The Search for John Gissing (2001)
Matthew Barnes is a young exec on the move up who finds himself a pawn in corporate in-fighting when he's sent to London to oversee a merger.
- Date of release
- 2001-11-01
- TMDB
- 4.9 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Mike Binder
Casting
- Alan Rickman — John Gissing
- Janeane Garofalo — Linda Barnes
- Mike Binder — Matthew Barnes
- Sonya Walger — Sister Mary
- Juliet Stevenson — Gwenyth Moore
- Allan Corduner — Francois Fuller
- Owen Teale — Giles Hanagan
- Nigel Terry — Alan Jardeen
- Frank Harper — Dexter
- James Lance — Donny the Janitor
- Lee Oakes — Carl Gissing
- Angela Pleasence — Johanna Frielduct
Interesting facts
The Search for John Gissing is a 2001 comedy film written, directed by, and starring Mike Binder, produced by Jack Binder, also starring Alan Rickman, Janeane Garofalo, set in London. The film won Best Picture at the 2002 Sarasota Film Festival. Binder plays Matthew Barnes is a young executive on the move, who finds himself a pawn in corporate in-fighting when he's sent to London to oversee a merger. He's to replace John Gissing. However Gissing gets wind of it, and makes sure that Matthew and his wife Linda, who has come to England with Matthew, have a miserable first few days there.
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