New England Wire and Cable was the company involved in the Danny DeVito movie, Other People's Money. A very funny movie, IMHO. Uber liberal DeVito playing a ruthless wall street hustler versus noble and stalwart liberal company owner, played by Gregory Peck, with Penelope Ann Miller playing Peck's step daughter sharpie lawyer and potential love interest for DeVito. The set up is so over the top to make the EVIL CAPITALIST out to be the bad guy, but when you're all done with it he actually comes off as the most sympathetic character in the whole piece (Peck's character isn't a "bad guy," just naive).. Fun movie.
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Not only the most sympathetic but the one with the most sense.
I love this bit from his proxy (funeral) speech:
Lawrence (Larry the Liquidator) Garfield: "You know, at one time there must've been dozens of companies making buggy whips. And I'll bet the last company around was the one that made the best g**damn buggy whip you ever saw.
"Now how would you have liked to have been a stockholder in that company? You invested in a business and this business is dead. Lets have the intelligence, lets have the DECENCY to sign the death certificate, collect the insurance, and invest in something with a future."