[6] 【周末影院】职场必看的十部经典电影

The Coca Cola Kid

[6] The Coca-Cola Kid  可口可乐小子 

Becker, a hotshot American marketing executive (played by Roberts) from the Coca-Cola Company visits their Australian operations and tries to figure out why a tiny corner of Australia (the fictional town of Anderson Valley) has so far resisted all of Coke's products. He literally bumps into the very pretty secretary (played by Scacchi) who is assigned to help him.

Eventually Becker discovers that a local producer of soft drinks run by an old eccentric has been successfully fending off the American brand name products. The executive vows an all out marketing war with the eccentric but eventually comes to reconsider his role as a cog in Coca-Cola's giant corporate machinery. Along the way there are humorous subplots involving the office manager's violent ex-husband, Becker's attempt to find the 'Australian sound', and an odd waiter who is under the mistaken belief that Becker is a secret agent.

可口可乐营销顾问驾临澳洲分舵，他发现销售版图上的一处巨大空白：当地有个老头用自己发明的“非常可乐”垄断该区域数十年，可口、百事都不是对手。当他兴师动众想把老头format的同时，他的澳洲秘书也正率领着女儿，向他发起爱情总攻。每个人物都举止乖张，但并不过火。男主角艾瑞克·罗伯茨是朱丽娅·罗伯茨的亲哥，公认的演技高手，成名比妹妹早得多，可惜后来接过太多烂戏。女主角格瑞塔·斯卡奇曾被誉为“英国电影的一个奇迹”，二人的对手戏很耐看。