Dennis Quaid stars as a demoted executive who is replaced by a 26-year-old business school phenom who later dates his daughter. watch
The stars and director of the comedy-drama talk about their characters, working together, and the film's treatment of the youth-versus-age topic. watch
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Length: 02:29
Posted: 7/23/2009
Filmmaker and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Paul Weitz turns his complex sense of humor on Synergy, an insightful comedy about the relationship between a 50-year-old businessman and his new, 26-year-old boss.
Dan Foreman (played by Dennis Quaid) is headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. His new boss, Tom (played by Topher Grace) is half his age--a business school prodigy who preaches corporate Synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Tom cross-promotes the magazine with the cell phone division and "Krispity Krunch," an indeterminate snack food under the same corporate umbrella.
Both men are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two daughters--Alex, age 18, and Jana, age 16--and is shocked when his wife tells him she's pregnant with a new child. Between college tuition, the mortgage and a new baby, Dan can't afford to lose his job in th watch
