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Office Space (1999)

TV_MA 89 min  -  Comedy | Crime  -   19 February 1999 (USA)
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Reviews: 584 user | 123 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com

Comedic tale of company workers who hate their jobs and decide to rebel against their greedy boss.

Director:

Mike Judge

Writers:

Mike Judge (Milton animated shorts), Mike Judge (screenplay)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Storyline

In the Initech office, the insecure Peter Gibbons hates his job and the abusive Division VP Bill Lunbergh that has just hired two consultants to downsize the company. His best friends are the software engineers Michael Bolton and Samir Nagheenanajar that also hate Initech, and his next door neighbor Lawrence. His girlfriend Anne is cheating on him but she convinces Peter to visit the hypnotherapist Dr. Swanson. Peter tells how miserable his life is and Dr. Swanson hypnotizes him and he goes into a state of ecstasy. However, Dr. Swanson dies immediately after giving the hypnotic suggestion to Peter. He dates the waitress Joanna and changes his attitude in the company, being promoted by the consultants. When he discovers that Michael and Samir will be fired, they decide to plant a virus in the account system to embezzle fraction of cents in each financial operation into Peter's account... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Neighbor | Downsizing | Office | Date | Software Engineer  | See more »

Taglines:

Work Sucks. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Crime

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and brief sexuality (Approved No. 36485) See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Cubiculos de la oficina See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,231,727 (USA) (21 February 1999) (1740 Screens)

Gross:

$10,824,921 (USA) (9 May 1999)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Artie Lange auditioned for the role of Milton. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Peter goes to Joanna's new place of work she comes out wearing her red work shirt. In one shot (from behind Peter), Joanna is suddenly wearing a denim jacket instead of the red shirt. See more »

Quotes

Samir: [trying to decide if he should go along with the virus plot] I have a question.
Peter Gibbons: Yes?
Samir: In... in these conjugal visits, you can have sex with women?
Peter Gibbons: Yep, you sure can.
Samir: OK, I'll do it.
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Crazy Credits

Credits begin with outtakes featuring various actors from the movie. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: Episode #26.58" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Then There's None"
Written by Xander Smith and Jennifer Finch
Performed by OtherStarPeople
Courtesy of A&M Records/Interscope See more »