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re: Have there ever been a movie or TV show that was set in your profession?
Posted on 7/23/26 at 4:55 pm to OWLFAN86
Posted on 7/23/26 at 4:55 pm to OWLFAN86
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Have there ever been a movie or TV show that was set in your profession?
The Accountant. I'm sure there are others that try to reflect accounting.
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And how accurately did it portray the business?
I doubt we'll ever see a movie or TV show that accurately portrays accounting.
There is a documentary called "All the Queen's Horses" that walks through an accounting fraud that is pretty entertaining.
This post was edited on 7/23/26 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 7/23/26 at 4:59 pm to OWLFAN86
Actively avoid movies about my profession because they get so much wrong about how things really work.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 5:52 pm to OWLFAN86
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Have there ever been a movie or TV show that was set in your profession?
Retired law enforcement guy who finished his career at the top of his profession.
No, we do not get called back out of retirement to solve problems they can’t solve. The consultations requests are more collaborative and to help during periods of being short-staffed.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 6:04 pm to drizztiger
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Jimmying?
Or doing therapy on a park bench with your coworker's kid.
I do like how they portray some of the in office stuff and interactions there.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 6:11 pm to HueyLongJr
Samsies
Posted on 7/23/26 at 6:13 pm to OWLFAN86
Every single profession’s answers are “Yes” and “No” respectively.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:15 pm to OWLFAN86
Landman - kind of but not really.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:19 pm to OWLFAN86
Office Space - portrayed it perfectly.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:22 pm to Indefatigable
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Every single profession’s answers are “Yes” and “No” respectively.
Not necessarily, but it's the outlier that approaches accuracy. Warfare (2025) gets urban combat down pretty well, I'm told from some oldtimers that Platoon got the insanity/ferocity of Vietnam pretty well for grunts. Having a bunch of draftees that never wanted to be there made for some interesting dynamics.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:25 pm to OWLFAN86
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:40 pm to OWLFAN86
Boogie Nights was pretty accurate.
But Office Space is going to be the answer for anyone who was stuck in a boring office job in their 20's or 30's in the decade or so after that movie came out.
I didn't have to write TPS reports, but I did leave one job after I found myself having to give verbal reports to like 5 different people up the top of the org chart because none of them were on speaking terms with each other.
But Office Space is going to be the answer for anyone who was stuck in a boring office job in their 20's or 30's in the decade or so after that movie came out.
I didn't have to write TPS reports, but I did leave one job after I found myself having to give verbal reports to like 5 different people up the top of the org chart because none of them were on speaking terms with each other.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:55 pm to OWLFAN86
Lawyer? Only about one or two hundred…
L.A. Law was way over glamorized, but some of the partner dynamics were sort of familiar.
L.A. Law was way over glamorized, but some of the partner dynamics were sort of familiar.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 9:08 pm to BOSCEAUX
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Landman - kind of but not really
Yeah my time as landman wasn’t nearly as exciting as Billy Bob’s
Posted on 7/23/26 at 10:04 pm to OWLFAN86
Smokey and the bandit. Of course it didn't accurately portray the day to day life of a trucker, but there were glimpses of reality.
This post was edited on 7/23/26 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 7/23/26 at 10:06 pm to oldtrucker
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Smokey and the bandit.
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oldtrucker
I'm guessing.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 10:52 pm to OWLFAN86
The cable guy. .. not a typical day in the life
Posted on 7/24/26 at 4:45 am to Pelicans15
I would say that Urban Cowboy did a decent job of depicting day to day plant working life of an insulation guy. The night shifts, the scaffolds, double shifts, etc.
Also the young punks going out after work and getting hammered and showing up still drunk at work the next day.
ETA: “The only reason you’re getting this job is because of your Uncle Bob.”
ETA2: I haven’t set foot in a plant in 35+ years, so that movie was less than ten years old when I was working in them. It was the gold standard. I knew many “BUD’s”. One was even a legit bull rider.
Also the young punks going out after work and getting hammered and showing up still drunk at work the next day.
ETA: “The only reason you’re getting this job is because of your Uncle Bob.”
ETA2: I haven’t set foot in a plant in 35+ years, so that movie was less than ten years old when I was working in them. It was the gold standard. I knew many “BUD’s”. One was even a legit bull rider.
This post was edited on 7/24/26 at 4:53 am
Posted on 7/24/26 at 5:33 am to OWLFAN86
The 2 best sales movies and that are pretty realistic if you were ever in high-pressure sales (which I was for nearly 10 years):
Tin Men
Glengarry Glen Ross
Tin Men
Glengarry Glen Ross
Posted on 7/24/26 at 7:33 am to OWLFAN86
Plenty.
The Bear has gotten the closest.
The Bear has gotten the closest.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 8:07 am to OWLFAN86
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