Head Office (1985)

Director:

Ken Finkleman

Writer:

Ken Finkleman (written by)

Release Date:

3 January 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

An Outrageous Comedy About Making It Big In Big Business

Plot:

Upon graduation from college with a business degree, John Issel is promptly hired by Helmes's company I.N.C...

Plot Keywords:

Senator | Heart Attack | Suicide | Big Business

Cast

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

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Guber-Peters Company, The

Quotes:

[Jack and Max's limo is surrounded by hundreds of angry protesters]
Max Landsberger: This is death! Let's get the hell out of here.
[Jack opens the limo door and gets out]
Max Landsberger: Jack, what are you doing?
Jack Issel: Max, this is a great opportunity for us! There's TV news cameras out there.
Max Landsberger: Jack, get back in the car. Get back in the car!
[Jack walks off into the crowd]
Max Landsberger: [to Sal] Sal, I'm going out there. Keep the motor running.
Sal: I'm not going to do that, sir. The motor could heat up or...
Max Landsberger: [interrupting] Sal, do me a favor.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "Real People" (1979)

Soundtrack:

YOU'RE IN MY DREAMS

Excellent movie for those working in large corporations

As the other reviewer says, this is definitely a gem of a movie! If you work in a 15000+ employee corporation, you will see what we mean.

Danny De Vito is excellent as a manager who has been forced to jump to his early fall from an office window; Don Novello as the car driver with a taste for Julio Iglessias; Judge Rheinhold playing Jack Issel is great as the son of a congressman; Rick Moranis as a PR head is also great especially with the delivery of the line "I love this business" as he is checking his blood pressure; as is Jane Seymour, offering the line, after making love to a colleague: 'I wouldn't be much if a screwed my way to the bottom."

Great movie all round. I specially liked the line "we make everything from toilet paper to nuclear power plants."

You will certainly enjoy this one!