When a consultant is hired to boost a factorys profits, economic theory collides with shop floor reality to create a deliciously dry social satire in this Ealing-esque comedy starring Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Toni Collette and Russell Crowe.Time and motion consultant Erroll Wallace (Hopkins) is hired to boost the sustainability of an ailing moccasin factory on the outskirts of 60s Melbourne. Concocting a strategy that involves massive layoffs and the cessation of production in favour of importation, Wallace is ready to set his plan in motion when the unthinkable happens the indifferent efficiency expert finds himself warming to the menagerie of oddballs and eccentrics on the factory floor and its not long before his frigid faade begins to crack. With no time to spare, Wallace must enlist the help of lovelorn shop-boy Carey (Mendelsohn), scheming salesman Kim (Crowe) and the beautiful bosses daughter (Rebecca Rigg) to halt proceedings and save everyones jobs.Mixing pathos with humour, reality with the absurd, and featuring a superbly crafted performance from a pre-SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Sir Anthony Hopkins, the sharply drawn characters and acutely observed script combine to make SPOTSWOOD an irresistible cocktail.