In the Company of Men
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| Directed by | Neil LaBute |
| Written by | Neil LaBute |
| Based on | In the Company of Men by Neil LaBute |
| Produced by | Mark Archer Stephen Pevner |
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| Cinematography | Tony Hettinger |
| Edited by | Joel Plotch |
| Music by | Karel Roessingh Ken Williams |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English American Sign Language |
| Budget | $250,000 |
| Box office | $2.8 million |
In the Company of Men is a 1997 American black comedy film, written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy, and Stacy Edwards. The film, which was adapted from a play written by LaBute and served as his feature film debut, won him the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.
The film revolves around two male co-workers, Chad and Howard, who, angry and frustrated with women in general, plot to toy maliciously with the emotions of a deaf female subordinate. It was first written as a play, which debuted at Brigham Young University in December 1992, and received a 1993 Drama AML Award from the Association for Mormon Letters.