheet but a ship they could see, smell and touch. that was a clip from the company men a film about corporate downsizing and its devastating blow on white collar workers. it s out in theaters today. and here to talk about the movie and the jock market is actor tommy lee jones in west palm beach, florida and here on the set, the film s director, screenwriter and producer, john wells and with us at the table, host of msnbc s last word lawrence o donnell. let s start with you, john. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110121:21:25:00

Commerce and those big multinational corporations on his side, yet not lose the voters? we ll watch how he stage manages this in the next few days before the state of union. thank you always for your insights and perspective. up next on the dr show, hollywood takes on corporate downsizing. thanks for not running any of my calls. if you do return my call, i would love to know how i fired me without any notice, you cowardly witch. we ll talk to the director of the company men and life in the great recession. here s a myth: ....

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