Gung Ho
1986 · 112 min
Directed by Ron Howard. Written by Lowell Ganz. Starring Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers.
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.
Critics 43% · audiences 46% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free)