The Secret of My Success (sometimes stylized as The Secret of My Succe$s) is a 1987 comedy film starring Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater, produced and directed by the late Herbert Ross (Footloose). The screenplay is written by Jim Cash, who previously co-scripted Top Gun.
Brantley Foster (Michael J. Fox) is a recent graduate of Kansas State University who moves to New York City where he has landed a job as a financier. Upon arriving, he discovers...
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The Secret of My Success (sometimes stylized as The Secret of My Succe$s) is a 1987 comedy film starring Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater, produced and directed by the late Herbert Ross (Footloose). The screenplay is written by Jim Cash, who previously co-scripted Top Gun.
Brantley Foster (Michael J. Fox) is a recent graduate of Kansas State University who moves to New York City where he has landed a job as a financier. Upon arriving, he discovers that the company for which he's supposed to work has been taken over by a rival corporation. As a result, Brantley is laid off before he even starts working.
After several unsuccessful attempts to get another job, mostly because he's either overqualified or underqualified and has little experience, Brantley ends up working in the mailroom of Pemrose Incorporated, which is directed by his uncle, Howard Prescott (Richard Jordan). Pemrose was founded by Prescott's father-in-law; Howard received presidency of the company by marrying his boss's...
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