In as much as Up in the Air is the story of a corporate downsizer, The Company Men tells the other side of that story. Think of it as the tale of the guys Ryan Bingham is about to fire.

The first teaser for The Company Men has arrived without dialogue. By design. A string-powered score plays over the images as they flash across the screen, growing louder and more insistent as the movie starts to unfold. Pictures say all you need to know. Watch:



The Company Men stars Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Kevin Costner in the year long story “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.” If you’ve been there, and I have, then you know it’s hell. The look on Affleck’s face in the trailer kind of says it all. Click over to The Company Men official site for more information on the film.