Head Office (1985)

Upon graduation from college with a business degree, John Issel is promptly hired by Helmes's company I.N.C. At INC, the one who gets ahead, does it by kissing ass, or over someone else's ... See full summary »

Director:

Ken Finkleman

Writer:

Ken Finkleman

Stars:

Judge Reinhold, Lori-Nan Engler, Eddie Albert

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Judge Reinhold	...	Jack Issel
Lori-Nan Engler	...	Rachael Helmes
Eddie Albert	...	Pete Helmes
Merritt Butrick	...	John Hudson
Ron Frazier	...	Bob Nixon
Richard Masur	...	Max Landsberger
Rick Moranis	...	Howard Gross
Don Novello	...	Sal
Michael O'Donoghue	...	Scott Dantley
Jane Seymour	...	Jane Caldwell
Wallace Shawn	...	Mike Hoover
Bruce Wagner	...	Al Kennedy
Danny DeVito	...	Frank Stedman
Ron James	...	Mark Rabinovich
John Kapelos	...	General Sepulveda

Storyline

Upon graduation from college with a business degree, John Issel is promptly hired by Helmes's company I.N.C. At INC, the one who gets ahead, does it by kissing ass, or over someone else's dead body. John keeps getting promotions, but cant figure out why. Actually management doesn't care about him, they hope that having hired him, his father, Senator Issel, will vote the way they like.

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Plot Keywords:

senator | foot closeup | female feet in socks | suicide | heart attack | 

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Taglines:

An Outrageous Comedy About Making It Big In Big Business

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 January 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bronca na Certa

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Gross:

$1,455,873 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Guber-Peters Company, The, Home Box Office (HBO), Silver Screen Partners

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The band General Public is featured performing "Cry on Your Own Shoulder" in a night club scene.

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Quotes

Whale protestor: [throws a large piece of meat on Jack's desk] Do you know what this is, Mr. Issel?
Jack Issel: Is this a trick question?

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Connections

References Real People (1979)

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Soundtracks

"YOU NEED LOVE"
Performed by Bruce Witkin
Written by Bruce Witkin and Jimmy Gambone
Produced by John Harrington

User Reviews

Different from, well, any other film, kind of.

A very odd movie, this.

By no means a great, or more than mildly entertaining, movie In other words a Judd H. trademark flick. HOWEVER, many of the scenes have haunted me since first seeing it upon its debut, never to see it again since.

Certain scenes and lines are incredible funny, or perverse: especially Eddie Albert's president. The board meetings are all incredible funny. Albert's reaction at a board meeting to a anti-government bombing of "Mr. Chicken" franchises results in a speech that is completely absurd, and yet it differs very little from the speeches given by real business leaders and politicians who link what is now called "globalization" with the exercise of human rights.

Devito IS also good, but in a side story. And Don King spouts wonderful nonsense, ignored by everyone, in a cameo made during the brief period he, and his hairstyle, were seen as charmingly wacky.

It is worth seeing, should you run across it and do not expect too much.