Office Space

Year:

1999

Duration:

89 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Mike Judge

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1999-02-19

Filming Locations: 4120 Friedrich Lane, Austin, Texas, USA

Earnings

Budget: $10,000,000

Opening Weekend: $4,231,727 (USA) (21 February 1999)

Gross: $10,824,921 (USA) (9 May 1999)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jennifer Aniston

Office Space

Ron Livingston

Peter Gibbons

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

Michael McShane

Dr. Swanson

Linda Wakeman

Laura Smykowski

Jennifer Jane Emerson

Female Temp

Kyle Scott Jackson

Rob Newhouse - Smykowski's Lawyer

Orlando Jones

Steve - Magazine Salesman

Barbara George-Reiss

Peggy - Lumbergh's Secretary

Tom Schuster

Construction Foreman

Rupert Reyes

Mexican Waiter (as Ruperto Reyes Jr.)

Jackie Belvin

Swanson's Patient #1

Gabriel Folse

Swanson's Patient #2

Jesse De Luna

Cop at Fire

Mike Judge

Stan - Chotchkie's Manager

Justin Possenti

Spectator

Jack Betts

Judge

Charissa Allen

Jogger (uncredited)

Bob Crain

Sleepy Office Worker (uncredited)

Natalie Denning

Initech Employee (uncredited)

Samantha Inoue Harte

Initech Employee (uncredited)

Mark Kubiak

Initech Employee (uncredited)

K. Todd Lytle

Rush Hour Driver (uncredited)

David Sharp

Rush Hour Driver (uncredited)

Fabian Watkins

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Heath Young

Spectator (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

When Peter is in the meeting room, on the white board behind him there is a complicated flow chart titled "Planning to Plan."

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While in the car to Tom's party, Peter, played by Ron Livingston mentions to Joanna that the Nazis had "pieces of flair" they made Jews wear. In Band of Brothers (2001), Livingston's character of Lewis Nixon assists in the liberation of a Nazi concentration camp.

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'Mike Judge' (gv) has quoted "It seems like every city now has these identical office parks with identical adjoining chain restaurants." The specific adjoining restaurants in the movie, Chotchkie's, Chili's and Flingers were directly inspired by the three restaurants that used to be at the corner of O'Connor Blvd and Hwy 114 in Irving, TX: Bennigans, Chili's and Frijoles (all closed in 2007). This intersection is in the dead center of the Las Colinas business complex and is the epitome of Corporate America.

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Goofs

"Lose" is spelled "Loose" on the "Loose one Turn" square of the Jump to Conclusions mat. However, it's only a prototype, and a bad one at that.

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When Peter goes to Joanna's new place of work she comes out wearing her red work shirt. In one shot (from behind Peter), Joanna is suddenly wearing a denim jacket instead of the red shirt.

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When Peter first enters the room with the Bobs to re-interview for his job, he goes to the back to get a glass of water. As he does this, you can see that the chair he will be sitting in is slightly pulled out, yet as goes to sit down, the chair is entirely pushed in.

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Quotes

Peter Gibbons: You know, corporate accounting is sure as hell gonna notice $305,326.13, Michael!

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Peter Gibbons: [discussing the possibility of going to prison] This isn't Riyadh. You know they're not gonna saw your hands off here, alright? The worst they would ever do is they would put you for a couple of months into a white-collar, minimum-security resort! Shit, we should be so lucky! Do you know, they have conjugal visits there?

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Samir: No, not again. I... 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.

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Faq

Q

What is a TPS report?

A

A TPS report (Testing Procedure Specification) is a document used in software engineering, in particular by a Software Quality Assurance group or individual, that describes the testing procedures and the testing process (aka, the "Master Test Plan" (MTP)). This document necessarily precedes the iterative 'test, report, respond' process which should ultimately fulfill the stated goals of the MTP. In the context of "Office Space" the company's supervisors are obsessed with "TPS Reports" to get beyond the MTP and begin testing/updating their "bank software" for Y2K compliance (which uses IEEE procedure but based on the MTP).TPS (IEEE 828-2000) has been superseded by the IEEE by integrating the specification into the Software Design Specification but Y2K concerns make the post-design TPS necessary for banking software and the plot of "Office Space." In pop-culture "TPS Report" is synonymous with "any seemingly pointless form or report" based on the context designated by Mike Judge.

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