Office Space
Office Space is a 1999 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. It satirizes the 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 a 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 are 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, whom Peter hates and avoids confronting, as Lumbergh micromanages all his staff in a drab, monotone way. He repeatedly makes Milton move his desk, and assigns him humiliating tasks, while making Peter work almost every weekend.
More details
| author | Mike Judge |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Texas |
| director | Mike Judge |
| editor | David Rennie |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | after hours arrest bank account bill lumbergh break bug build business consultant cheat computer virus construction worker date downsize expect fractions of pennies heart attack 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 write |
| musicBy | John Frizzell |
| producer | Daniel Rappaport Michael Rotenberg |
| productionCompany | Judgmental Films |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Dallas |
| theme | black comedy satirical |