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Help me name this old movie. D:

squirlysquirly Registered User regular
edited July 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Okay, so there's this old movie I saw like ~10 years ago and I have no idea what it's called and I've asked my dad and others with no avail. Here's the basic story outline:

A young man (Early 20s or so, I think) is not what sure to do life/career wise and he seeks advice from some man and gets a sort of inspirational talk. He than goes off and starts working in the mail room at this huge corporation and during the movie he slowly works his way up to the top spot but during it he faces problems, temptation, etc.

It might even be in black and white, it's that old.

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    MosanaMosana Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Is it Kipps?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipps

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    squirlysquirly Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Hmm.. after reading the plot and that I'd have to say I'm pretty sure it's not but thanks for trying Mosana! (I'm not being sarcastic, by the way D:)

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    DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093936/ ?

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    JohnnyCacheJohnnyCache Starting Defense Place at the tableRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    It's not the hudsucker proxy is it?

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    Food?Food? Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    JohnnyCache wrote: »
    It's not the hudsucker proxy is it?

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    squirlysquirly Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Lots of people suggested The Hudsucker Proxy and it does seem similar but it's not it, sadly. :( Thanks though.

    Deusfaux, that's a similar story but this movie is way old. D:

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    seasleepyseasleepy Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    It seems unlikely that this is it given that you didn't mention any singing, but it sounds a bit like How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (plot synopsis at wiki). But it is a musical, so.

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    God_is_my_goldfishGod_is_my_goldfish Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Sounds a lot like The Secret of My Success w/ Michael J. Fox

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093936/

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