Office Space
Office Space is a 1999 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. It satirizes the work life of a typical 1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals weary of their jobs. It stars Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, Stephen Root, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, and Diedrich Bader. Office Space was filmed in Dallas and Austin, Texas. It is based on Judge's Milton cartoon series and was his first foray into live-action filmmaking. The film was Judge's second full-length motion picture release, following Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. It was released in theaters on February 19, 1999, by 20th Century Fox. Its 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 was a box office disappointment, making $12.2 million on a $10 million production budget; however, it sold well on home video, and has become a cult film. Several aspects of the film have become Internet memes. A scene in which the three main characters systematically destroy a dysfunctional printer has been widely parodied. Swingline introduced a red stapler to its product line after the Milton character used one painted in that color in the film. Judge's 2009 film Extract is also set in an office and was intended as a companion piece to Office Space.
Hello, Peter. What's happening? Ahh... we have sort of a problem here. Yeah. You apparently didn't put... one of the new cover sheets on your T.P.S. Reports. Oh, yeah. I'm sorry about that. L... I forgot. Mmm... yeah. You see, we're putting the cover sheets... on all T.P.S. Reports now before they go out. Did you see the memo about this? Yeah. Yeah, I have the memo right here. I just, uh, forgot... but, uh, it's not shipping out till tomorrow... so there's no problem. Yeah. If you could just go ahead and make sure... you do that from now on, that would be great... and, uh, I'll go ahead and make sure... you get another copy of that memo, OK? No. I have the memo. I've got it... lt's right... Hello, Phil. What's happening? Um... I came by here yesterday... Four teams out on the Spanish point... discovered a shipwreck off the coast... Milton?
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Hi. Uh... could you turn that down just a little bit? But I was told that I could listen... to the radio at a reasonable volume from 9:00 to 11:00. Yeah. I know you're allowed to. I was just thinkin' maybe like a personal favour. Well, l... l...I told Bill if Sandra's going to... listen to her headphones while she's filing... then I should be able to listen to the radio... while I'm collating... so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio. Yeah. All right. OK. I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume... Thanks. From 9:00 to 11:00. Hi, Peter. What's happening? We need to talk about your T.P.S. Reports. Yeah. The cover sheet. I know. I know. Bill talked to me about it. Yeah. Did you get that memo? Yeah, I got the memo, and I understand the policy... and the problem is just that I forgot the one time... and I've already taken care of it... so it's not even really a problem anymore. Ah! Yeah. It's just we're putting new cover sheets... on all the T.P.S. Reports before they go out now... so if you could go ahead and try to remember... to do that from now on, that'd be great. All right!
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No. Not again. L... Why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam? I swear to God, one of these days... I just kick this piece of shit out the window. You and me both, man. That thing is lucky I'm not armed. Piece of shit. PEGG "Samir... "Na-Na... "Na-Naga..." - No. Thanks. - Unh-huh! Please. "Michael... Bolton"? That's me. Wow! Is that your real name? Yeah. Ahem.
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No one in this country can pronounce my name right. It's not that hard. "Na-ee" and then "anajaad." Nayanajaad. At least your name isn't Michael Bolton. You know, there's nothing wrong with that name. There was nothing wrong with it... until I was about twelve years old... and that no-talent ass clown became famous... and started winning Grammys. Hmm. Well, why don't you just go by Mike instead of Michael? Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.
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Lumbergh's gonna have me work on Saturday. I can tell already. I'm gonna end up doin' it, because, uh... because I'm a big pussy... which is why I work at Initech to begin with. Uh, yeah, well, I work at Initech... and I don't consider myself a pussy, OK? Yes. I am also not a pussy. They're gonna find out the hard way I'm not a pussy... if they don't start treating their software people better. That's right. They don't understand. I could program a virus that'd rip that place off big time. Yeah. Big time.
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