We used to make something here. Back before we got lost in the paperwork. At one time, we...
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Gene McClary:
We used to make something here. Back before we got lost in the paperwork. At one time, we had a frigate, right here, back there. Guided missile cruiser. Phil started out here, in hull assembly.
[laughs]
Gene McClary:
He was a skinny little bastard. Fearless. He'd hang upside down all day long in a bosun's chair, 70 feet off the shop floor welding an inside seam. I mean, Jesus. Two thousand men a shift, three shifts a day. Six thousand men earned an honest wage in that room. Feb their kids, bought homes. Made enough to send their kids to college. Buy a second car. Building something they could see. Not just figures on a balance sheet, but a ship. They could see, smell, touch. Those men knew their worth, knew who they were. One day, you're making fifty dollars, the next day, 5,000. And then, one day, five million. Start out with a crazy plan. Take insane risks. Barely make enough money to feed your family. Not a chance in hell you're going to succeed. And then, all of a sudden, you've got all these things. You get terrified of losing them. Stock options, corporate jets, vacation homes in the Bahamas. You know. Truth is, I like 500-dollar lunches and 5,000-dollar hotel suites. Now, everything I spent 30 years trying to build for myself and everybody else is... gone.
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We used to do something here
back before we got lost on the paperwork.
At one time we had a frigate right here. Back there ... a guided missle cruiser.
Phil started out here
in hull assembly.
He was a skinny little
bastard, fearless.
He'd hang upside down all day long in a
boson's chair, 70 feet off the shop floor.
Jesus.
2,000 men a shift, 3 shifts a day
6,000 men earned an
honest wage in that room.
Fed their kids,
bought homes,
... made enough to
send their kids to college,
... buy a second car.
Building something they could see,
not just figures on a balance sheet,
... but a ship you
could see, smell and touch.
These men were worth
a lot and knew who they were.
One day you're making $50
... the next 5,000
then one day, 5 million
Start with a plan.
Take insane risks,
... barely make enough money
to feed your family,
... not a chance in hell
you're going to succeed ...
and then all of a sudden you have all
these things you're terrified of losing
stock options, corporate jet,
... vacation homes in the Bahamas.
You know? The truth is ... I like
$500 lunches and
... $5,000 hotel suites.
And now everything I spent 30 years for myself and everybody else ... is
... gone.
- I'm sorry, Maggie.
- For what?
For everything.
- For letting you down.
- You didn't let me down.
Yeah ... I did.
You were never here before.
And now you are.
Clip duration: 199 seconds
Views: 207
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 13 January, 2021
Genres: drama
Summary: The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company - and how that affects them, their families, and their communities.
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