Office Space
Office Space is a 1999 American black comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. It satirizes the worklife 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 the Texas-based Initech software company. 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 loathes that no one can ever pronounce his last name correctly) and Michael Bolton (who loathes being associated with the famous singer of the same name). Other co-workers are Milton Waddams, a meek collator who is mostly ignored by the rest of the office except Peter; and Tom Smykowski, a jaded product manager who is routinely scared of being fired. The staff suffers under top-heavy, callous management, especially from Initech's vice president Bill Lumbergh, whom Peter hates and avoids confronting. Lumbergh takes obvious delight in micromanaging all his staff, particularly Milton and Peter. He makes Milton move his desk constantly, takes his beloved red stapler, and assigns him humiliating tasks, whilst 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 divert downsize expect famous singer of the same name finger heart attack last day launder the money lay off layoff mexico michael bolton misgive money laundering morning new job phone call product manager salami slicing tactics scar search software bug stolen money strychnine than the vice president virus |
| musicBy | John Frizzell |
| producer | Daniel Rappaport Michael Rotenberg |
| productionCompany | Judgemental Films |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Dallas |
| theme | black comedy kung fu satirical |