Name: The Firm
Director: Sydney Pollack
Released: 1993

Synopsis

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

Cinema Atlas Connection

More than once, Meadows mentions Alan Clarke, director of Scum and The Firm, as a ‘god’. ‘He was showing us what was going on in the housing estates. And The Firm had a profound influence on me because it just had such a raw power and it felt so real. And it showed me how to make something that could feel like a documentary, but with a strong narrative drive. That raw realism is something I’ve always strived for in films like This is England.’

The Firm had a profound influence on me because it just had such a raw power and it felt so real. And it showed me how to make something that could feel like a documentary, but with a strong narrative drive.

— Shane Meadows · Sight & Sound

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