Office Space
Office Space is a 1999 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. It satirizes the office work life of a typical 1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals weary of their jobs. It stars Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, Stephen Root, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, and Diedrich Bader.
Plot
Peter Gibbons is a frustrated and unmotivated programmer who works at Texas-based software company Initech. Unable to stand up to his overcritical girlfriend, Anne, he is in love with local waitress Joanna, but is afraid to speak to her. He is friends with co-workers Samir Nagheenanajar, who hates that no one can pronounce his last name, and Michael Bolton, who hates having the same name as the famous singer. Other co-workers include Milton Waddams, a meek collator who mumbles to himself and is mostly ignored by the rest of the office; and Tom Smykowski, a jaded product manager who is routinely scared of being fired. The staff suffers under top-heavy, callous management, especially from vice president Bill Lumbergh, a tedious micromanager who regularly humiliates Milton and makes Peter work almost every weekend. Peter hates Lumbergh but avoids confronting him.
More details
| author | Mike Judge |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Texas |
| director | Mike Judge |
| editor | David Rennie |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | after hours attempted suicide bank account bill lumbergh break bug building on fire business consultant cheat collator computer virus date downsize federal prison fractions of pennies heart attack hypnotherapy last day lay off layoff michael bolton misgive morning new job park phone call product manager salami slicing tactics scar software bug software engineer steal stolen money than the the famous singer traveler\'s check vice president virus win write |
| musicBy | John Frizzell |
| producer | Daniel Rappaport Michael Rotenberg |
| productionCompany | Judgmental Films |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Dallas |
| theme | black comedy satirical |