Company Man (2000)

A high school teacher in the 1960s becomes an international spy and is involved in a plot to overthrow Fidel Castro.

Genre – Comedy

Director(s) – Peter Askin and Douglas McGrath

Writer(s) – Peter Askin and Douglas McGrath

Cast – Douglas McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, Anthony LaPaglia, Woody Allen, Ryan Phillippe

Blue Rider’s Role – Arranged bridge financing

Release Date – 2000

Synopsis – An obscure grammar teacher is inducted into the CIA and sent to Cuba, where Woody Allen plays the station chief. Fidel Castro (Anthony LaPaglia) starts his revolution against General Batista (Alan Cumming), while the agent’s wife (Sigourney Weaver) wants him to “overthrow the revolution in the most readable way possible.”

The agent tries various outrageous ways to assassinate Castro (some of which are similar to techniques the CIA actually tried). His bumbling leads to the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Three films produced and/or financed by Blue Rider aired on North American cable TV in November 2007. Escape drama RESCUE DAWN (Christian Bale, Steve Zahn) appears on Epix. Sci-fi actioner OUTLANDER airs on Starz Edge. And political comedy COMPANY MAN is seen on Indie.