Office Space (1999)

Director:

Mike Judge

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

19 February 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

Tagline:

Work Sucks.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Boss | Downsizing | Computer | Neighbor | Fax Machine

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ron Livingston	...	Peter Gibbons
Jennifer Aniston	...	Joanna
David Herman	...	Michael Bolton
Ajay Naidu	...	Samir Nagheenanajar
Diedrich Bader	...	Lawrence
Stephen Root	...	Milton Waddams
Gary Cole	...	Bill Lumbergh
Richard Riehle	...	Tom Smykowski
Alexandra Wentworth	...	Anne
Joe Bays	...	Dom Portwood
John C. McGinley	...	Bob Slydell
Paul Willson	...	Bob Porter
Kinna McInroe	...	Nina
Todd Duffey	...	Brian - Chotchkie's Waiter
Greg Pitts	...	Drew

Also Known As:

Cubiculos de la oficina (USA: Spanish title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Brazil:Livre | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

4120 Friedrich Lane, Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) lives in the "Morningwood Apartments", a reference to a frequent theme of director Mike Judge's "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Peter, Michael, and Samir go for morning coffee, Michael pours tons of sugar packets into his coffee. The position of the empty sugar packets changes in one shot, moving to the side of his coffee cup where the rest show the packets in the front.

Quotes:

Joanna: Why don't you just call me when you grow up! Oh, wait, you know what, that's probably never gonna happen, so just don't call me, OK?
[Joanna starts to close car door]
Peter Gibbons: Say hello to Lumbergh for me!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#8.10)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Peanut Vendor

Um yeah, I'm going to have to go ahead and sort of rate this one a 9

If you work in a cube, and love satire, this is your movie! Those who would slam it probably do not get it and that's fine but those of us who do will see it multiple times. This movie does for office workers what "This Is Spinal Tap" did for musicians. That means it may not be a movie for everyone but for those chosen ones, it means getting together with friends a couple of times a year to enjoy a classic and quote it constantly on those other 363 days when they're not watching it! If you are a cube dweller, then I need you to go ahead and check out this movie, uh that would be great. I too rated it a 9 because of the gangster-rap soundtrack. Save for that, I would've gone ahead and rated it a 10.