![]() ![]() Peter eventually shows up to work and casually disregards office protocol, stealing Lumbergh's parking space, violating the dress code, and removing a cubicle wall that blocks his view out the window. Her boss hassles her for not wearing more than the required minimum. She works at a trendy chain restaurant, and is required to wear "pieces of flair" (buttons allowing employees to "express themselves"). Peter sleeps soundly through the next day, ignoring phone calls from Lumbergh and Anne, who angrily breaks up with him while confirming suspicions that she has been cheating on him.Ī pair of business consultants are brought in to help the company downsize, and Peter begins dating Joanna. However, Swanson suddenly dies of a heart attack before snapping Peter out of it. Swanson hypnotizes Peter and tells him to feel relaxed and stop caring about his job until he snaps his fingers. He repeatedly makes Milton move his desk, and assigns him humiliating tasks, whilst making Peter work almost every weekend.Īnne persuades Peter to attend an occupational hypnotherapy session led by Dr. Lumbergh takes obvious delight in micromanaging all his staff in a drab monotone way. ![]() The staff suffers under top-heavy, callous management, especially from vice president Bill Lumbergh, whom Peter hates and avoids confronting. Other co-workers are Milton Waddams, a meek collator who mumbles to himself and is mostly ignored by the rest of the office and Tom Smykowski, a jaded product manager who is routinely scared of being fired. ![]() He is friends with co-workers Samir Nagheenanajar and Michael Bolton (who hates having the same name as the famous singer). Unable to stand up to his overcritical girlfriend, Anne, he is in love with local waitress Joanna, but is afraid to speak to her. Peter Gibbons is a frustrated and unmotivated programmer who works at a Texas-based software company called Initech. Judge's 2009 film Extract is also set in an office and was intended as a companion piece to Office Space. Swingline introduced a red stapler to its product line after the Milton character used one painted in that color in the film. A scene in which the three main characters systematically destroy a dysfunctional printer has been widely parodied. Several aspects of the film have become Internet memes. It was a box office disappointment, making $12.2 million on a $10 million production budget however, after repeated airings on Comedy Central, it sold well on home video, and has become a cult film. The film's sympathetic depiction of ordinary information technology workers garnered a cult following within that field, but it also addresses themes familiar to white-collar employees and the workforce in general. It is based on Judge's Milton cartoon series and was his first foray into live-action filmmaking and his second full-length motion picture release, following Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. Office Space was filmed in Dallas and Austin, Texas. It stars Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, Stephen Root, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, and Diedrich Bader. It satirizes the worklife of a typical 1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals weary of their jobs. Office Space is a 1999 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. ![]()
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