Disclosure

Disclosure is a 1994 American thriller film directed by Barry Levinson, starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. It is based on Michael Crichton's novel of the same name. The cast also includes Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall and Dennis Miller. The film is a combination thriller and slight mystery in an office setting within the computer industry in the mid-1990s. The main focus of the story, from which the film and book take their titles, is the issue of sexual harassment and its power structure. The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success grossing $214 million against its $50 million budget. Plot Bob Garvin, founder and CEO of DigiCom, a computer technology company, plans to retire when his company merges with a larger company. Production line manager, Tom Sanders, expects to be promoted to run the CD-ROM division. Instead, Meredith Johnson, Tom's former girlfriend, is brought on to handle the merger, as Garvin wanted to "break the glass ceiling". Meredith calls Tom into her office, wanting to discuss difficulties with CD-ROM drives that are made in Malaysia. Instead, she seduces him. He initially allows her to perform oral sex then rebuffs her attempts for sexual intercourse. As Tom abruptly leaves, Meredith follows, angrily threatening him. Meredith leaves Tom a false message that the next morning's merger meeting has been changed to an hour later. Tom consequently arrives late. Meredith has taken over the meeting with the merger partners where Tom is forced to admit that he is unaware what caused the CD-ROM production problems. Tom then discovers that Meredith has filed a sexual harassment complaint against him. To save the merger from a scandal, causing Garvin to lose $100 million if the deal fall through, DigiCom officials demand that Tom accept reassignment to another state. He will lose his stock options in the new company, his career will be ruined, and he will be jobless if he takes the outplacement, as the other location will sold following the merger.