The Guys

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C., of September 11, 2001, Jim Simpson, the creative director of New York City's Flea Theater Company, wanted to stage a theater piece which would deal with the human impact of this tragedy. When Simpson met journalist Anne ...more

Jim Simpson's The Guys, based on a stage play by journalist Anne Nelson, is essentially a two-hander, and the film excels sporadically in portraying the struggle of two people: Nick, a fire chief played by Anthony LaPaglia, and Joan, a journalist based on Nelson and played by Simpson's wife, Sigourney Weaver -- to share their grief. Simpson opens up the play a bit, cutting in a few scenes of Joan's encounters with other people affected by the trauma of 9/11. In one sequence, Joan talks about ...more