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Office Space is a 1999 comedy film directed by Mike Judge, loosely based on his 1991 animated short film of the same name. It pokes fun at work life in a typical software company during the 1990s by portraying individuals who are completely fed up with their jobs. It was filmed in Austin and Dallas, Texas.Office Space is based on the Milton series of cartoons Mike Judge created for Saturday Night Live. While not financially successful at the box office--just about breaking even--it has developed a strong cult following on video.
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In a cube farm setting evocative of the Dilbert comic strip, two consultants (called "The Bobs", since both have the same first name) are brought in to Initech to help with downsizing and increasing productivity. Workers are then interviewed for the purposes of determining performance.
Peter GibbonsPeter Gibbons is a fictional character in the 1999 movie Office Space. The role of Peter Gibbons is played by Ron Livingston. Peter Gibbons is a software engineer at a company named Initech, a hellish company plagued by too much management and the typical ( Ron LivingstonRon Livingston (born June 5, 1968) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as a disaffected corporate employee in the cult classic Office Space''. He was born in Marion, Iowa. His mother is a Lutheran minister) decides he will not work anymore after a hypnosis session gone wrong—the hypnotist dies before he could snap Peter out of a state of complete bliss. To his surprise, Peter receives a promotion by the Bobs, whereas his two friends Samir Nayeenanajar ( Ajay NaiduAjay Naidu (born 12 February 1972) is a Indian- American actor. Born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Indian immigrants to the U. Naidu was born and raised in Chicago. As an actor, he trained with the American Repertory Theatre's Institute for Advanced T) and Michael Bolton ( David Herman ) get fired. (The character Michael Bolton, to his great displeasure, shares his name with the real-life singer-songwriterThe term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. This distinguishes them from artists who are only singers, such as Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Aretha Franklin, and Frank Sinatra, who typically sing the material Michael BoltonMichael Bolton born February 26, 1954, is an American singer-songwriter. Born Michael Bolotin in New Haven, Connecticut, he is a two-time Grammy Award winning artist. Over the course of his career he has sold over 52 million albums and singles worldwide..)
Together, the three friends decide to write a virusIn computer security technology, a virus is a self-replicating program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents (for a complete definition: see below). Thus, a computer virus behaves in a way similar to a biologic and release into the accounting system so that it will round down fractions of a cent and accumulate the leftovers into their own account (see salami slicingIn computer crime, salami slicing is the illegal practice of stealing money repeatedly in extremely small quantities, usually by taking advantage of rounding to the nearest cent (or other monetary unit) in financial transactions. Salami slicing is most of).
The movie popularised the " TPS report" (an epitome of the type of mindless paperwork done in the modern office place) and the red Swingline stapler. At the time, Swingline did not offer such a product, (the one used in the movie was a regular black stapler painted red) but demand related to the movie's release caused Swingline to offer it for sale on its Web site.
