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Männer für jeden Job

Original title: Head Office
  • 1985
  • 16
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
1.8K
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Danny DeVito, Eddie Albert, Rick Moranis, Judge Reinhold, Merritt Butrick, Lori-Nan Engler, Ron Frazier, John Kapelos, and Richard Masur in Männer für jeden Job (1985)
Lazy, womanizing Jack gets employed at the NYC HQ of the multinational conglomerate, INC. Crazy chaos, promotions, firings, suicides etc. seem to be the way of the day.
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Lazy, womanizing Jack gets employed at the NYC HQ of the multinational conglomerate, INC. Crazy chaos, promotions, firings, suicides etc. seem to be the way of the day.Lazy, womanizing Jack gets employed at the NYC HQ of the multinational conglomerate, INC. Crazy chaos, promotions, firings, suicides etc. seem to be the way of the day.Lazy, womanizing Jack gets employed at the NYC HQ of the multinational conglomerate, INC. Crazy chaos, promotions, firings, suicides etc. seem to be the way of the day.

  • Director
    • Ken Finkleman
  • Writer
    • Ken Finkleman
  • Stars
    • Judge Reinhold
    • Eddie Albert
    • Lori-Nan Engler
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ken Finkleman
    • Writer
      • Ken Finkleman
    • Stars
      • Judge Reinhold
      • Eddie Albert
      • Lori-Nan Engler
    • 34User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
    • 31Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Eddie Albert and Judge Reinhold in Männer für jeden Job (1985)
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    Judge Reinhold
    Judge Reinhold
    • Jack Issel
    Eddie Albert
    Eddie Albert
    • Pete Helmes
    Lori-Nan Engler
    • Rachael Helmes
    Merritt Butrick
    Merritt Butrick
    • John Hudson
    Ron Frazier
    Ron Frazier
    • Bob Nixon
    Richard Masur
    Richard Masur
    • Max Landsberger
    Rick Moranis
    Rick Moranis
    • Howard Gross
    Don Novello
    Don Novello
    • Sal
    Michael O'Donoghue
    Michael O'Donoghue
    • Scott Dantley
    Jane Seymour
    Jane Seymour
    • Jane Caldwell
    Wallace Shawn
    Wallace Shawn
    • Mike Hoover
    Bruce Wagner
    Bruce Wagner
    • Al Kennedy
    Danny DeVito
    Danny DeVito
    • Frank Stedman
    Ron James
    • Mark Rabinovich
    John Kapelos
    John Kapelos
    • General Sepulveda
    Brian Doyle-Murray
    Brian Doyle-Murray
    • Colonel Tolliver
    • (as Brian Doyle Murray)
    George Coe
    George Coe
    • Senator Issel
    Diane Robin
    Diane Robin
    • Gross' Secretary
    • Director
      • Ken Finkleman
    • Writer
      • Ken Finkleman
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This is the only time in his career that Rick Moranis (Howard Gross) plays a character that gets killed off.
    • Goofs
      [25:38]When Jack is first shown his new office in Complaints, the name plate by his door appears and disappears between shots.
    • Quotes

      Max Landsberger: [14:14] Lesson No.1: beware of the furniture movers. When the axe falls, they're usually the first to know. People see them coming and they shit.

    • Alternate versions
      The TV network version has various additional scenes which include:
      • Jack walking across a basketball court and shooting a basket with some player friends of his while on his way to his first day at INC.
      • Additional bit of dialog between Helms and General Toliver in the helicopter.
      • A scene of Jack buying a Rolling Stones magazine at a corner news stand and the first introduction Robert Hoover and Al Kennedy bickering about Helms.
      • Additional dialog between Jack and Jane in her office telling him that "information is power."
      • Another bit of dialog where Kennedy discuses INC's plans for a proxy fight over a company called West Oil during the board meeting in which Helms disagrees.
      • Helms detailing INC's strengths in another bit while discussing an unpaid phone bill over a client.
      • Kennedy telling Jane about him quitting INC and his plan for asking Helms to join a Los Angeles office during the board meeting scene with the little German-speaking man.
      • Additional scene of Jack first arriving at Helms' house and a frantic Kennedy trying to talk to Helms during his morning jog around his back garden about an Los Angeles job and being set upon by a guard dog as well as treading across a reflecting pond to keep up with him.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Big Kahuna - Ein dicker Fisch (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Cry On Your Own Shoulder
      Performed by General Public

      Written by General Public

      Produced by General Public and Greg Ladanyi

      Courtesy of I.R.S. Records and Virgin Records

    User reviews34

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    Featured review
    9/10
    At its best, the most underrated comedy ever.
    I agree with most of the previous reviews, but I'd like to emphasize that not only is the first half of this movie great, its as funny and ahead of its time as it gets. An absolute classic and contains some of its actors' best work. Rick Moranis is one of the comic geniuses of his generation and his brief scenes are worth the entire experience alone. I've quoted his big line in appropriate situations (unfortunately to no appreciation / recognition) more than any other movie joke. This is the only feature film where he's as funny as in his best moments from SCTV and SNL. Eddie Albert's very first scene and punch line is one of the greatest satirical jokes ever written of this genre. Michael O'Donoghue's deadpan performance is chillingly convincing, etc, etc. Yes, there is the obligatory Judge Rhienhold "voice of sanity" character who's storyline gradually sinks the movie into formulaic banality (and I subtract just one point for that), but the first half of this thing is an absolute must-see for any satirical comedy fan. I'll go further - this movie, at its best, is the most underrated American comedy ever. Period.
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    • swayrob
    • Mar 13, 2011

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 3, 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Mt2.org
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Head Office
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • HBO Pictures
      • Silver Screen Partners
      • Guber-Peters Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $9,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,393,807
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,937,934
      • Jan 5, 1986
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,393,807
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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