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Men and Super Men
Short Film (Full Length) – 1975
NFU drama Men and Super Men is a barbed chronicle of a workplace where harmony is a distant dream. Intended as a how-not-to guide for ‘management bodies’, the film sees patronising factory supervisor Ferguson (actor Eddie Wright in fine form) trying to increase productivity by constantly changing systems. Meanwhile a trio on the factory floor (Paul Holmes, Peter McCauley and Close to Home’s Stephen Tozer) react with bullying and barely suppressed defiance. It was an open secret when the film was made that some of the characters were inspired by NFU staff.
The secret’s in motivation. I’m sure of it. Scare ‘em a bit, excite ‘em a bit.– Ferguson (Eddie Wright)
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Music
Music composed and played by Malcolm Smith
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