Office Space (1999)

the hell of stop-and-go commute traffic

cubicle prisoner Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston)

 

neighbor Lawrence (Diedrich Bader)

occupational hypnotherapist Dr. Swanson (Micheal McShane) puts him in a state of total relaxation and keels over from a heart attack

white boys who love hip-hop Michael Bolton (David Herman) "no-talent ass clown"

Chotchkies: fifteen "pieces of flair" pizza shooters, shrimp poppers, extreme fajitas

Samir Nagheenanajar (Ajay Naidu)

Initech

condescending, passive-aggressive boss Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole) "Ooh. Yeah, um. I'm going to have to go ahead and sort of disagree with you there."

efficiency expert Bob Slydell (John C. McGinley) and his associate Bob Porter (Paul Willson)

Tom Smykowski (Riehle)

Joanna (Jennifer Aniston)

sneaking suspicion Peter deserves his fate--after all, his dream is to spend his life doing nothing (except watching Kung Fu with his new girlfriend)

muttering Milton (Stephen Root), the star of the Judge-created animated shorts that inspired the film

achingly sad and simultaneously hilarious practically invisible precious red Swingline stapler

ticking time bombs

all manner of managerial pricks

explains that he does only fifteen minutes of actual work a week, and the fear of losing one's job will "only make someone work hard enough not to get fired."

Geto Boys' "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta"

R-rated profanity part of the charm

 

Executive Games "Grab the Stapler" and "Printer Beat-Down," when enabled, pop up during the movie

Jump to Conclusions 2.0

Post-It Pandemonium/The Apathy of Man: History Track

retrospective featurette "Office Space: Out of the Office" (27:03, SD) writer-director Mike Judge, Gary Cole, Ajay Naidu, Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston (original EPK interview), David Herman, Stephen Root excerpts of the original Milton shorts and outtakes

Eight Deleted Scenes: "Peter Lies to Lumbergh" (1:16, SD), "Happy Hour at Chotchkie's" (1:06, SD), "Peter Goes Off on Nina" (:30, SD), "Tom's Mixed Heritage Called Into Question" (:22, SD), "Milton and Bob" (:36, SD), "Peter's Revelation" (1:15, SD), "Lumbergh's Dead" (:08, SD) and "Another Lumbergh" (:27, SD).

"Theatrical Trailer" (2:27, SD)

Aspect ratios: 1.85:1 Number of discs: 1 Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Street date: 2/3/2009 Distributor:

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