Like any new role, Flanagan comes in and falls on his face. And thus begins a dizzying rise to the top. Many of us need only to adjust the sails and continue on our course for smoother waters.Īnd despite the fact Flanagan really has zero credentials to be a bartender at TGI Friday’s, he’s given a shot.
Those investments would lead to dividends if only we saw them through. Think about the genius here: how often are we examining another job or set of circumstances, thinking, “if I only had that, I’d be happy.” We spend far too much time thinking something else would be superior to our current situation rather than investing in ourselves and in our path. The first one? Coughlin’s Law: “Anything else is always something better.” Anything else.Įnter Douglas Coughlin, self-proclaimed “logical negativist” who has propounded a set of laws the world generally ignores, to its detriment. The aging bartender immediately tells him the “bar’s closed.” They begin a dialogue whereby Brian reveals he is looking for a job. So, he not only enrolls in city college but he happens across a “Help Wanted” sign at TGI Friday’s and as fate would happen he enters the establishment. No one will hire him without a degree or experience and he is given the typical blowoff lines like “maybe in 6 or 8 months”. For a gig on Wall Street, for an advertising role on Madison Avenue – he’s told he does not have a degree or the credentials. He immediately heads to Wall Street, believing that his excited demeanor and go-getter attitude will land him a job. You trust nobody.” And you make sure “you’re the smartest guy in the room whenever the subject of money comes up.” These are the words of the jaded “father figure” who has his own business and who is the extent of Brian’s small network to begin with.įlanagan quickly hits the job circuit. “Outwork, outthink, out-scheme and out-maneuver. Most things in life – good and bad – just sort of happen to you,” Uncle Pat waxes poetic. Where’d they come from? They weren’t here last time I looked. “Every man wakes up one fine morning with a wife and kids. Haven’t we all been there? We don’t want to settle just yet.
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He immediately reaches out to his “network” – his Uncle Pat, who is full of words of wisdom and even says he’ll get him into a job that Flanagan feels he’s better than. He’s determined and has clearly stated goals to “make a million.” He tells a young kid sitting next to him, “Someday we’re going to own that town.” While on this seemingly long trek, he is consuming a book entitled “How to Turn Your Idea Into a Million Dollars.” They come up around the bend and we see the glorious World Trade Center. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. The film opens as Brian Flanagan (a young Tom Cruise, post- “Top Gun” and “The Color of Money”), fresh out of the military, hitches a ride on a bus heading to New York City.
Valuable lessons that we can apply in our own lives.
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I often ask bartenders if they’ve seen the film, even finding an establishment once with a drink called “Coughlin’s Law” where I had to educate the staff on this gem.Ī great sales movie requires a few things: The protagonist, ambitious and clearly ready to take over the world, embarking on a journey to greatness with stumbles and hard work upon the way. For several reasons.įor many, if they have seen it at all, “Cocktail” exists as that silly, Tom Cruise flair bartending flick from the 80’s – with an 80’s soundtrack to boot. Not many would immediately think of 1988 multiple Raspberry award-winning film “Cocktail” – but I do. While it took a complicated casting process and some unusual inspiration, Christian Bale delivered the performance of a lifetime as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.When you think about great sales movies, the obvious choices like “Wall Street,” “Wolf of Wall Street,” “Boiler Room” and the like are typically the first to come up. Related: Christian Bale Claims That A Majority Of this Film Was Improvised In fact, there has been a fan edit combining American Psycho, Batman Begins, and a few other Bale projects floating around for some time. The success of the film was a huge jumping off point for Bale, who was already an experienced performer.īale would subsequently land other huge roles, including the role of Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy. Critics were lukewarm on the film upon its release, but the fans simply could not get enough of it. Bale was phenomenal in the lead role, and instead of being a major blockbuster that was quickly forgotten about, American Psycho was able to forge a lasting legacy in Hollywood.Īt the box office, the film was a modest success, taking in just north of $34 million. Released back in 2000, American Psycho quickly became a film that people could not stop talking about.
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