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Calculated Shard: 152 (from laksa051)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space","crawl_time":1774752442,"first_indexed_time":1376056165,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Office_Space s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Office Space - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Office Space\nTheatrical release poster\nDirected by\nMike Judge\nScreenplay by\nMike Judge\nBased on\nMilton\nby Mike Judge\nProduced by\nDaniel Rappaport\nMichael Rotenberg\nStarring\nRon Livingston\nJennifer Aniston\nStephen Root\nGary Cole\nCinematography\nTim Suhrstedt\nEdited by\nDavid Rennie\nMusic by\nJohn Frizzell\nProduction\ncompanies\nJudgmental Films\n3 Arts Entertainment\nCubicle Inc.\nDistributed by\n20th Century Fox\nRelease date\nFebruary 19, 1999\nRunning time\n89 minutes\n[\n1\n]\nCountry\nUnited States\nLanguage\nEnglish\nBudget\n$10 million\n[\n2\n]\n[\n3\n]\nBox office\n$12.2 million\n[\n2\n]\nOffice Space\nis a 1999 American\nsatirical\nblack comedy film\nwritten and directed by\nMike Judge\n.\n[\n4\n]\nIt satirizes the\noffice\nwork life of a typical 1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals weary of their jobs. It stars\nRon Livingston\n,\nJennifer Aniston\n,\nGary Cole\n,\nStephen Root\n,\nDavid Herman\n,\nAjay Naidu\n, and\nDiedrich Bader\n.\n[\n5\n]\nOffice Space\nwas filmed in\nDallas\nand\nAustin, Texas\n. It is based on Judge's\nMilton\ncartoon series and was his first foray into live-action filmmaking. The film was Judge's second full-length motion picture release, following\nBeavis and Butt-Head Do America\n. It was released in theaters on February 19, 1999, by\n20th Century Fox\n. Its sympathetic depiction of ordinary\ninformation technology\nworkers garnered a cult following within that field, but it also addresses themes familiar to\nwhite-collar\nemployees and the workforce in general. It received critical acclaim but 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\ncult film\n.\n[\n6\n]\nSeveral aspects of the film have become\nInternet memes\n. A scene in which the three main characters systematically destroy a dysfunctional printer has been widely parodied.\nSwingline\nintroduced a red stapler to its product line after the Milton character used one painted in that color in the film. Judge's 2009 film\nExtract\nis also set in an office and was intended as a companion piece to\nOffice Space\n.\nPeter Gibbons is a frustrated and unmotivated programmer who works at Texas-based software company Initech. Unable to stand up to his overcritical girlfriend, Anne, he is in love with local waitress Joanna, but is afraid to speak to her. He is friends with co-workers Samir Nagheenanajar, who hates that no one can pronounce his last name, and Michael Bolton, who hates having the same name as\nthe famous singer\n. Other co-workers include Milton Waddams, a meek\ncollator\nwho mumbles to himself and is mostly ignored by the rest of the office; and Tom Smykowski, a jaded\nproduct manager\nwho is routinely scared of being fired. The staff suffers under top-heavy, callous management, especially from vice president\nBill Lumbergh\n, a tedious micromanager who regularly humiliates Milton and makes Peter work almost every weekend. Peter hates Lumbergh but avoids confronting him.\nAnne persuades Peter to attend an occupational\nhypnotherapy\nsession led by Dr. Swanson. Swanson hypnotizes Peter and tells him to feel relaxed and stop caring about his job until he snaps his fingers. However, Swanson suddenly dies of a heart attack before snapping Peter out of it. Peter sleeps soundly through the next day, ignoring phone calls from Lumbergh and Anne, who angrily breaks up with him while confirming his suspicions that she has been cheating on him.\nTwo business consultants are brought in to help the company\ndownsize\n, and Peter begins dating Joanna. She works at a chain restaurant where she is required to wear \"pieces of flair\": buttons allowing employees to \"express themselves\". Her boss hassles her for not wearing more than the required minimum.\nPeter 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. Impressed by Peter's frank insights into Initech's problems, the consultants promote him despite Lumbergh's misgivings; however, they lay off Michael, Samir, and Tom. While attempting to do the same to Milton, they learn that he had already been laid off five years prior but had not been notified and was still receiving his salary due to a payroll glitch. They fix the glitch and stop Milton's salary payments without telling him, while Lumbergh continues to mistreat him by confiscating his beloved red stapler and repeatedly relocating his desk, eventually down to the basement.\nTired of their own mistreatment, Peter, Michael, and Samir decide to take revenge by infecting Initech's accounting system with a\ncomputer virus\ndesigned by Michael to divert huge numbers of\nfractions of pennies\ninto a bank account. Peter successfully installs the virus, and on Michael and Samir's last day, he steals a frequently malfunctioning printer, which the three proceed to destroy in a field. They also learn that Tom attempted suicide prior to being laid off, but then changed his mind, and in the process got into an accident that resulted in him winning a large amount of money in damages from a lawsuit. At a party at Tom's house, Peter hears rumors from a colleague that Joanna had slept with Lumbergh. When Joanna confirms this, a heated exchange leads to them breaking up. Frustrated with her job, Joanna quits in response to another lecture about her lack of \"flair\", giving her boss the middle finger as she does so.\nOn Monday, Peter discovers that a\nbug\nin Michael's code has caused the virus to steal over $300,000 across the weekend, which guarantees they will be caught and sent to federal prison. Unable to conceal the crime, Peter decides to accept full responsibility, writing a confession and slipping it under Lumbergh's office door after hours, along with\ntraveler's checks\nfor the stolen money. Peter learns that the 'Lumbergh' with whom Joanna slept was Ron Lumbergh, another software engineer unrelated to Bill Lumbergh. He meets Joanna, who has started a new job at another restaurant, to apologize, and they reconcile.\nThe next morning, Peter drives to Initech to turn himself in, but the problem has solved itself: Milton has committed arson and burned down the building as an act of revenge against the company. With the evidence of his crime destroyed, Peter begins his new job working in construction with his neighbor Lawrence, while Samir and Michael join Initech's rival, Initrode. Having found the traveler's checks, Milton escapes to Mexico but continues to be denied respect.\nRon Livingston\nas Peter Gibbons, a disgruntled programmer at Initech\nJennifer Aniston\nas Joanna, a waitress at a Chotchkie's restaurant\nStephen Root\nas Milton Waddams, a timid, mistreated Initech collator\nGary Cole\nas\nBill Lumbergh\n, vice president of Initech\nJohn C. McGinley\nas Bob Slydell, a business consultant specializing in efficiency\nDavid Herman\nas Michael Bolton, one of Peter's friends and coworkers\nAjay Naidu\nas Samir Nagheenanajar, one of Peter's friends and coworkers\nDiedrich Bader\nas Lawrence, Peter's uncouth friend and next-door neighbor who works in construction\nMichael McShane\n(credited as Micheal McShane) as Dr. Swanson, an occupational hypnotherapist\nRichard Riehle\nas Tom Smykowski, a cynical Initech product manager\nAlexandra Wentworth\nas Anne, Peter's girlfriend who cheats on him\nGreg Pitts\nas Drew, a young Initech employee\nPaul Willson\nas Bob Porter, Bob Slydell's colleague\nTodd Duffey\nas Brian, Chotchkie's Waiter; an overly cheerful young man who works at Chotchkie's with Joanna\nOrlando Jones\nas Steve, a magazine salesman and former employee at Initrode\nMike Judge\nas Stan, the manager of the Chotchkie's restaurant\nJoe Bays as Dom Portwood, one of Peter's superiors at Initech\nOffice Space\noriginated in the series of three animated\nMilton\nshort films\nthat Judge created about an office worker by that name. They first aired on\nLiquid Television\nand on\nSaturday Night Live\n.\n[\n7\n]\nThe inspiration came from a temp job which he had that involved alphabetizing purchase orders\n[\n8\n]\nand another job as an engineer for\nParallax Graphics\nfor three months in the\nSan Francisco Bay Area\nduring the 1980s,\n[\n9\n]\n\"just in the heart of\nSilicon Valley\nand in the middle of that overachiever\nyuppie\nthing, it was just awful.\"\n[\n10\n]\nPeter Chernin\n, head of\n20th Century Fox\n, where Judge had a deal, wanted to make a film out of the Milton character,\n[\n11\n]\ninspired by a former coworker of Judge's in Silicon Valley who had threatened to quit if the company moved his desk again.\n[\n12\n]\n\"You don't want to know what he does at home after work\", Judge replied. Instead he suggested an\nensemble cast\n–based film; someone at the studio responded with\nCar Wash\nbut \"just set in an office.\"\n[\n10\n]\nMilton was not the only character inspired by someone from Judge's past. During his jobs in Silicon Valley, where he barely made enough to afford his rent, he had a neighbor who was an auto mechanic. Not only did the man make more money, he had flexible work hours and seemed to Judge to be much more content with his life and work than he himself was. The neighbor inspired Lawrence, Peter's neighbor in the film.\n[\n12\n]\nThe setting of the film reflects a prevailing trend that Judge observed in the United States. \"It seems like every city now has these identical office parks with identical adjoining chain restaurants\", he said in an interview.\n[\n7\n]\n\"There were a lot of people who wanted me to set this movie in\nWall Street\n, or like the movie\nBrazil\n, but I wanted it very unglamorous, the kind of bleak work situation like I was in\".\n[\n8\n]\nJudge wrote a\ntreatment\nin 1996, and the script after\nthe first season\nof\nKing of the Hill\n. Fox president\nTom Rothman\nwas happy with the draft as he was looking for lighter material to balance the\nevent movies\nlike\nTitanic\nthat dominated the studio's output at the time. He considered it \"the most brilliant workplace satire I'd ever read\".\n[\n11\n]\nDespite that, Judge hated the ending and wished he could have completely rewritten the third act.\n[\n13\n]\nJennifer Aniston\n(pictured in 2011) was cast in\nOffice Space\nto feature a recognizable star.\nDavid Herman\nwas the only actor Judge had in mind for a specific part: Michael Bolton. Herman had been trying to leave his seven-year contract at\nMADtv\n, but the show would not let him. So, at its next\ntable reading\n, he managed to get himself fired by screaming all his lines.\nGreg Daniels\nsaid they could always find a place for him on\nKing of the Hill\n, where he had been doing some voice work; soon after he read Judge's\nOffice Space\nscript and was delighted with it.\n[\n11\n]\nAt the first read-through of the script, Judge was pleased with Herman's performance, and felt\nStephen Root\nimproved on his own take on Milton, but was not happy with the rest of the cast. He considered abandoning the film, but Rothman said it worked and just needed the right actors.\n[\n11\n]\nAccording to Judge, while Fox at first told him to just get the best actors possible since the film's budget would not be large enough to consider\nbankable stars\n, the studio soon changed its mind.\nIn the wake of the success of\nGood Will Hunting\n, he was advised to get that film's stars,\nBen Affleck\nand\nMatt Damon\n. Again, he almost changed his mind about the film (Rothman said in 2019 that while\nA-list\nstars are often unlikely to take roles in low-budget productions, those films should nevertheless make the effort to attract them). He had agreed to meet with Damon in New York, but then\nRon Livingston\n's agent asked if his client could audition for the lead.\nCasting director\nNancy Klopper was impressed, and after Judge saw the video he told the studio that he wanted Livingston in the part.\n[\n11\n]\nJennifer Aniston\nwas cast to accommodate Fox's desire to have a recognizable star in the film, although they were concerned that her part was so small; the subplot involving her battle with her boss over her \"flair\" was added as a result and she was written out of the sex-dream sequence, along with dialogue indicating she actually had slept with Lumbergh. However, she had liked the script since she was not getting many other films like that at that point, and she had gone to the same high school as Herman,\nFiorello H. LaGuardia High School\nin New York.\nKate Hudson\nalso read for the part.\n[\n11\n]\nAfter casting the\nIndian American\nAjay Naidu\nas Samir, who had originally been written as\nIranian\n, the character was rewritten to be\nJordanian\n, and Naidu worked with a\ndialect coach\nto get the accent right.\nJohn C. McGinley\nauditioned for Lumbergh, but was ultimately cast as Slydell. Judge says that after\nGary Cole\nread for Lumbergh, there was no doubt as to who would play him. \"He made the character 10 times funnier.\" A casting search in Texas yielded\nGreg Pitts\nfor Drew, but no one who could play the Chotchkie's manager, so Judge took that role himself.\n[\n11\n]\nPrincipal photography\n[\nedit\n]\nJudge made the transition from animation to live-action with the help of\nTim Suhrstedt\n, the film's\ndirector of photography\n, who taught him about lenses and where to put the camera. Judge says, \"I had a great crew, and it's good going into it not pretending you're an expert\".\n[\n8\n]\nPrincipal photography\nbegan in Texas in May 1998.\n[\n11\n]\n[\n14\n]\nSeveral issues arose during filming. By the third day of shooting, temperatures had risen to over 100 °F (38 °C), and smoke from fires in Mexico was filling the sky over\nAustin\n, making it white. Suhrstedt says that forced the postponement of the opening traffic-jam scene until it cleared.\n[\n11\n]\nStudio executives who saw the\ndailies\nwere not happy with the footage that Judge was getting. Judge quoted studio executives as stating, \"More energy! More energy! We gotta reshoot it! You're failing! You're failing!\"\n[\n13\n]\nThey also asked for Livingston to smile more. But at that point, only the early scenes had been filmed; Judge told the studio that happier scenes would come later. Livingston says he heard they believed he was on drugs and were considering firing him.\n[\n11\n]\nIn addition, Fox did not like the\ngangsta rap\nmusic used in the film.\n[\n13\n]\nRothman told him he had to take it out, and Judge said after production he would do so if the next\nfocus group\nalso disliked it. A young man in that focus group said the fact that the characters worked in an office but listened to gangsta rap was one of the things he liked about the movie, and Rothman relented.\n[\n11\n]\nThe scene where Peter, Michael and Samir take their office printer out into a field and batter it to pieces was inspired by Judge's experience with his own printer while writing\nBeavis and Butt-Head Do America\n. He told his cowriter\nJoe Stillman\nthat he was so frustrated by it that when he was done with the script, he planned to take it out into a field and destroy it while videotaping the process. Suhrstedt says the whole sequence was largely improvised, but Naidu adds that they were trying to do it in a way that evoked how the\nMafia\nwould do it to someone it wanted to punish or kill; Livingston thus played his part like the \"\ndon\n\", circling behind Naidu and Herman while they struck the blows with bat, feet and fists. Years afterward, Naidu says, he met some actual mafiosi in New York who told him that they were huge fans of the film, and the scene was \"authentic\".\n[\n11\n]\nMcGinley says the film contains many improvised moments. \"It was like\njazz\non that set\". One example he recalled was when\nPaul Willson\nas Bob Porter cannot pronounce Samir's last name: \"Naga ... Naga ... well, not gonna work here anymore anyway.\" Naidu, for his part, improvised the\nbreak dancing\n, which he did with local friends after shooting his scenes during the day.\n[\n11\n]\nThe improvisation also helped solve some problems with the script. Originally Bolton was to refer to\nthe singer he shared his name with\nas a \"no-singing asshole\". However, Herman recalled, it was decided that the film could not say that since it would imply he did not sing his own songs, so he came up with \"no-talent ass-clown\".\n[\n11\n]\nThe Alligator Grill, on South Lamar Blvd, Austin, was used for the interior shots of Chotchkies, Joanna's workplace.\n[\n15\n]\n[\n16\n]\nJudge was very exacting in his demands for how the Initech set looked; he said regularly that it had to seem \"oppressive\".\n[\n15\n]\nThe production went as far as\nscreen-testing\ndifferent types of gray\ncubicles\n; Judge also wanted the cubicles to be tall so that Lumbergh would have to lean in to be seen from Peter's desk.\n[\n15\n]\nConsiderable effort was also expended to making sure the\nTPS reports\nlooked realistic.\n[\n11\n]\nThe glasses Root wore to play Milton had lenses so thick that he had to wear\ncontact lenses\nto see through them. Even so, he still had no\ndepth perception\n; he had to practice reaching for the stapler and was as a result grateful it had been painted red.\nSwingline\nprovided the stapler after the filmmakers could not get permission to use either the Boston or\nBostitch\nbrands from their manufacturer.\n[\n11\n]\nJudge hated the\nonesheet poster\nthat the studio created for\nOffice Space\n, which depicted an office worker completely covered in\nPost-it notes\n. He said, \"People were like, 'What is this? A big bird? A mummy? A beekeeper?' And the tagline 'Work Sucks'? It looked like an\nOffice Depot\nad. I just hated it. I hated the trailers, too and the TV ads especially\".\n[\n13\n]\nMcGinley, too, felt it looked like\nBig Bird\nfrom the children's series\nSesame Street\n, and that he would not go to see such a film. For the home release Judge was upset that the same image was used, albeit with Milton peeking over the man from behind.\n[\n11\n]\nThe studio also had a man live in a\nPlexiglas\ncube above\nTimes Square\nfor five days, who was broadcast live on the Internet as he answered calls and emails from people dissatisfied with their jobs.\n[\n17\n]\nLivingston, when he visited the cube for press events, found that most reporters preferred to talk to the man in the cube and not him. He was not surprised, as tracking for the movie was not good and \"there was a foregone conclusion that it wasn't going to open well.\" Producer\nMichael Rotenberg\nelaborated that \"[i]t took a few research screenings to realize that audiences often have issues with satire.\"\n[\n11\n]\nAnother problem that Rothman later conceded was that they could not put Aniston on the poster due to her small role.\n[\n11\n]\nLater he admitted that the marketing campaign did not work and said, \"\nOffice Space\nisn't like\nAmerican Pie\n. It doesn't have the kind of jokes you put in a 15-second television spot of somebody getting hit on the head with a frying pan. It's sly. And let me tell you, sly is hard to sell\".\n[\n13\n]\nOffice Space\nwas released on February 19, 1999, at the end of the release calendar's \"\ndump months\n\", in 1,740 theaters, grossing $4.2 million on its opening weekend. That was eighth overall and second for new releases after\nOctober Sky\n.\n[\n18\n]\nHerman said he was elated after seeing the film in\nLos Angeles\nand hearing it had made $7 million, until friends more familiar with the movie business told him that was considered a poor performance.\n[\n11\n]\nSuhrstedt saw it later in\nBurbank\n, and the theater was almost full. He assured Judge that\nword of mouth\nwould slowly increase the audience. However, in early March, Fox pulled it from three-quarters of the screens it had been on after it barely made a million dollars that weekend. The movie's grosses continued to decline precipitously, and after the end of March, when it pulled in less than $40,000 from 75 screens, it was pulled from release altogether.\n[\n3\n]\nAccording to Judge, a studio executive blamed the movie exclusively for the failure, telling him \"Nobody wants to see your little movie about ordinary people and their boring little lives.\"\nIt went on to make $10.8 million in North America.\n[\n3\n]\nThe international release brought an additional $2 million. On home release, $8 million in\nDVD\n,\nBlu-ray Disc\nand\nVHS\nsales\n[\n2\n]\nwere sold at release as of April 2006.\n[\n20\n]\nOn the\nreview aggregator\nwebsite\nRotten Tomatoes\n, the film has an approval rating of 82% \"Certified Fresh\" based on 103 reviews and an average rating of 6.8\/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Mike Judge lampoons the office grind with its inspired mix of sharp dialogue and witty one-liners.\"\n[\n21\n]\nMetacritic\ngives the film a\nweighted average\nscore of 68 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\".\n[\n22\n]\nAudiences polled by\nCinemaScore\nduring opening weekend gave the film an average grade of \"C+\" on a scale ranging from A+ to F.\n[\n23\n]\nRoger Ebert\nof the\nChicago Sun-Times\ngave the film three out of four stars and wrote that Judge \"treats his characters a little like cartoon creatures. That works. Nuances of behavior are not necessary, because in the cubicle world every personality trait is magnified, and the captives stagger forth like grotesques.\"\n[\n24\n]\nIn his review for the\nSan Francisco Chronicle\n,\nMick LaSalle\nwrites, \"Livingston is nicely cast as Peter, a young guy whose imagination and capacity for happiness are the very things making him miserable.\"\n[\n25\n]\nIn\nUSA Today\n, Susan Wloszczyna wrote, \"If you've ever had a job, you'll be amused by this paean to peons.\"\n[\n26\n]\nOwen Gleiberman\nin\nEntertainment Weekly\ngave the film a \"C\" rating and criticized it for feeling \"cramped and underimagined\".\n[\n27\n]\nIn his review for\nThe Globe and Mail\n, Rick Groen wrote: \"Perhaps his TV background makes him unaccustomed to the demands of a feature-length script (the ending seems almost panicky in its abruptness), or maybe he just succumbs to the lure of the easy yuk...what began as discomfiting satire soon devolves into silly farce.\"\n[\n28\n]\nIn his review in\nThe New York Times\n,\nStephen Holden\nwrote, \"It has the loose-jointed feel of a bunch of sketches packed together into a narrative that doesn't gather much momentum.\"\n[\n29\n]\nIn 2008,\nEntertainment Weekly\nnamed\nOffice Space\none of \"The 100 best films from 1983 to 2008\", ranking it at #73.\n[\n30\n]\nDisappointed in the film's $12 million domestic gross, Judge decided to move on and began work on what eventually became\nExtract\n, a similarly themed followup to\nOffice Space\n. Fox suggested that next time, he pay more heed to the studio's casting suggestions. However, he soon learned that the film had not gone unnoticed within the industry. \"\nJim Carrey\ninvited me to his house.\nChris Rock\nleft me the best voicemail ever. I had dinner with\nMadonna\n\", who found the Michael Bolton character's anger \"sexy\", Judge said.\n[\n11\n]\nFour years later, Judge was working on the\nIdiocracy\nscreenplay with\nEtan Cohen\n. During a break, the two went to an Austin\nStarbucks\n, and the baristas were doing impressions of Lumbergh. Cohen asked Judge if they were only doing it because he was present, whereupon the barista turned around and asked the two if they had ever seen the movie.\n[\n11\n]\nOther cast members found the film had reached people when strangers began associating them with their characters. Cole, who had previously worked service jobs including bartending, said that he had not realized \"the scope of the office audience\" until a year after release, when people began shouting dialogue from the movie at him. Aniston says that even today, when she is eating \"at a certain type of restaurant\", people will ask if she likes their flair.\nThe\ncable\nchannel\nComedy Central\npremiered\nOffice Space\non August 5, 2001; that airing drew 1.4 million viewers. By 2003, the channel had broadcast the film another 35 times.\n[\n31\n]\nThese broadcasts helped develop the film's cult following; Livingston credits the regular airings the film received on Comedy Central for making\nOffice Space\na cult favorite: \"It felt like it kind of went viral before that concept even existed.\"\n[\n11\n]\nSince then, Livingston has been approached by college students and office workers. He said, \"I get a lot of people who say, 'I quit my job because of you.' That's kind of a heavy load to carry.\"\n[\n31\n]\nLivingston says that people tell him watching\nOffice Space\nmade them feel better, which he still appreciates.\n[\n11\n]\nRoot at a 10th anniversary event\nCast at a 25th anniversary reunion panel at South by Southwest 2024\nOffice Space\nhas become a\ncult classic\n, selling well on home video and DVD.\n[\n6\n]\nAs of 2003\n, it had sold 2.6 million copies on VHS and DVD.\n[\n32\n]\nIn the same year, it was in the top 20 best-selling Fox DVDs.\n[\n31\n]\nAs of 2006\n, it had sold over six million DVDs in the United States alone.\n[\n33\n]\nFour years after the film's release, Judge recalled that one of his\nassistant directors\non the film told him they had gone out to eat at a\nTGI Fridays\nand noticed that the waitstaff were no longer wearing buttons on their uniforms, the \"flair\" Joanna quits her job over in the film. Asked why, the manager told him that after\nOffice Space\nhad come out, customers started making jokes about it, so the chain dropped the requirement from its dress code. \"So, maybe I made the world a better place\" he told\nDeadline Hollywood\nin 2014.\n[\n34\n]\nIn 2008,\nEntertainment Weekly\nranked it fifth on its list \"25 Great Comedies From the Past 25 Years\", despite having originally given the film a poor review.\n[\n35\n]\nIn February 2009, a reunion of many of the cast members took place at the\nParamount Theatre\nin Austin to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the film.\n[\n36\n]\n[\n37\n]\nRothman said in 2019 that despite his connection to several films that won the\nAcademy Award for Best Picture\n, he hopes\nOffice Space\nwill be mentioned before them in his\nobituary\n.\n[\n11\n]\n\"[\nOffice Space\n] spoke to a generation in a way that few movies have,\" said\nJohn Altschuler\n, who produced\nExtract\n, Judge's later companion piece. \"Nobody does this kind of material. It's all about the weirdness of real people in real life.\"\nIn a 2017 profile of Judge,\nNew York Times Magazine\nwriter Willy Staley observed that the film has been compared to\nHerman Melville\n's short story \"\nBartleby, the Scrivener\n\", in which a lawyer's clerk, like Peter, shows up at the office one day but declines all work, telling his boss \"I would prefer not to\". Staley's own high school English teacher, he recalled, brought up\nOffice Space\nin class to get students to appreciate how tedious\nFranz Kafka\n's work at an insurance company was. \"It's such a brutal portrayal of workplace misery that its most useful points of comparison date back to when office culture was first unleashed on humanity.\"\n[\n12\n]\nThe film was an influence on the creation of the television series\nSeverance\n,\n[\n38\n]\nand the comic book series\nChew\n, with the film's main characters cameoing in its third installment,\nJust Desserts\n.\n[\n39\n]\nIn 2022 software engineer Ermenildo Valdez Castro was inspired by the movie\nOffice Space\n, conducting a similar scheme from the movie by editing code to divert shipping fees to a personal account. A report from the\nSeattle police\nmentions that a folder named \"OfficeSpace project\" was found on Castro's work laptop and Castro admitted he was indeed inspired by the movie. Castro stole over $300,000 from the company\nZulily\n.\n[\n40\n]\nIn 2024 at the\nSouth by Southwest\nconference, there was an Office Space Reunion panel with Judge, Livingston, Root, Naidu and Herman.\n[\n41\n]\nAn actual PC LOAD LETTER error message\nSeveral elements of the film have become\nmemes\nreused in other contexts. \"\nTPS report\n\" has come to connote pointless,\nmindless paperwork\n,\n[\n42\n]\nand an example of \"literacy practices\" in the work environment that are \"meaningless exercises imposed upon employees by an inept and uncaring management\" and \"relentlessly mundane and enervating\".\n[\n43\n]\nAccording to Judge, the abbreviation stood for \"Test Program Set\" in the movie.\n[\n36\n]\nThe\nPC LOAD LETTER\nerror message has likewise become a stand-in for any confusing, vague message from a computer, especially printers. The printer scene has been widely parodied, including by one U.S. presidential campaign, and the popularity of Milton's red stapler led the manufacturer to make a real one for sale.\n[\n11\n]\nExternal videos\n\"\nOffice Space\nwith Michael Bolton\n\"\nThe film is credited with coining the now-popular\nslang\nterm \"ass clown\", from one of the characters using it to refer to singer Michael Bolton.\n[\n44\n]\nIn 2015, the comedy website\nFunny or Die\nput together several videos in which it spliced in the actual Michael Bolton over Herman in scenes from the film. Most of them were ones that referenced the confusion coming from the character and the singer having the same name. Bolton performed the scenes exactly as Herman had, with one exception: in his conversation with Samir, he\nturned to the camera\nand substituted the words \"extremely talented\" for \"no-talent\" before \"ass-clown\".\n[\n45\n]\nBefore the 2009 Austin reunion screening a printer was destroyed outside the theater, in reference to the scene in the film during which Peter, Michael, and Samir destroy the dysfunctional printer on the latter two's final day at Initech\n[\n46\n]\nThat scene has frequently been parodied; often by amateurs, using a similar electronic device, in an open space somewhere, emulating the original's character\nblocking\n, camera angles and moves,\nsound effects\nand use of\nslow motion\n, all set to\nGeto Boys\n' \"Still\".\n[\n47\n]\nThe Fox animated series\nFamily Guy\ndid its own parody of the scene in 2008, during\nthe show's seventh season\n. In \"\nI Dream of Jesus\n\", the season's second episode,\nBrian\nand\nStewie Griffin\n(both voiced by\nSeth MacFarlane\n), tired of\nPeter Griffin\nconstantly playing\nThe Trashmen\n's \"\nSurfin' Bird\n\", steal his\n45 rpm\nsingle\nof the song and demolish it in a similar scene. For television, a clean version of \"Still\" had to be used.\n[\n48\n]\nDuring the campaign for the\nRepublican\nnomination in the\n2016 presidential election\n, Texas senator\nTed Cruz\nran a\npolitical advertisement\nparodying the scene, showing an impersonator of likely\nDemocratic\nnominee\nHillary Clinton\nand two assistants destroying\nher personal email server\nwith a baseball bat in an open field.\n[\n49\n]\n[\n50\n]\nSwingline\nmade a red stapler in response to demand created by the film.\nStephen Root says he realized the movie's impact when people started asking him to sign their staplers. The red Swingline stapler featured prominently in the film was not available until April 2002 when the company released it in response to repeated requests by fans of the film. Its appearance in the film was achieved by taking a standard Swingline stapler and spray-painting it red.\n[\n31\n]\nRoot says when he shows up on sets today, the crew has usually ordered several boxes of red Swingline staplers and left them waiting for him.\n[\n11\n]\nThe film has been adapted to a\nmusical\nseveral times.\n[\n51\n]\n[\n52\n]\nKongregate\nreleased a mobile game based on the film, titled\nOffice Space: Idle Profits\n, on\niOS\nand\nAndroid\nin 2017. It was a\nfree-to-play\nidle clicker\nthat offered\nin-app purchases\n.\n[\n53\n]\nIn 2022 it was shut down.\nOffice Space: Motion Picture Soundtrack\nSoundtrack album\nby\nVarious artists\nReleased\nFebruary 18, 1999\nGenre\nHip hop\nLength\n44\n:\n35\nLabel\nInterscope\nProducer\nKaryn Rachtman\n(exec.)\nMike Judge\n(exec.)\nN.O. Joe\nJay Dee\nJohn Bido\nJohn Forté\nJunior Reid\nKool Keith\nKutMasta Kurt\nMadness 4 Real\nNature's Fynest\nQuincy Jones III\nSalaam Remi\nScarface\nProfessional ratings\nReview scores\nSource\nRating\nAllMusic\n[\n54\n]\nTrack listing\nNo.\nTitle\nWriter(s)\nPerformer(s)\nLength\n1.\n\"Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee\" (contains portions of \"\nTake This Job and Shove It\n\" by\nJohnny Paycheck\n, 1977)\nGermaine Williams\nSalaam Remi\nDavid Allan Coe\nCanibus\nwith\nBiz Markie\n4:21\n2.\n\"\nGet Dis Money\n\"\nR.L. Altman III\nTitus Glover\nJames Yancey\nSlum Village\n3:36\n3.\n\"Get Off My Elevator\"\nKeith Thornton\nKurt Matlin\nKool Keith\n3:46\n4.\n\"\nBig Boss Man\n\" (cover of\nJimmy Reed\n, 1960)\nLuther Dixon\nAl Smith\nJunior Reid\n3:46\n5.\n\"\n9-5\n\" (cover of\nDolly Parton\n, 1980)\nDolly Parton\nLisa Stone\n3:40\n6.\n\"Down for Whatever\" (from\nLethal Injection\n, 1993)\nO'Shea Jackson Sr.\nJesper Dahl\nLasse Bavngaard\nNicholas Kvaran\nRasmus Berg\nIce Cube\n4:40\n7.\n\"\nDamn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta\n\" (from\nUncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best\n, 1992)\nBrad Jordan\nJohn Okuribido\nJames Prince\nGeto Boys\n5:09\n8.\n\"Home\"\nBenny Wise\nC. Hernandez\nN. Vasquez\nJohn Forté\nBlackman, Destruct & Icon\n4:22\n9.\n\"No Tears\" (from\nThe Diary\n, 1994)\nBrad Jordan\nJoseph Johnson\nScarface\n2:27\n10.\n\"Still\" (from\nThe Resurrection\n, 1996)\nWilliam Dennis\nBrad Jordan\nJoseph Johnson\nGeto Boys\n4:03\n11.\n\"Mambo #8\" (from\nPérez Prado Plays Mucho Mambo For Dancing\n, 1952)\nPérez Prado\nPérez Prado\n2:06\n12.\n\"Peanut Vendor\" (from\nHavana, 3 A.M.\n, 1956)\nMoises Simons\nPérez Prado\n2:39\nTotal length:\n44:35\nShortly after the release of\nOffice Space\n, Judge, despite his disappointment at the movie's lackluster box office, began writing the script for\nExtract\n, which he describes as a companion piece. The studio later asked him to put it aside to work on\nIdiocracy\n, which it believed would be more commercial. After that film, like\nOffice Space\n, failed at the box office but became a cult favorite, Judge returned to\nExtract\nand it was released in 2009. It similarly makes light of workplace dysfunction, but from the perspective of a manager rather than a worker.\n\"There's been talk of doing more with\nOffice Space\n, as a show or sequel, but it's never seemed right,\" Judge said ahead of the film's 20th anniversary. As for the former possibility, he recalled that because of the film,\nNBC\noffered him the chance to shape\nthe American version\nof the British sitcom\nThe Office\n, which similarly bases its humor in depictions of the absurdity of white-collar work and its effect on those who do it. Among the material the network sent, however, were some reviews, one of which said the series \"succeeds where movies like\nOffice Space\nfailed.\" Judge passed on the offer.\n[\n11\n]\n1999 in film\nList of American films of 1999\nList of comedy films of the 1990s\nList of cult films\nList of Jennifer Aniston performances\nMike Judge filmography\nClockwatchers\n, 1997 comedy-drama about four female office temps with similar themes\nDilbert\n, comic strip with similar characters, setting and themes\nSilicon Valley\n, comedy series created by Judge set at tech companies\nBullshit jobs\n, a concept developed by\nDavid Graeber\nwhich describes meaningless office work\nSlacker\n^\n\"Office Space\"\n.\nBritish Board of Film Classification\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 7,\n2019\n.\n[\ndead link\n]\n^\na\nb\nc\n\"Office Space - Summary\"\n. The Numbers\n. Retrieved\nDecember 15,\n2013\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\n\"Office Space\"\n.\nBox Office Mojo\n. 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Archived from\nthe original\non February 19, 2019\n. Retrieved\nOctober 4,\n2023\n.\n^\nhttps:\/\/atxgossip.com\/movie-made-in-austin-office-space-filming-locations\/\nhttps:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231019092824\/https:\/\/1063thebuzz.com\/office-space-restaurant\/\nhttps:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20011202092627\/https:\/\/www.alligatorgrill.com\/\nhttps:\/\/www.ionart.com\/signs-1\/alligator-grill\nhttps:\/\/moviemaps.org\/locations\/11h\n^\n\"Office Guy: A Working Perspective\"\n.\nThe Harvard Crimson\n. February 18, 1999\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 27,\n2022\n.\n^\n\"February 19-21, 1999\"\n.\nBox Office Mojo\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 5,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Office Space – DVD sales\"\n.\nthe-numbers.com\n. Retrieved\nDecember 27,\n2011\n.\n^\nOffice Space\nat\nRotten Tomatoes\n^\nOffice Space\nat\nMetacritic\n^\n\"Cinemascore\"\n. Archived from\nthe original\non December 20, 2018\n. 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Retrieved\nAugust 27,\n2008\n.\n^\na\nb\nHoinski, Michael (February 2, 2009).\n\"Office Space' Cast Reunite at 10th Anniversary Screening of Mike Judge's Cult Film\"\n.\nRolling Stone\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 7,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"\n\"Office Space\" Turns 10\"\n. KTBC. February 8, 2009. Archived from\nthe original\non February 11, 2009\n. Retrieved\nMay 11,\n2013\n.\n^\nStefansky, Emma.\n\"\n'Severance' Creator Dan Erickson Knows Exactly What the Goats Are For\"\n.\nthrillist\n.\n^\nCronin, Brian (February 12, 2015).\n\"Comic Book Easter Eggs – A Collection of\nChew\nEaster Eggs!\"\n.\nComic Book Resources\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 12,\n2015\n.\n^\nTumin, Remy (January 4, 2023).\n\"\n'Office Space' Inspired Engineer's Theft Scheme, Police Say\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\n^\n\"Featured Session: Celebrating 25 Years of 'Office Space,' with Mike Judge, Cast, and The Hollywood Reporter\"\n.\nSXSW 2024 Schedule\n. Retrieved\nMarch 20,\n2024\n.\n^\nLittle, Steven S. (2008).\nThe Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth\n.\nJohn Wiley & Sons\n. p. 51.\nISBN\n \n978-0-470-25746-3\n.\n^\nWilliams, Bronwyn T.; Zenger, Amy A. (2007).\nPopular Culture and Representations of Literacy\n.\nRoutledge\n\/\nTaylor & Francis\n. p. 61.\nISBN\n \n978-0-415-36095-1\n.\n^\nNick Evans (February 20, 2019).\n\"How Office Space Coined The Term Ass Clown\"\n.\nCinemablend\n.\n^\nBlistein, Jon (March 10, 2015).\n\"Michael Bolton Plays Michael Bolton in 'Office Space' Homage\"\n.\nRolling Stone\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 7,\n2019\n.\n^\nBaumgarten, Marjorie (February 11, 2009).\n\"Office Spaced in Austin\"\n.\nThe Austin Chronicle\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 6,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"\nOffice Space\nprinter scene parodies\"\n.\nYouTube\n. February 6, 2019\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 6,\n2019\n.\n^\nHaque, Ashan.\n\"Family Guy: \"I Dream of Jesus\" Review\"\n.\nIGN\n. Archived from\nthe original\non August 7, 2016\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 14,\n2009\n.\n^\nKrieg, Gregory (February 12, 2016).\n\"Cruz mocks Clinton email controversy with 'Office Space' spoof ad\"\n. CNN\n. Retrieved\nMarch 27,\n2016\n.\n^\n\"New Ted Cruz Ad Spoofs \"Office Space\" In Clinton Server Attack\"\n. RealClear Politics. February 12, 2016\n. Retrieved\nMarch 27,\n2016\n.\n^\nVanasco, Jennifer (December 1, 2005).\n\"Cubicle! An Office Space Musical!\"\n.\n^\nFrucci, Adam (November 11, 2010).\n\"Office Space: The Musical\"\n.\nVulture\n.\n^\nSowden, Emily (April 20, 2017).\n\"Screw your bosses over in the clicker Office Space: Idle Profits, out now on iOS and Android\"\n.\nPocket Gamer\n. Retrieved\nJune 20,\n2017\n.\n^\nBregman, Adam.\n\"Office Space - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits\"\n.\nAllMusic\n. Retrieved\nMay 12,\n2019\n.\nHunt, Stacey Wilson (January 11, 2019).\n\"The oral history of 'Office Space': Behind the scenes of the cult classic\"\n.\nEntertainment Weekly\n. 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notes](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/8\/8e\/Office_space_poster.jpg\/250px-Office_space_poster.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Office_space_poster.jpg \"An office worker completely covered in Post-it notes\")Theatrical release poster |   |\n| Directed by | [Mike Judge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Judge \"Mike Judge\") |\n| Screenplay by | Mike Judge |\n| Based on | *[Milton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milton_\$cartoon\$ \"Milton (cartoon)\")* by Mike Judge |\n| Produced by | [Daniel Rappaport](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniel_Rappaport \"Daniel Rappaport\") [Michael Rotenberg](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Rotenberg \"Michael Rotenberg\") |\n| Starring | [Ron Livingston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Livingston \"Ron Livingston\") [Jennifer Aniston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Aniston \"Jennifer Aniston\") [Stephen Root](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Root \"Stephen Root\") [Gary Cole](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Cole \"Gary Cole\") |\n| Cinematography | [Tim Suhrstedt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Suhrstedt \"Tim Suhrstedt\") |\n| Edited by | [David Rennie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Rennie_\$film_editor\$ \"David Rennie (film editor)\") |\n| Music by | [John Frizzell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Frizzell_\$composer\$ \"John Frizzell (composer)\") |\n| Production companies | [Judgmental Films](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judgmental_Films \"Judgmental Films\") [3 Arts Entertainment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3_Arts_Entertainment \"3 Arts Entertainment\") Cubicle Inc. |\n| Distributed by | [20th Century Fox](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox \"20th Century Fox\") |\n| Release date | February 19, 1999 (1999-02-19) |\n| Running time | 89 minutes[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-1) |\n| Country | United States |\n| Language | English |\n| Budget | \\$10 million[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-thenum-2)[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo-3) |\n| Box office | \\$12.2 million[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-thenum-2) |\n\n***Office Space*** is a 1999 American [satirical](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satire_\$film_and_television\$ \"Satire (film and television)\") [black comedy film](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_comedy_film \"Black comedy film\") written and directed by [Mike Judge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Judge \"Mike Judge\").[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-4) It satirizes the [office](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_job \"Office job\") work life of a typical 1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals weary of their jobs. It stars [Ron Livingston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Livingston \"Ron Livingston\"), [Jennifer Aniston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Aniston \"Jennifer Aniston\"), [Gary Cole](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Cole \"Gary Cole\"), [Stephen Root](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Root \"Stephen Root\"), [David Herman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Herman \"David Herman\"), [Ajay Naidu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ajay_Naidu \"Ajay Naidu\"), and [Diedrich Bader](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diedrich_Bader \"Diedrich Bader\").[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-5)\n\n*Office Space* was filmed in [Dallas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dallas \"Dallas\") and [Austin, Texas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austin,_Texas \"Austin, Texas\"). It is based on Judge's *[Milton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milton_\$cartoon\$ \"Milton (cartoon)\")* 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\")*. It was released in theaters on February 19, 1999, by [20th Century Fox](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox \"20th Century Fox\"). Its sympathetic depiction of ordinary [information technology](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Information_technology \"Information technology\") workers garnered a cult following within that field, but it also addresses themes familiar to [white-collar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White-collar_worker \"White-collar worker\") employees and the workforce in general. It received critical acclaim but 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cult_film \"Cult film\").[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Doty-6)\n\nSeveral aspects of the film have become [Internet memes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_meme \"Internet meme\"). A scene in which the three main characters systematically destroy a dysfunctional printer has been widely parodied. [Swingline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swingline \"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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extract_\$film\$ \"Extract (film)\")* is also set in an office and was intended as a companion piece to *Office Space*.\n\n## Plot\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: Plot\")\\]\n\nPeter Gibbons is a frustrated and unmotivated programmer who works at Texas-based software company Initech. Unable to stand up to his overcritical girlfriend, Anne, he is in love with local waitress Joanna, but is afraid to speak to her. He is friends with co-workers Samir Nagheenanajar, who hates that no one can pronounce his last name, and Michael Bolton, who hates having the same name as [the famous singer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Bolton \"Michael Bolton\"). Other co-workers include Milton Waddams, a meek [collator](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/collator \"wikt:collator\") who mumbles to himself and is mostly ignored by the rest of the office; and Tom Smykowski, a jaded [product manager](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Product_manager \"Product manager\") who is routinely scared of being fired. The staff suffers under top-heavy, callous management, especially from vice president [Bill Lumbergh](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Lumbergh \"Bill Lumbergh\"), a tedious micromanager who regularly humiliates Milton and makes Peter work almost every weekend. Peter hates Lumbergh but avoids confronting him.\n\nAnne persuades Peter to attend an occupational [hypnotherapy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypnotherapy \"Hypnotherapy\") session led by Dr. Swanson. Swanson hypnotizes Peter and tells him to feel relaxed and stop caring about his job until he snaps his fingers. However, Swanson suddenly dies of a heart attack before snapping Peter out of it. Peter sleeps soundly through the next day, ignoring phone calls from Lumbergh and Anne, who angrily breaks up with him while confirming his suspicions that she has been cheating on him.\n\nTwo business consultants are brought in to help the company [downsize](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Layoff \"Layoff\"), and Peter begins dating Joanna. She works at a chain restaurant where she is required to wear \"pieces of flair\": buttons allowing employees to \"express themselves\". Her boss hassles her for not wearing more than the required minimum.\n\nPeter 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. Impressed by Peter's frank insights into Initech's problems, the consultants promote him despite Lumbergh's misgivings; however, they lay off Michael, Samir, and Tom. While attempting to do the same to Milton, they learn that he had already been laid off five years prior but had not been notified and was still receiving his salary due to a payroll glitch. They fix the glitch and stop Milton's salary payments without telling him, while Lumbergh continues to mistreat him by confiscating his beloved red stapler and repeatedly relocating his desk, eventually down to the basement.\n\nTired of their own mistreatment, Peter, Michael, and Samir decide to take revenge by infecting Initech's accounting system with a [computer virus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_virus \"Computer virus\") designed by Michael to divert huge numbers of [fractions of pennies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salami_slicing_tactics \"Salami slicing tactics\") into a bank account. Peter successfully installs the virus, and on Michael and Samir's last day, he steals a frequently malfunctioning printer, which the three proceed to destroy in a field. They also learn that Tom attempted suicide prior to being laid off, but then changed his mind, and in the process got into an accident that resulted in him winning a large amount of money in damages from a lawsuit. At a party at Tom's house, Peter hears rumors from a colleague that Joanna had slept with Lumbergh. When Joanna confirms this, a heated exchange leads to them breaking up. Frustrated with her job, Joanna quits in response to another lecture about her lack of \"flair\", giving her boss the middle finger as she does so.\n\nOn Monday, Peter discovers that a [bug](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Software_bug \"Software bug\") in Michael's code has caused the virus to steal over \\$300,000 across the weekend, which guarantees they will be caught and sent to federal prison. Unable to conceal the crime, Peter decides to accept full responsibility, writing a confession and slipping it under Lumbergh's office door after hours, along with [traveler's checks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Traveler%27s_check \"Traveler's check\") for the stolen money. Peter learns that the 'Lumbergh' with whom Joanna slept was Ron Lumbergh, another software engineer unrelated to Bill Lumbergh. He meets Joanna, who has started a new job at another restaurant, to apologize, and they reconcile.\n\nThe next morning, Peter drives to Initech to turn himself in, but the problem has solved itself: Milton has committed arson and burned down the building as an act of revenge against the company. With the evidence of his crime destroyed, Peter begins his new job working in construction with his neighbor Lawrence, while Samir and Michael join Initech's rival, Initrode. Having found the traveler's checks, Milton escapes to Mexico but continues to be denied respect.\n\n## Cast\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: Cast\")\\]\n\n- [Ron Livingston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Livingston \"Ron Livingston\") as Peter Gibbons, a disgruntled programmer at Initech\n- [Jennifer Aniston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Aniston \"Jennifer Aniston\") as Joanna, a waitress at a Chotchkie's restaurant\n- [Stephen Root](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Root \"Stephen Root\") as Milton Waddams, a timid, mistreated Initech collator\n- [Gary Cole](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Cole \"Gary Cole\") as [Bill Lumbergh](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Lumbergh \"Bill Lumbergh\"), vice president of Initech\n- [John C. McGinley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_C._McGinley \"John C. McGinley\") as Bob Slydell, a business consultant specializing in efficiency\n- [David Herman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Herman \"David Herman\") as Michael Bolton, one of Peter's friends and coworkers\n- [Ajay Naidu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ajay_Naidu \"Ajay Naidu\") as Samir Nagheenanajar, one of Peter's friends and coworkers\n- [Diedrich Bader](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diedrich_Bader \"Diedrich Bader\") as Lawrence, Peter's uncouth friend and next-door neighbor who works in construction\n- [Michael McShane](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_McShane \"Mike McShane\") (credited as Micheal McShane) as Dr. Swanson, an occupational hypnotherapist\n- [Richard Riehle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Riehle \"Richard Riehle\") as Tom Smykowski, a cynical Initech product manager\n- [Alexandra Wentworth](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexandra_Wentworth \"Alexandra Wentworth\") as Anne, Peter's girlfriend who cheats on him\n- [Greg Pitts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Pitts \"Greg Pitts\") as Drew, a young Initech employee\n- [Paul Willson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Willson \"Paul Willson\") as Bob Porter, Bob Slydell's colleague\n- [Todd Duffey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Todd_Duffey \"Todd Duffey\") as Brian, Chotchkie's Waiter; an overly cheerful young man who works at Chotchkie's with Joanna\n- [Orlando Jones](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orlando_Jones \"Orlando Jones\") as Steve, a magazine salesman and former employee at Initrode\n- [Mike Judge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Judge \"Mike Judge\") as Stan, the manager of the Chotchkie's restaurant\n- Joe Bays as Dom Portwood, one of Peter's superiors at Initech\n\n## Production\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Production\")\\]\n\n### Development\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: Development\")\\]\n\n*Office Space* originated in the series of three animated *[Milton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milton_\$cartoon\$ \"Milton (cartoon)\")* [short films](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Short_film \"Short film\") that Judge created about an office worker by that name. They first aired on *[Liquid Television](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liquid_Television \"Liquid Television\")* and on *[Saturday Night Live](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Live \"Saturday Night Live\")*.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-fierman-7) The inspiration came from a temp job which he had that involved alphabetizing purchase orders[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8) and another job as an engineer for [Parallax Graphics](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parallax_Graphics \"Parallax Graphics\") for three months in the [San Francisco Bay Area](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_Bay_Area \"San Francisco Bay Area\") during the 1980s,[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Leckart2014-9) \"just in the heart of [Silicon Valley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silicon_Valley \"Silicon Valley\") and in the middle of that overachiever [yuppie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yuppie \"Yuppie\") thing, it was just awful.\"[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-sherman-10)\n\n[Peter Chernin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Chernin \"Peter Chernin\"), head of [20th Century Fox](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox \"20th Century Fox\"), where Judge had a deal, wanted to make a film out of the Milton character,[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) inspired by a former coworker of Judge's in Silicon Valley who had threatened to quit if the company moved his desk again.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12) \"You don't want to know what he does at home after work\", Judge replied. Instead he suggested an [ensemble cast](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ensemble_cast \"Ensemble cast\")–based film; someone at the studio responded with *[Car Wash](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Car_Wash_\$film\$ \"Car Wash (film)\")* but \"just set in an office.\"[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-sherman-10)\n\nMilton was not the only character inspired by someone from Judge's past. During his jobs in Silicon Valley, where he barely made enough to afford his rent, he had a neighbor who was an auto mechanic. Not only did the man make more money, he had flexible work hours and seemed to Judge to be much more content with his life and work than he himself was. The neighbor inspired Lawrence, Peter's neighbor in the film.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12)\n\nThe setting of the film reflects a prevailing trend that Judge observed in the United States. \"It seems like every city now has these identical office parks with identical adjoining chain restaurants\", he said in an interview.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-fierman-7) \"There were a lot of people who wanted me to set this movie in [Wall Street](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wall_Street \"Wall Street\"), or like the movie *[Brazil](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil_\$1985_film\$ \"Brazil (1985 film)\")*, but I wanted it very unglamorous, the kind of bleak work situation like I was in\".[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8)\n\nJudge wrote a [treatment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Film_treatment \"Film treatment\") in 1996, and the script after [the first season](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_of_the_Hill_season_1 \"King of the Hill season 1\") of *[King of the Hill](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_of_the_Hill \"King of the Hill\")*. Fox president [Tom Rothman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Rothman \"Tom Rothman\") was happy with the draft as he was looking for lighter material to balance the [event movies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Event_movie \"Event movie\") like *[Titanic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Titanic_\$1997_film\$ \"Titanic (1997 film)\")* that dominated the studio's output at the time. He considered it \"the most brilliant workplace satire I'd ever read\".[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Despite that, Judge hated the ending and wished he could have completely rewritten the third act.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13)\n\n### Casting\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Casting\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/30\/Jennifer_Aniston_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg\/250px-Jennifer_Aniston_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jennifer_Aniston_2011_\$cropped\$.jpg)\n\n[Jennifer Aniston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Aniston \"Jennifer Aniston\") (pictured in 2011) was cast in *Office Space* to feature a recognizable star.\n\n[David Herman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Herman \"David Herman\") was the only actor Judge had in mind for a specific part: Michael Bolton. Herman had been trying to leave his seven-year contract at *[MADtv](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MADtv \"MADtv\")*, but the show would not let him. So, at its next [table reading](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Table_reading \"Table reading\"), he managed to get himself fired by screaming all his lines. [Greg Daniels](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Daniels \"Greg Daniels\") said they could always find a place for him on *King of the Hill*, where he had been doing some voice work; soon after he read Judge's *Office Space* script and was delighted with it.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nAt the first read-through of the script, Judge was pleased with Herman's performance, and felt [Stephen Root](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Root \"Stephen Root\") improved on his own take on Milton, but was not happy with the rest of the cast. He considered abandoning the film, but Rothman said it worked and just needed the right actors.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) According to Judge, while Fox at first told him to just get the best actors possible since the film's budget would not be large enough to consider [bankable stars](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bankable_star \"Bankable star\"), the studio soon changed its mind.\n\nIn the wake of the success of *[Good Will Hunting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Good_Will_Hunting \"Good Will Hunting\")*, he was advised to get that film's stars, [Ben Affleck](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Affleck \"Ben Affleck\") and [Matt Damon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Damon \"Matt Damon\"). Again, he almost changed his mind about the film (Rothman said in 2019 that while [A-list](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A-list \"A-list\") stars are often unlikely to take roles in low-budget productions, those films should nevertheless make the effort to attract them). He had agreed to meet with Damon in New York, but then [Ron Livingston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Livingston \"Ron Livingston\")'s agent asked if his client could audition for the lead. [Casting director](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casting_director \"Casting director\") Nancy Klopper was impressed, and after Judge saw the video he told the studio that he wanted Livingston in the part.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n[Jennifer Aniston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Aniston \"Jennifer Aniston\") was cast to accommodate Fox's desire to have a recognizable star in the film, although they were concerned that her part was so small; the subplot involving her battle with her boss over her \"flair\" was added as a result and she was written out of the sex-dream sequence, along with dialogue indicating she actually had slept with Lumbergh. However, she had liked the script since she was not getting many other films like that at that point, and she had gone to the same high school as Herman, [Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiorello_H._LaGuardia_High_School \"Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School\") in New York. [Kate Hudson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kate_Hudson \"Kate Hudson\") also read for the part.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nAfter casting the [Indian American](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_American \"Indian American\") [Ajay Naidu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ajay_Naidu \"Ajay Naidu\") as Samir, who had originally been written as [Iranian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iranian_American \"Iranian American\"), the character was rewritten to be [Jordanian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordanian_American \"Jordanian American\"), and Naidu worked with a [dialect coach](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dialect_coach \"Dialect coach\") to get the accent right. [John C. McGinley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_C._McGinley \"John C. McGinley\") auditioned for Lumbergh, but was ultimately cast as Slydell. Judge says that after [Gary Cole](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Cole \"Gary Cole\") read for Lumbergh, there was no doubt as to who would play him. \"He made the character 10 times funnier.\" A casting search in Texas yielded [Greg Pitts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Pitts \"Greg Pitts\") for Drew, but no one who could play the Chotchkie's manager, so Judge took that role himself.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n### Principal photography\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: Principal photography\")\\]\n\nJudge made the transition from animation to live-action with the help of [Tim Suhrstedt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Suhrstedt \"Tim Suhrstedt\"), the film's [director of photography](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Director_of_photography \"Director of photography\"), who taught him about lenses and where to put the camera. Judge says, \"I had a great crew, and it's good going into it not pretending you're an expert\".[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8) [Principal photography](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Principal_photography \"Principal photography\") began in Texas in May 1998.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-14)\n\nSeveral issues arose during filming. By the third day of shooting, temperatures had risen to over 100 °F (38 °C), and smoke from fires in Mexico was filling the sky over [Austin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austin,_Texas \"Austin, Texas\"), making it white. Suhrstedt says that forced the postponement of the opening traffic-jam scene until it cleared.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nStudio executives who saw the [dailies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dailies \"Dailies\") were not happy with the footage that Judge was getting. Judge quoted studio executives as stating, \"More energy! More energy! We gotta reshoot it! You're failing! You're failing!\"[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) They also asked for Livingston to smile more. But at that point, only the early scenes had been filmed; Judge told the studio that happier scenes would come later. Livingston says he heard they believed he was on drugs and were considering firing him.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nIn addition, Fox did not like the [gangsta rap](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gangsta_rap \"Gangsta rap\") music used in the film.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) Rothman told him he had to take it out, and Judge said after production he would do so if the next [focus group](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Focus_group \"Focus group\") also disliked it. A young man in that focus group said the fact that the characters worked in an office but listened to gangsta rap was one of the things he liked about the movie, and Rothman relented.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nThe scene where Peter, Michael and Samir take their office printer out into a field and batter it to pieces was inspired by Judge's experience with his own printer while writing *[Beavis and Butt-Head Do America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\")*. He told his cowriter [Joe Stillman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Stillman \"Joe Stillman\") that he was so frustrated by it that when he was done with the script, he planned to take it out into a field and destroy it while videotaping the process. Suhrstedt says the whole sequence was largely improvised, but Naidu adds that they were trying to do it in a way that evoked how the [Mafia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian-American_Mafia \"Italian-American Mafia\") would do it to someone it wanted to punish or kill; Livingston thus played his part like the \"[don](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boss_\$crime\$ \"Boss (crime)\")\", circling behind Naidu and Herman while they struck the blows with bat, feet and fists. Years afterward, Naidu says, he met some actual mafiosi in New York who told him that they were huge fans of the film, and the scene was \"authentic\".[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nMcGinley says the film contains many improvised moments. \"It was like [jazz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jazz \"Jazz\") on that set\". One example he recalled was when [Paul Willson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Willson \"Paul Willson\") as Bob Porter cannot pronounce Samir's last name: \"Naga ... Naga ... well, not gonna work here anymore anyway.\" Naidu, for his part, improvised the [break dancing](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Break_dancing \"Break dancing\"), which he did with local friends after shooting his scenes during the day.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nThe improvisation also helped solve some problems with the script. Originally Bolton was to refer to [the singer he shared his name with](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Bolton \"Michael Bolton\") as a \"no-singing asshole\". However, Herman recalled, it was decided that the film could not say that since it would imply he did not sing his own songs, so he came up with \"no-talent ass-clown\".[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nThe Alligator Grill, on South Lamar Blvd, Austin, was used for the interior shots of Chotchkies, Joanna's workplace.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15)[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-16)\n\n### Production design\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=7 \"Edit section: Production design\")\\]\n\nJudge was very exacting in his demands for how the Initech set looked; he said regularly that it had to seem \"oppressive\".[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15) The production went as far as [screen-testing](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Screen_test \"Screen test\") different types of gray [cubicles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cubicle \"Cubicle\"); Judge also wanted the cubicles to be tall so that Lumbergh would have to lean in to be seen from Peter's desk.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15) Considerable effort was also expended to making sure the [TPS reports](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TPS_report#In_popular_culture \"TPS report\") looked realistic.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nThe glasses Root wore to play Milton had lenses so thick that he had to wear [contact lenses](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contact_lens \"Contact lens\") to see through them. Even so, he still had no [depth perception](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Depth_perception \"Depth perception\"); he had to practice reaching for the stapler and was as a result grateful it had been painted red. [Swingline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swingline \"Swingline\") provided the stapler after the filmmakers could not get permission to use either the Boston or [Bostitch](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bostitch \"Bostitch\") brands from their manufacturer.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n## Release\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=8 \"Edit section: Release\")\\]\n\n### Marketing\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=9 \"Edit section: Marketing\")\\]\n\nJudge hated the [onesheet poster](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/One_sheet#Cinema \"One sheet\") that the studio created for *Office Space*, which depicted an office worker completely covered in [Post-it notes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Post-it_notes \"Post-it notes\"). He said, \"People were like, 'What is this? A big bird? A mummy? A beekeeper?' And the tagline 'Work Sucks'? It looked like an [Office Depot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Depot \"Office Depot\") ad. I just hated it. I hated the trailers, too and the TV ads especially\".[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) McGinley, too, felt it looked like [Big Bird](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Bird \"Big Bird\") from the children's series *[Sesame Street](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sesame_Street \"Sesame Street\")*, and that he would not go to see such a film. For the home release Judge was upset that the same image was used, albeit with Milton peeking over the man from behind.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nThe studio also had a man live in a [Plexiglas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plexiglas \"Plexiglas\") cube above [Times Square](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Times_Square \"Times Square\") for five days, who was broadcast live on the Internet as he answered calls and emails from people dissatisfied with their jobs.[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-17) Livingston, when he visited the cube for press events, found that most reporters preferred to talk to the man in the cube and not him. He was not surprised, as tracking for the movie was not good and \"there was a foregone conclusion that it wasn't going to open well.\" Producer [Michael Rotenberg](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Rotenberg \"Michael Rotenberg\") elaborated that \"\\[i\\]t took a few research screenings to realize that audiences often have issues with satire.\"[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nAnother problem that Rothman later conceded was that they could not put Aniston on the poster due to her small role.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Later he admitted that the marketing campaign did not work and said, \"*Office Space* isn't like *[American Pie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Pie_\$film\$ \"American Pie (film)\")*. It doesn't have the kind of jokes you put in a 15-second television spot of somebody getting hit on the head with a frying pan. It's sly. And let me tell you, sly is hard to sell\".[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13)\n\n### Box office\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=10 \"Edit section: Box office\")\\]\n\n*Office Space* was released on February 19, 1999, at the end of the release calendar's \"[dump months](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dump_months \"Dump months\")\", in 1,740 theaters, grossing \\$4.2 million on its opening weekend. That was eighth overall and second for new releases after *[October Sky](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October_Sky \"October Sky\")*.[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo_opening_weekend-18) Herman said he was elated after seeing the film in [Los Angeles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles \"Los Angeles\") and hearing it had made \\$7 million, until friends more familiar with the movie business told him that was considered a poor performance.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nSuhrstedt saw it later in [Burbank](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burbank,_California \"Burbank, California\"), and the theater was almost full. He assured Judge that [word of mouth](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Word_of_mouth \"Word of mouth\") would slowly increase the audience. However, in early March, Fox pulled it from three-quarters of the screens it had been on after it barely made a million dollars that weekend. The movie's grosses continued to decline precipitously, and after the end of March, when it pulled in less than \\$40,000 from 75 screens, it was pulled from release altogether.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo-3) According to Judge, a studio executive blamed the movie exclusively for the failure, telling him \"Nobody wants to see your little movie about ordinary people and their boring little lives.\"[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Extract-19)\n\nIt went on to make \\$10.8 million in North America.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo-3) The international release brought an additional \\$2 million. On home release, \\$8 million in [DVD](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DVD \"DVD\"), [Blu-ray Disc](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blu-ray_Disc \"Blu-ray Disc\") and [VHS](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/VHS \"VHS\") sales[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-thenum-2) were sold at release as of April 2006.[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Numbers2-20)\n\n## Reception\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=11 \"Edit section: Reception\")\\]\n\n### Critical reception\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=12 \"Edit section: Critical reception\")\\]\n\nOn the [review aggregator](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Review_aggregator \"Review aggregator\") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rotten_Tomatoes \"Rotten Tomatoes\"), the film has an approval rating of 82% \"Certified Fresh\" based on 103 reviews and an average rating of 6.8\/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Mike Judge lampoons the office grind with its inspired mix of sharp dialogue and witty one-liners.\"[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-21) [Metacritic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metacritic \"Metacritic\") gives the film a [weighted average](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weighted_average \"Weighted average\") score of 68 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\".[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-22) Audiences polled by [CinemaScore](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CinemaScore \"CinemaScore\") during opening weekend gave the film an average grade of \"C+\" on a scale ranging from A+ to F.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-23)\n\n[Roger Ebert](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Ebert \"Roger Ebert\") of the *[Chicago Sun-Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_Sun-Times \"Chicago Sun-Times\")* gave the film three out of four stars and wrote that Judge \"treats his characters a little like cartoon creatures. That works. Nuances of behavior are not necessary, because in the cubicle world every personality trait is magnified, and the captives stagger forth like grotesques.\"[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-24) In his review for the *[San Francisco Chronicle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_Chronicle \"San Francisco Chronicle\")*, [Mick LaSalle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mick_LaSalle \"Mick LaSalle\") writes, \"Livingston is nicely cast as Peter, a young guy whose imagination and capacity for happiness are the very things making him miserable.\"[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-25) In *[USA Today](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USA_Today \"USA Today\")*, Susan Wloszczyna wrote, \"If you've ever had a job, you'll be amused by this paean to peons.\"[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-26)\n\n[Owen Gleiberman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Owen_Gleiberman \"Owen Gleiberman\") in *[Entertainment Weekly](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entertainment_Weekly \"Entertainment Weekly\")* gave the film a \"C\" rating and criticized it for feeling \"cramped and underimagined\".[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-27) In his review for *[The Globe and Mail](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Globe_and_Mail \"The Globe and Mail\")*, Rick Groen wrote: \"Perhaps his TV background makes him unaccustomed to the demands of a feature-length script (the ending seems almost panicky in its abruptness), or maybe he just succumbs to the lure of the easy yuk...what began as discomfiting satire soon devolves into silly farce.\"[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-28) In his review in *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")*, [Stephen Holden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Holden \"Stephen Holden\") wrote, \"It has the loose-jointed feel of a bunch of sketches packed together into a narrative that doesn't gather much momentum.\"[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-29)\n\nIn 2008, *Entertainment Weekly* named *Office Space* one of \"The 100 best films from 1983 to 2008\", ranking it at \\#73.[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-30)\n\n### Cult status\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=13 \"Edit section: Cult status\")\\]\n\nDisappointed in the film's \\$12 million domestic gross, Judge decided to move on and began work on what eventually became *[Extract](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extract_\$film\$ \"Extract (film)\")*, a similarly themed followup to *Office Space*. Fox suggested that next time, he pay more heed to the studio's casting suggestions. However, he soon learned that the film had not gone unnoticed within the industry. \"[Jim Carrey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Carrey \"Jim Carrey\") invited me to his house. [Chris Rock](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Rock \"Chris Rock\") left me the best voicemail ever. I had dinner with [Madonna](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madonna_\$entertainer\$ \"Madonna (entertainer)\")\", who found the Michael Bolton character's anger \"sexy\", Judge said.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nFour years later, Judge was working on the *[Idiocracy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idiocracy \"Idiocracy\")* screenplay with [Etan Cohen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Etan_Cohen \"Etan Cohen\"). During a break, the two went to an Austin [Starbucks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Starbucks \"Starbucks\"), and the baristas were doing impressions of Lumbergh. Cohen asked Judge if they were only doing it because he was present, whereupon the barista turned around and asked the two if they had ever seen the movie.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nOther cast members found the film had reached people when strangers began associating them with their characters. Cole, who had previously worked service jobs including bartending, said that he had not realized \"the scope of the office audience\" until a year after release, when people began shouting dialogue from the movie at him. Aniston says that even today, when she is eating \"at a certain type of restaurant\", people will ask if she likes their flair.\n\nThe [cable](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cable_television \"Cable television\") channel [Comedy Central](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comedy_Central \"Comedy Central\") premiered *Office Space* on August 5, 2001; that airing drew 1.4 million viewers. By 2003, the channel had broadcast the film another 35 times.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) These broadcasts helped develop the film's cult following; Livingston credits the regular airings the film received on Comedy Central for making *Office Space* a cult favorite: \"It felt like it kind of went viral before that concept even existed.\"[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nSince then, Livingston has been approached by college students and office workers. He said, \"I get a lot of people who say, 'I quit my job because of you.' That's kind of a heavy load to carry.\"[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) Livingston says that people tell him watching *Office Space* made them feel better, which he still appreciates.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n## Legacy\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=14 \"Edit section: Legacy\")\\]\n\n[![A lightly bearded and bespectacled brown-haired middle-aged Caucasian man wearing a jacket and white shirt with an open collar looks to the camera's right](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/52\/StephenRootFeb09.jpg\/250px-StephenRootFeb09.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:StephenRootFeb09.jpg)\n\nRoot at a 10th anniversary event\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/1d\/SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg\/250px-SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg)\n\nCast at a 25th anniversary reunion panel at South by Southwest 2024\n\n*Office Space* has become a [cult classic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cult_following \"Cult following\"), selling well on home video and DVD.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Doty-6) As of 2003[\\[update\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit), it had sold 2.6 million copies on VHS and DVD.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby2-32) In the same year, it was in the top 20 best-selling Fox DVDs.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) As of 2006[\\[update\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit), it had sold over six million DVDs in the United States alone.[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-33)\n\nFour years after the film's release, Judge recalled that one of his [assistant directors](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assistant_director \"Assistant director\") on the film told him they had gone out to eat at a [TGI Fridays](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TGI_Fridays \"TGI Fridays\") and noticed that the waitstaff were no longer wearing buttons on their uniforms, the \"flair\" Joanna quits her job over in the film. Asked why, the manager told him that after *Office Space* had come out, customers started making jokes about it, so the chain dropped the requirement from its dress code. \"So, maybe I made the world a better place\" he told *[Deadline Hollywood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deadline_Hollywood \"Deadline Hollywood\")* in 2014.[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-2014_Deadline_Hollywood_interview-34)\n\nIn 2008, *Entertainment Weekly* ranked it fifth on its list \"25 Great Comedies From the Past 25 Years\", despite having originally given the film a poor review.[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-ewtop25-35) In February 2009, a reunion of many of the cast members took place at the [Paramount Theatre](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paramount_Theatre_\$Austin,_Texas\$ \"Paramount Theatre (Austin, Texas)\") in Austin to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the film.[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_10th_anniversary_story-36)[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-ktbc-37) Rothman said in 2019 that despite his connection to several films that won the [Academy Award for Best Picture](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture \"Academy Award for Best Picture\"), he hopes *Office Space* will be mentioned before them in his [obituary](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obituary \"Obituary\").[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n\"\\[*Office Space*\\] spoke to a generation in a way that few movies have,\" said [John Altschuler](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Altschuler \"John Altschuler\"), who produced *Extract*, Judge's later companion piece. \"Nobody does this kind of material. It's all about the weirdness of real people in real life.\"[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Extract-19)\n\nIn a 2017 profile of Judge, *[New York Times Magazine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Times_Magazine \"New York Times Magazine\")* writer Willy Staley observed that the film has been compared to [Herman Melville](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herman_Melville \"Herman Melville\")'s short story \"[Bartleby, the Scrivener](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener \"Bartleby, the Scrivener\")\", in which a lawyer's clerk, like Peter, shows up at the office one day but declines all work, telling his boss \"I would prefer not to\". Staley's own high school English teacher, he recalled, brought up *Office Space* in class to get students to appreciate how tedious [Franz Kafka](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franz_Kafka \"Franz Kafka\")'s work at an insurance company was. \"It's such a brutal portrayal of workplace misery that its most useful points of comparison date back to when office culture was first unleashed on humanity.\"[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12)\n\nThe film was an influence on the creation of the television series *[Severance](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Severance_\$TV_series\$ \"Severance (TV series)\")*,[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-38) and the comic book series *[Chew](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chew_\$comics\$ \"Chew (comics)\")*, with the film's main characters cameoing in its third installment, *[Just Desserts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chew:_Just_Desserts \"Chew: Just Desserts\")*.[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-39)\n\nIn 2022 software engineer Ermenildo Valdez Castro was inspired by the movie *Office Space*, conducting a similar scheme from the movie by editing code to divert shipping fees to a personal account. A report from the [Seattle police](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seattle_Police_Department \"Seattle Police Department\") mentions that a folder named \"OfficeSpace project\" was found on Castro's work laptop and Castro admitted he was indeed inspired by the movie. Castro stole over \\$300,000 from the company [Zulily](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zulily \"Zulily\").[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-40)\n\nIn 2024 at the [South by Southwest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_by_Southwest \"South by Southwest\") conference, there was an Office Space Reunion panel with Judge, Livingston, Root, Naidu and Herman.[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-41)\n\n### In culture\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=15 \"Edit section: In culture\")\\]\n\n[![\"PC LOAD LETTER\" in a printer console's LED display.](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e3\/PC_Load_Letter.jpg\/250px-PC_Load_Letter.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:PC_Load_Letter.jpg)\n\nAn actual PC LOAD LETTER error message\n\nSeveral elements of the film have become [memes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meme \"Meme\") reused in other contexts. \"[TPS report](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TPS_report \"TPS report\")\" has come to connote pointless, [mindless paperwork](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Busy_work \"Busy work\"),[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-42) and an example of \"literacy practices\" in the work environment that are \"meaningless exercises imposed upon employees by an inept and uncaring management\" and \"relentlessly mundane and enervating\".[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-43) According to Judge, the abbreviation stood for \"Test Program Set\" in the movie.[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_10th_anniversary_story-36) The [PC LOAD LETTER](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PC_LOAD_LETTER \"PC LOAD LETTER\") error message has likewise become a stand-in for any confusing, vague message from a computer, especially printers. The printer scene has been widely parodied, including by one U.S. presidential campaign, and the popularity of Milton's red stapler led the manufacturer to make a real one for sale.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n| External videos |\n|---|\n| [![video icon](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/1b\/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg\/20px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg) \"[*Office Space* with Michael Bolton](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=03lrL9CFWxM)\" |\n\nThe film is credited with coining the now-popular [slang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slang \"Slang\") term \"ass clown\", from one of the characters using it to refer to singer Michael Bolton.[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-44) In 2015, the comedy website [Funny or Die](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funny_or_Die \"Funny or Die\") put together several videos in which it spliced in the actual Michael Bolton over Herman in scenes from the film. Most of them were ones that referenced the confusion coming from the character and the singer having the same name. Bolton performed the scenes exactly as Herman had, with one exception: in his conversation with Samir, he [turned to the camera](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breaking_the_fourth_wall \"Breaking the fourth wall\") and substituted the words \"extremely talented\" for \"no-talent\" before \"ass-clown\".[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_Michael_Bolton-45)\n\n#### Printer scene\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=16 \"Edit section: Printer scene\")\\]\n\nBefore the 2009 Austin reunion screening a printer was destroyed outside the theater, in reference to the scene in the film during which Peter, Michael, and Samir destroy the dysfunctional printer on the latter two's final day at Initech[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-46) That scene has frequently been parodied; often by amateurs, using a similar electronic device, in an open space somewhere, emulating the original's character [blocking](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blocking_\$stage\$ \"Blocking (stage)\"), camera angles and moves, [sound effects](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sound_effect \"Sound effect\") and use of [slow motion](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slow_motion \"Slow motion\"), all set to [Geto Boys](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geto_Boys \"Geto Boys\")' \"Still\".[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-YouTube_search_results_page-47)\n\nThe Fox animated series *[Family Guy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family_Guy \"Family Guy\")* did its own parody of the scene in 2008, during [the show's seventh season](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family_Guy_\$season_7\$ \"Family Guy (season 7)\"). In \"[I Dream of Jesus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Dream_of_Jesus \"I Dream of Jesus\")\", the season's second episode, [Brian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brian_Griffin \"Brian Griffin\") and [Stewie Griffin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stewie_Griffin \"Stewie Griffin\") (both voiced by [Seth MacFarlane](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seth_MacFarlane \"Seth MacFarlane\")), tired of [Peter Griffin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Griffin \"Peter Griffin\") constantly playing [The Trashmen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Trashmen \"The Trashmen\")'s \"[Surfin' Bird](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surfin%27_Bird \"Surfin' Bird\")\", steal his [45 rpm](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phonograph_record \"Phonograph record\") [single](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Single_\$music\$ \"Single (music)\") of the song and demolish it in a similar scene. For television, a clean version of \"Still\" had to be used.[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Family_Guy-48)\n\nDuring the campaign for the [Republican](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_Party_\$United_States\$ \"Republican Party (United States)\") nomination in the [2016 presidential election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_election \"2016 United States presidential election\"), Texas senator [Ted Cruz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ted_Cruz \"Ted Cruz\") ran a [political advertisement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_advertisement \"Political advertisement\") parodying the scene, showing an impersonator of likely [Democratic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_\$United_States\$ \"Democratic Party (United States)\") nominee [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\") and two assistants destroying [her personal email server](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton_email_controversy \"Hillary Clinton email controversy\") with a baseball bat in an open field.[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-49)[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-50)\n\n#### Red stapler\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=17 \"Edit section: Red stapler\")\\]\n\n[![A small red stapler with the badge reading \"Swingline\" atop, seen from above on a white background with shadow at the top of the image](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/01\/Stapler-swingline-red.jpg\/250px-Stapler-swingline-red.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Stapler-swingline-red.jpg)\n\n[Swingline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swingline \"Swingline\") made a red stapler in response to demand created by the film.\n\nStephen Root says he realized the movie's impact when people started asking him to sign their staplers. The red Swingline stapler featured prominently in the film was not available until April 2002 when the company released it in response to repeated requests by fans of the film. Its appearance in the film was achieved by taking a standard Swingline stapler and spray-painting it red.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) Root says when he shows up on sets today, the crew has usually ordered several boxes of red Swingline staplers and left them waiting for him.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n## In other media\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=18 \"Edit section: In other media\")\\]\n\n### Musical\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=19 \"Edit section: Musical\")\\]\n\nThe film has been adapted to a [musical](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musical_theatre \"Musical theatre\") several times.[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-51)[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-52)\n\n### Video game\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=20 \"Edit section: Video game\")\\]\n\n[Kongregate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kongregate \"Kongregate\") released a mobile game based on the film, titled *Office Space: Idle Profits*, on [iOS](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IOS \"IOS\") and [Android](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Android_\$operating_system\$ \"Android (operating system)\") in 2017. It was a [free-to-play](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free-to-play \"Free-to-play\") [idle clicker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Incremental_game \"Incremental game\") that offered [in-app purchases](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/In-app_purchases \"In-app purchases\").[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-53) In 2022 it was shut down.\n\n### Soundtrack\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=21 \"Edit section: Soundtrack\")\\]\n\n| Office Space: Motion Picture Soundtrack |   |\n|---|---|\n| [Soundtrack album](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soundtrack_album \"Soundtrack album\") by Various artists |   |\n| Released | February 18, 1999 |\n| [Genre](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Music_genre \"Music genre\") | [Hip hop](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hip_hop_music \"Hip hop music\") |\n| Length | 44:35 |\n| [Label](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Record_label \"Record label\") | [Interscope](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interscope_Records \"Interscope Records\") |\n| [Producer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Record_producer \"Record producer\") | [Karyn Rachtman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karyn_Rachtman \"Karyn Rachtman\") (exec.) [Mike Judge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Judge \"Mike Judge\") (exec.) [N.O. Joe](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N.O._Joe \"N.O. Joe\") [Jay Dee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J_Dilla \"J Dilla\") John Bido [John Forté](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Fort%C3%A9 \"John Forté\") [Junior Reid](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Junior_Reid \"Junior Reid\") [Kool Keith](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kool_Keith \"Kool Keith\") [KutMasta Kurt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KutMasta_Kurt \"KutMasta Kurt\") [Madness 4 Real](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Den_Gale_Pose \"Den Gale Pose\") Nature's Fynest [Quincy Jones III](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quincy_Jones_III \"Quincy Jones III\") [Salaam Remi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salaam_Remi \"Salaam Remi\") [Scarface](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scarface_\$rapper\$ \"Scarface (rapper)\") |\n\n| Review scores |   |\n|---|---|\n| Source | Rating |\n| [AllMusic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AllMusic \"AllMusic\") | ![Star](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/51\/Star_full.svg\/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/51\/Star_full.svg\/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/51\/Star_full.svg\/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/51\/Star_full.svg\/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Half star](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/81\/Star_half.svg\/20px-Star_half.svg.png)[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-54) |\n\nTrack listing\n\n| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer(s) | Length |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| 1\\. | \"Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee\" (contains portions of \"[Take This Job and Shove It](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Take_This_Job_and_Shove_It \"Take This Job and Shove It\")\" by [Johnny Paycheck](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnny_Paycheck \"Johnny Paycheck\"), 1977) | [Germaine Williams](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canibus \"Canibus\") [Salaam Remi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salaam_Remi \"Salaam Remi\") [David Allan Coe](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Allan_Coe \"David Allan Coe\") | [Canibus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canibus \"Canibus\") with [Biz Markie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biz_Markie \"Biz Markie\") | 4:21 |\n| 2\\. | \"[Get Dis Money](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fantastic,_Vol._2 \"Fantastic, Vol. 2\")\" | R.L. Altman III [Titus Glover](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baatin \"Baatin\") [James Yancey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J_Dilla \"J Dilla\") | [Slum Village](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slum_Village \"Slum Village\") | 3:36 |\n| 3\\. | \"Get Off My Elevator\" | [Keith Thornton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kool_Keith \"Kool Keith\") [Kurt Matlin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KutMasta_Kurt \"KutMasta Kurt\") | [Kool Keith](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kool_Keith \"Kool Keith\") | 3:46 |\n| 4\\. | \"[Big Boss Man](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Boss_Man_\$song\$ \"Big Boss Man (song)\")\" (cover of [Jimmy Reed](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Reed \"Jimmy Reed\"), 1960) | [Luther Dixon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luther_Dixon \"Luther Dixon\") Al Smith | [Junior Reid](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Junior_Reid \"Junior Reid\") | 3:46 |\n| 5\\. | \"[9-5](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/9_to_5_\$Dolly_Parton_song\$ \"9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)\")\" (cover of [Dolly Parton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dolly_Parton \"Dolly Parton\"), 1980) | [Dolly Parton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dolly_Parton \"Dolly Parton\") | Lisa Stone | 3:40 |\n| 6\\. | \"Down for Whatever\" (from *[Lethal Injection](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lethal_Injection_\$album\$ \"Lethal Injection (album)\")*, 1993) | [O'Shea Jackson Sr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_Cube \"Ice Cube\") Jesper Dahl Lasse Bavngaard Nicholas Kvaran Rasmus Berg | [Ice Cube](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_Cube \"Ice Cube\") | 4:40 |\n| 7\\. | \"[Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Damn_It_Feels_Good_to_Be_a_Gangsta \"Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta\")\" (from *[Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uncut_Dope:_Geto_Boys%27_Best \"Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best\")*, 1992) | [Brad Jordan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scarface_\$rapper\$ \"Scarface (rapper)\") John Okuribido [James Prince](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Prince \"James Prince\") | [Geto Boys](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geto_Boys \"Geto Boys\") | 5:09 |\n| 8\\. | \"Home\" | Benny Wise C. Hernandez N. Vasquez [John Forté](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Fort%C3%A9 \"John Forté\") | Blackman, Destruct & Icon | 4:22 |\n| 9\\. | \"No Tears\" (from *[The Diary](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Diary_\$Scarface_album\$ \"The Diary (Scarface album)\")*, 1994) | Brad Jordan [Joseph Johnson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N.O._Joe \"N.O. Joe\") | [Scarface](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scarface_\$rapper\$ \"Scarface (rapper)\") | 2:27 |\n| 10\\. | \"Still\" (from *[The Resurrection](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Resurrection_\$Geto_Boys_album\$ \"The Resurrection (Geto Boys album)\")*, 1996) | [William Dennis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willie_D \"Willie D\") Brad Jordan Joseph Johnson | Geto Boys | 4:03 |\n| 11\\. | \"Mambo \\#8\" (from *Pérez Prado Plays Mucho Mambo For Dancing*, 1952) | [Pérez Prado](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C3%A9rez_Prado \"Pérez Prado\") | [Pérez Prado](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C3%A9rez_Prado \"Pérez Prado\") | 2:06 |\n| 12\\. | \"Peanut Vendor\" (from *Havana, 3 A.M.*, 1956) | [Moises Simons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moises_Simons \"Moises Simons\") | Pérez Prado | 2:39 |\n| Total length: | 44:35 |   |   |   |\n\n## Possible sequels\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=22 \"Edit section: Possible sequels\")\\]\n\nShortly after the release of *Office Space*, Judge, despite his disappointment at the movie's lackluster box office, began writing the script for *[Extract](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extract_\$film\$ \"Extract (film)\")*, which he describes as a companion piece. The studio later asked him to put it aside to work on *[Idiocracy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idiocracy \"Idiocracy\")*, which it believed would be more commercial. After that film, like *Office Space*, failed at the box office but became a cult favorite, Judge returned to *Extract* and it was released in 2009. It similarly makes light of workplace dysfunction, but from the perspective of a manager rather than a worker.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Extract-19)\n\n\"There's been talk of doing more with *Office Space*, as a show or sequel, but it's never seemed right,\" Judge said ahead of the film's 20th anniversary. As for the former possibility, he recalled that because of the film, [NBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC \"NBC\") offered him the chance to shape [the American version](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Office_\$US_TV_series\$ \"The Office (US TV series)\") of the British sitcom *[The Office](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Office_\$UK_TV_series\$ \"The Office (UK TV series)\")*, which similarly bases its humor in depictions of the absurdity of white-collar work and its effect on those who do it. Among the material the network sent, however, were some reviews, one of which said the series \"succeeds where movies like *Office Space* failed.\" Judge passed on the offer.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n## See also\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=23 \"Edit section: See also\")\\]\n\n- [![icon](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/27\/EC1835_C_cut.jpg\/40px-EC1835_C_cut.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:EC1835_C_cut.jpg)[1990s portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:1990s \"Portal:1990s\")\n- [![icon](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f3\/Emblem-money.svg\/40px-Emblem-money.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Emblem-money.svg)[Business and economics portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Business_and_economics \"Portal:Business and economics\")\n- [![icon](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5a\/SMirC-laugh.svg\/40px-SMirC-laugh.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:SMirC-laugh.svg)[Comedy portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Comedy \"Portal:Comedy\")\n- ![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/e\/e7\/Video-x-generic.svg\/40px-Video-x-generic.svg.png)[Film portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Film \"Portal:Film\")\n- ![flag](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg\/40px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)[United States portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:United_States \"Portal:United States\")\n- ![flag](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f7\/Flag_of_Texas.svg\/40px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png)[Texas portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Texas \"Portal:Texas\")\n\n- [1999 in film](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1999_in_film \"1999 in film\")\n- [List of American films of 1999](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_American_films_of_1999 \"List of American films of 1999\")\n- [List of comedy films of the 1990s](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_comedy_films_of_the_1990s \"List of comedy films of the 1990s\")\n- [List of cult films](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_cult_films \"List of cult films\")\n- [List of Jennifer Aniston performances](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Jennifer_Aniston_performances \"List of Jennifer Aniston performances\")\n- [Mike Judge filmography](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Judge#Filmography \"Mike Judge\")\n- *[Clockwatchers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clockwatchers \"Clockwatchers\")*, 1997 comedy-drama about four female office temps with similar themes\n- *[Dilbert](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dilbert \"Dilbert\")*, comic strip with similar characters, setting and themes\n- *[Silicon Valley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silicon_Valley_\$TV_series\$ \"Silicon Valley (TV series)\")*, comedy series created by Judge set at tech companies\n- [Bullshit jobs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bullshit_job \"Bullshit job\"), a concept developed by [David Graeber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Graeber \"David Graeber\") which describes meaningless office work\n- [Slacker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slacker \"Slacker\")\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=24 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-1)**\n   [\"Office Space\"](https:\/\/www.bbfc.co.uk\/AVF157325). *[British Board of Film Classification](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Board_of_Film_Classification \"British Board of Film Classification\")*. Retrieved February 7, 2019.\n   \n   \\[*[dead link](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Link_rot \"Wikipedia:Link rot\")*\\]\n2. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-thenum_2-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-thenum_2-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-thenum_2-2)\n   [\"Office Space - Summary\"](https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Office-Space). The Numbers. Retrieved December 15, 2013.\n3. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-mojo_3-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-mojo_3-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-mojo_3-2)\n   [\"Office Space\"](https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=officespace.htm). *Box Office Mojo*. Retrieved February 5, 2019.\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-4)**\n   [\"Office Space\"](https:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/office-space-v176021). *[AllMovie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AllMovie \"AllMovie\")*.\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-5)**\n   Kevin Thomas (February 19, 1999). [\"'Office' Puts Corporate Culture Through the Comedy Shredder\"](https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1999-feb-19-ca-9435-story.html). *Los Angeles Times*. Retrieved April 14, 2015.\n6. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Doty_6-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Doty_6-1)\n   Doty, Meriah (March 4, 2003). [\"Film flops flourish on DVD, VHS\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180417034137\/http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2003\/SHOWBIZ\/Movies\/03\/04\/second.wind\/index.html). *CNN*. 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[\"Mr. Beavis Goes to Work\"](http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/mr-beavis-work-irreverent-animator-s-newest-target-corporate-america-live-action-film-office-space-article-1.839280). *[New York Daily News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Daily_News \"New York Daily News\")*. Retrieved May 3, 2013.\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Leckart2014_9-0)**\n   Leckart, Steven (April 2, 2014). [\"Mike Judge Skewers Silicon Valley With the Satire of Our Dreams\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140402203558\/http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/04\/mike-judge-silicon-valley\/). *Wired*. Condé Nast. Archived from [the original](http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/04\/mike-judge-silicon-valley\/) on April 2, 2014.\n10. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-sherman_10-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-sherman_10-1)\n    Sherman, Paul (February 21, 1999). \"Humorist is a good Judge of office angst\". *[Boston Herald](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Herald \"Boston Herald\")*.\n11. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-3) [***e***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-4) [***f***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-5) [***g***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-6) [***h***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-7) [***i***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-8) [***j***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-9) [***k***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-10) [***l***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-11) [***m***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-12) [***n***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-13) [***o***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-14) [***p***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-15) [***q***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-16) [***r***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-17) [***s***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-18) [***t***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-19) [***u***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-20) [***v***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-21) [***w***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-22) [***x***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-23) [***y***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-24) [***z***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-25) [***aa***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-26) [***ab***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-EW_oral_history_11-27)\n    Hunt, Stacey Wilson (January 11, 2019). [\"The oral history of 'Office Space': Behind the scenes of the cult classic\"](https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/2019\/01\/11\/office-space-oral-history\/). *[Entertainment Weekly](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entertainment_Weekly \"Entertainment Weekly\")*. Retrieved February 3, 2019.\n12. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-NYTmag_Judge_article_12-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-NYTmag_Judge_article_12-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-NYTmag_Judge_article_12-2)\n    Staley, Willy (April 13, 2017). [\"The Bard of Suck\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/04\/13\/magazine\/mike-judge-the-bard-of-suck.html). *[The New York Times Magazine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times_Magazine \"The New York Times Magazine\")*. Retrieved February 21, 2019.\n13. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Valby_13-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Valby_13-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Valby_13-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Valby_13-3) [***e***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Valby_13-4)\n    Valby, Kate. [\"The Fax of Life\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190622041815\/https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2003\/05\/23\/fax-life\/). *EW.com*. Entertainment Weekly\\`. Archived from [the original](https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2003\/05\/23\/fax-life\/) on June 22, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2021.\n14. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-14)** Macor, A., 2010. Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids: Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas.\n15. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-theringer_15-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-theringer_15-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-theringer_15-2)\n    Kring-Schreifels, Jake (February 19, 2019). [\"Follow the Path of Least Resistance: An Oral History of 'Office Space'\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190219190920\/https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/movies\/2019\/2\/19\/18228673\/office-space-oral-history). *[The Ringer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Ringer_\$website\$ \"The Ringer (website)\")*. Archived from [the original](https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/movies\/2019\/2\/19\/18228673\/office-space-oral-history) on February 19, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2023.\n16. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-16)**\n    - <https:\/\/atxgossip.com\/movie-made-in-austin-office-space-filming-locations\/>\n    - <https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231019092824\/https:\/\/1063thebuzz.com\/office-space-restaurant\/>\n    - <https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20011202092627\/https:\/\/www.alligatorgrill.com\/>\n    - <https:\/\/www.ionart.com\/signs-1\/alligator-grill>\n    - <https:\/\/moviemaps.org\/locations\/11h>\n17. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-17)**\n    [\"Office Guy: A Working Perspective\"](https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/1999\/2\/18\/office-guy-a-working-perspective-p\/). *[The Harvard Crimson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Harvard_Crimson \"The Harvard Crimson\")*. February 18, 1999. Retrieved September 27, 2022.\n18. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-mojo_opening_weekend_18-0)**\n    [\"February 19-21, 1999\"](https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/weekend\/chart\/?view=&yr=1999&wknd=08&p=.htm). *[Box Office Mojo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Box_Office_Mojo \"Box Office Mojo\")*. Retrieved February 5, 2019.\n19. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Extract_19-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Extract_19-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Extract_19-2)\n    Nasson, Tim (August 13, 2009). [\"Extract-Behind the Scenes\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170630070806\/http:\/\/www.wildaboutmovies.com\/behind_the_scenes\/Extract-BEHINDTHESCENES\/). *wildaboutmovies.com*. Archived from [the original](http:\/\/www.wildaboutmovies.com\/behind_the_scenes\/Extract-BEHINDTHESCENES.php) on June 30, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2019.\n20. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Numbers2_20-0)**\n    [\"Office Space – DVD sales\"](https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Office-Space#tab=video-sales). *the-numbers.com*. Retrieved December 27, 2011.\n21. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-21)** [*Office Space*](https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/office_space) at [Rotten Tomatoes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rotten_Tomatoes \"Rotten Tomatoes\")\n22. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-22)** *[Office Space](https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/movie\/office-space)* at [Metacritic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metacritic \"Metacritic\") [![Edit this at Wikidata](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/8\/8a\/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg\/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png)](https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q1044523#P1712 \"Edit this at Wikidata\")\n23. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-23)**\n    [\"Cinemascore\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181220122629\/https:\/\/www.cinemascore.com\/publicsearch\/index\/title\/). 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[\"Follow the Path of Least Resistance: An Oral History of 'Office Space'\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190219190920\/https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/movies\/2019\/2\/19\/18228673\/office-space-oral-history). *[The Ringer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Ringer_\$website\$ \"The Ringer (website)\")*. Archived from [the original](https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/movies\/2019\/2\/19\/18228673\/office-space-oral-history) on February 19, 2019.\n\n## External links\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=26 \"Edit section: External links\")\\]\n\n***Office Space*** at Wikipedia's [sister projects](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects \"Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects\")\n\n- ![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fa\/Wikiquote-logo.svg\/40px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png)[Quotations](https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Office_Space \"q:Office Space\") from Wikiquote\n- ![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/ff\/Wikidata-logo.svg\/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png)[Data](https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q1044523 \"d:Q1044523\") from Wikidata\n\n- [*Office Space*](https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0151804\/) at [IMDb](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IMDb_\$identifier\$ \"IMDb (identifier)\")\n- [*Office Space*](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/*\/https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/443680\/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb \"Turner Classic Movies\") (archived version)\n- [*Office Space*](https:\/\/catalog.afi.com\/Catalog\/moviedetails\/61256) at the *[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films \"AFI Catalog of Feature Films\")*\n\n| [v](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template:Mike_Judge \"Template:Mike Judge\") [t](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template_talk:Mike_Judge \"Template talk:Mike Judge\") [e](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:EditPage\/Template:Mike_Judge \"Special:EditPage\/Template:Mike Judge\")[Mike Judge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Judge \"Mike Judge\") |   |\n|---|---|\n| TV series created | *[Beavis and Butt-Head](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beavis_and_Butt-Head \"Beavis and Butt-Head\")* (1993–1997; 2011; 2022–present) *[King of the Hill](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_of_the_Hill \"King of the Hill\")* (1997–2010; 2025–present) *[The Goode Family](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Goode_Family \"The Goode Family\")* (2009) *[Silicon Valley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silicon_Valley_\$TV_series\$ \"Silicon Valley (TV series)\")* (2014–2019) *[Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Judge_Presents:_Tales_from_the_Tour_Bus \"Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus\")* (2017–2018) *[In the Know](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/In_the_Know \"In the Know\")* (2024) |\n| Films |   |\n|   |   |\n| Directed | *[The Honky Problem](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Honky_Problem \"The Honky Problem\")* (short, 1991) *[Frog Baseball](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frog_Baseball \"Frog Baseball\")* (short, 1992) *[Beavis and Butt-Head Do America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\")* (1996) *[Office Space]()* (1999) *[Idiocracy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idiocracy \"Idiocracy\")* (2006) *[Extract](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extract_\$film\$ \"Extract (film)\")* (2009) |\n| Written only | *[Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_the_Universe \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe\")* (2022) |\n| Related | [The Animation Show](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Animation_Show \"The Animation Show\") *[Milton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milton_\$cartoon\$ \"Milton (cartoon)\")* *[Daria](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daria \"Daria\")* [Judgmental Films](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judgmental_Films \"Judgmental Films\") [Bandera Entertainment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bandera_Entertainment \"Bandera Entertainment\") |\n\n| [v](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template:Critique_of_work \"Template:Critique of work\") [t](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template_talk:Critique_of_work \"Template talk:Critique of work\") [e](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:EditPage\/Template:Critique_of_work \"Special:EditPage\/Template:Critique of work\")[Critique of work](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Critique_of_work \"Critique of work\") |   |\n|---|---|\n| Historical persons | [Abbie Hoffman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abbie_Hoffman \"Abbie Hoffman\") [Edward Bellamy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Bellamy \"Edward Bellamy\") [Alfredo M. Bonanno](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfredo_M._Bonanno \"Alfredo M. Bonanno\") [André Gorz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andr%C3%A9_Gorz \"André Gorz\") [Bob Black](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_Black_\$anarchist\$ \"Bob Black (anarchist)\") [Günther Anders](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G%C3%BCnther_Anders \"Günther Anders\") [Guy Debord](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guy_Debord \"Guy Debord\") [Heinrich Böll](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heinrich_B%C3%B6ll \"Heinrich Böll\") [Ivan Illich](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivan_Illich \"Ivan Illich\") [Mikhail Bakunin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Bakunin \"Mikhail Bakunin\") [Paul Lafargue](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Lafargue \"Paul Lafargue\") [Walter Benjamin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Benjamin \"Walter Benjamin\") [Antonio Negri](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_Negri \"Antonio Negri\") [Bertrand Russell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bertrand_Russell \"Bertrand Russell\") [Friedrich Nietzsche](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friedrich_Nietzsche \"Friedrich Nietzsche\") [Henry David Thoreau](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_David_Thoreau \"Henry David Thoreau\") [Herbert Marcuse](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbert_Marcuse \"Herbert Marcuse\") [Jerry Rubin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerry_Rubin \"Jerry Rubin\") [Josef Pieper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josef_Pieper \"Josef Pieper\") [Karl Marx](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Marx \"Karl Marx\") [Max Stirner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Stirner \"Max Stirner\") [Max Weber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Weber \"Max Weber\") [Pierre-Joseph Proudhon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre-Joseph_Proudhon \"Pierre-Joseph Proudhon\") [Raoul Vaneigem](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raoul_Vaneigem \"Raoul Vaneigem\") [Renzo Novatore](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Renzo_Novatore \"Renzo Novatore\") [Zo d'Axa](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zo_d%27Axa \"Zo d'Axa\") |\n| Contemporary persons | [Franco Berardi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franco_Berardi \"Franco Berardi\") [L. Susan Brown](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L._Susan_Brown \"L. Susan Brown\") [Madeleine Bunting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madeleine_Bunting \"Madeleine Bunting\") [David Graeber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Graeber \"David Graeber\") [Michael Hardt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Hardt \"Michael Hardt\") [Maurizio Lazzarato](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurizio_Lazzarato \"Maurizio Lazzarato\") [Claus Peter Ortlieb](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claus_Peter_Ortlieb \"Claus Peter Ortlieb\") [Roland Paulsen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roland_Paulsen \"Roland Paulsen\") [Jeremy Rifkin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeremy_Rifkin \"Jeremy Rifkin\") [Penelope Rosemont](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Penelope_Rosemont \"Penelope Rosemont\") [Mark Slouka](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Slouka \"Mark Slouka\") [Nick Srnicek](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nick_Srnicek \"Nick Srnicek\") [Claire Wolfe](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claire_Wolfe \"Claire Wolfe\") [John 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It stars [Ron Livingston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Livingston \"Ron Livingston\"), [Jennifer Aniston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Aniston \"Jennifer Aniston\"), [Gary Cole](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Cole \"Gary Cole\"), [Stephen Root](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Root \"Stephen Root\"), [David Herman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Herman \"David Herman\"), [Ajay Naidu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ajay_Naidu \"Ajay Naidu\"), and [Diedrich Bader](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diedrich_Bader \"Diedrich Bader\").[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-5)\n\n*Office Space* was filmed in [Dallas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dallas \"Dallas\") and [Austin, Texas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austin,_Texas \"Austin, Texas\"). It is based on Judge's *[Milton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milton_\$cartoon\$ \"Milton (cartoon)\")* 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\")*. It was released in theaters on February 19, 1999, by [20th Century Fox](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox \"20th Century Fox\"). Its sympathetic depiction of ordinary [information technology](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Information_technology \"Information technology\") workers garnered a cult following within that field, but it also addresses themes familiar to [white-collar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White-collar_worker \"White-collar worker\") employees and the workforce in general. It received critical acclaim but 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cult_film \"Cult film\").[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Doty-6)\n\nSeveral aspects of the film have become [Internet memes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_meme \"Internet meme\"). A scene in which the three main characters systematically destroy a dysfunctional printer has been widely parodied. [Swingline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swingline \"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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extract_\$film\$ \"Extract (film)\")* is also set in an office and was intended as a companion piece to *Office Space*.\n\nPeter Gibbons is a frustrated and unmotivated programmer who works at Texas-based software company Initech. Unable to stand up to his overcritical girlfriend, Anne, he is in love with local waitress Joanna, but is afraid to speak to her. He is friends with co-workers Samir Nagheenanajar, who hates that no one can pronounce his last name, and Michael Bolton, who hates having the same name as [the famous singer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Bolton \"Michael Bolton\"). Other co-workers include Milton Waddams, a meek [collator](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/collator \"wikt:collator\") who mumbles to himself and is mostly ignored by the rest of the office; and Tom Smykowski, a jaded [product manager](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Product_manager \"Product manager\") who is routinely scared of being fired. The staff suffers under top-heavy, callous management, especially from vice president [Bill Lumbergh](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Lumbergh \"Bill Lumbergh\"), a tedious micromanager who regularly humiliates Milton and makes Peter work almost every weekend. Peter hates Lumbergh but avoids confronting him.\n\nAnne persuades Peter to attend an occupational [hypnotherapy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypnotherapy \"Hypnotherapy\") session led by Dr. Swanson. Swanson hypnotizes Peter and tells him to feel relaxed and stop caring about his job until he snaps his fingers. However, Swanson suddenly dies of a heart attack before snapping Peter out of it. Peter sleeps soundly through the next day, ignoring phone calls from Lumbergh and Anne, who angrily breaks up with him while confirming his suspicions that she has been cheating on him.\n\nTwo business consultants are brought in to help the company [downsize](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Layoff \"Layoff\"), and Peter begins dating Joanna. She works at a chain restaurant where she is required to wear \"pieces of flair\": buttons allowing employees to \"express themselves\". Her boss hassles her for not wearing more than the required minimum.\n\nPeter 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. Impressed by Peter's frank insights into Initech's problems, the consultants promote him despite Lumbergh's misgivings; however, they lay off Michael, Samir, and Tom. While attempting to do the same to Milton, they learn that he had already been laid off five years prior but had not been notified and was still receiving his salary due to a payroll glitch. They fix the glitch and stop Milton's salary payments without telling him, while Lumbergh continues to mistreat him by confiscating his beloved red stapler and repeatedly relocating his desk, eventually down to the basement.\n\nTired of their own mistreatment, Peter, Michael, and Samir decide to take revenge by infecting Initech's accounting system with a [computer virus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_virus \"Computer virus\") designed by Michael to divert huge numbers of [fractions of pennies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salami_slicing_tactics \"Salami slicing tactics\") into a bank account. Peter successfully installs the virus, and on Michael and Samir's last day, he steals a frequently malfunctioning printer, which the three proceed to destroy in a field. They also learn that Tom attempted suicide prior to being laid off, but then changed his mind, and in the process got into an accident that resulted in him winning a large amount of money in damages from a lawsuit. At a party at Tom's house, Peter hears rumors from a colleague that Joanna had slept with Lumbergh. When Joanna confirms this, a heated exchange leads to them breaking up. Frustrated with her job, Joanna quits in response to another lecture about her lack of \"flair\", giving her boss the middle finger as she does so.\n\nOn Monday, Peter discovers that a [bug](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Software_bug \"Software bug\") in Michael's code has caused the virus to steal over \\$300,000 across the weekend, which guarantees they will be caught and sent to federal prison. Unable to conceal the crime, Peter decides to accept full responsibility, writing a confession and slipping it under Lumbergh's office door after hours, along with [traveler's checks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Traveler%27s_check \"Traveler's check\") for the stolen money. Peter learns that the 'Lumbergh' with whom Joanna slept was Ron Lumbergh, another software engineer unrelated to Bill Lumbergh. He meets Joanna, who has started a new job at another restaurant, to apologize, and they reconcile.\n\nThe next morning, Peter drives to Initech to turn himself in, but the problem has solved itself: Milton has committed arson and burned down the building as an act of revenge against the company. With the evidence of his crime destroyed, Peter begins his new job working in construction with his neighbor Lawrence, while Samir and Michael join Initech's rival, Initrode. Having found the traveler's checks, Milton escapes to Mexico but continues to be denied respect.\n\n- [Ron Livingston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Livingston \"Ron Livingston\") as Peter Gibbons, a disgruntled programmer at Initech\n- [Jennifer Aniston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Aniston \"Jennifer Aniston\") as Joanna, a waitress at a Chotchkie's restaurant\n- [Stephen Root](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Root \"Stephen Root\") as Milton Waddams, a timid, mistreated Initech collator\n- [Gary Cole](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Cole \"Gary Cole\") as [Bill Lumbergh](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Lumbergh \"Bill Lumbergh\"), vice president of Initech\n- [John C. McGinley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_C._McGinley \"John C. McGinley\") as Bob Slydell, a business consultant specializing in efficiency\n- [David Herman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Herman \"David Herman\") as Michael Bolton, one of Peter's friends and coworkers\n- [Ajay Naidu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ajay_Naidu \"Ajay Naidu\") as Samir Nagheenanajar, one of Peter's friends and coworkers\n- [Diedrich Bader](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diedrich_Bader \"Diedrich Bader\") as Lawrence, Peter's uncouth friend and next-door neighbor who works in construction\n- [Michael McShane](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_McShane \"Mike McShane\") (credited as Micheal McShane) as Dr. Swanson, an occupational hypnotherapist\n- [Richard Riehle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Riehle \"Richard Riehle\") as Tom Smykowski, a cynical Initech product manager\n- [Alexandra Wentworth](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexandra_Wentworth \"Alexandra Wentworth\") as Anne, Peter's girlfriend who cheats on him\n- [Greg Pitts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Pitts \"Greg Pitts\") as Drew, a young Initech employee\n- [Paul Willson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Willson \"Paul Willson\") as Bob Porter, Bob Slydell's colleague\n- [Todd Duffey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Todd_Duffey \"Todd Duffey\") as Brian, Chotchkie's Waiter; an overly cheerful young man who works at Chotchkie's with Joanna\n- [Orlando Jones](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orlando_Jones \"Orlando Jones\") as Steve, a magazine salesman and former employee at Initrode\n- [Mike Judge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Judge \"Mike Judge\") as Stan, the manager of the Chotchkie's restaurant\n- Joe Bays as Dom Portwood, one of Peter's superiors at Initech\n\n*Office Space* originated in the series of three animated *[Milton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milton_\$cartoon\$ \"Milton (cartoon)\")* [short films](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Short_film \"Short film\") that Judge created about an office worker by that name. They first aired on *[Liquid Television](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liquid_Television \"Liquid Television\")* and on *[Saturday Night Live](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Live \"Saturday Night Live\")*.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-fierman-7) The inspiration came from a temp job which he had that involved alphabetizing purchase orders[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8) and another job as an engineer for [Parallax Graphics](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parallax_Graphics \"Parallax Graphics\") for three months in the [San Francisco Bay Area](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_Bay_Area \"San Francisco Bay Area\") during the 1980s,[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Leckart2014-9) \"just in the heart of [Silicon Valley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silicon_Valley \"Silicon Valley\") and in the middle of that overachiever [yuppie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yuppie \"Yuppie\") thing, it was just awful.\"[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-sherman-10)\n\n[Peter Chernin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Chernin \"Peter Chernin\"), head of [20th Century Fox](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox \"20th Century Fox\"), where Judge had a deal, wanted to make a film out of the Milton character,[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) inspired by a former coworker of Judge's in Silicon Valley who had threatened to quit if the company moved his desk again.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12) \"You don't want to know what he does at home after work\", Judge replied. Instead he suggested an [ensemble cast](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ensemble_cast \"Ensemble cast\")–based film; someone at the studio responded with *[Car Wash](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Car_Wash_\$film\$ \"Car Wash (film)\")* but \"just set in an office.\"[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-sherman-10)\n\nMilton was not the only character inspired by someone from Judge's past. During his jobs in Silicon Valley, where he barely made enough to afford his rent, he had a neighbor who was an auto mechanic. Not only did the man make more money, he had flexible work hours and seemed to Judge to be much more content with his life and work than he himself was. The neighbor inspired Lawrence, Peter's neighbor in the film.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12)\n\nThe setting of the film reflects a prevailing trend that Judge observed in the United States. \"It seems like every city now has these identical office parks with identical adjoining chain restaurants\", he said in an interview.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-fierman-7) \"There were a lot of people who wanted me to set this movie in [Wall Street](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wall_Street \"Wall Street\"), or like the movie *[Brazil](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil_\$1985_film\$ \"Brazil (1985 film)\")*, but I wanted it very unglamorous, the kind of bleak work situation like I was in\".[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8)\n\nJudge wrote a [treatment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Film_treatment \"Film treatment\") in 1996, and the script after [the first season](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_of_the_Hill_season_1 \"King of the Hill season 1\") of *[King of the Hill](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_of_the_Hill \"King of the Hill\")*. Fox president [Tom Rothman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Rothman \"Tom Rothman\") was happy with the draft as he was looking for lighter material to balance the [event movies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Event_movie \"Event movie\") like *[Titanic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Titanic_\$1997_film\$ \"Titanic (1997 film)\")* that dominated the studio's output at the time. He considered it \"the most brilliant workplace satire I'd ever read\".[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Despite that, Judge hated the ending and wished he could have completely rewritten the third act.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/30\/Jennifer_Aniston_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg\/250px-Jennifer_Aniston_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jennifer_Aniston_2011_\$cropped\$.jpg)\n\n[Jennifer Aniston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Aniston \"Jennifer Aniston\") (pictured in 2011) was cast in *Office Space* to feature a recognizable star.\n\n[David Herman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Herman \"David Herman\") was the only actor Judge had in mind for a specific part: Michael Bolton. Herman had been trying to leave his seven-year contract at *[MADtv](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MADtv \"MADtv\")*, but the show would not let him. So, at its next [table reading](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Table_reading \"Table reading\"), he managed to get himself fired by screaming all his lines. [Greg Daniels](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Daniels \"Greg Daniels\") said they could always find a place for him on *King of the Hill*, where he had been doing some voice work; soon after he read Judge's *Office Space* script and was delighted with it.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nAt the first read-through of the script, Judge was pleased with Herman's performance, and felt [Stephen Root](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Root \"Stephen Root\") improved on his own take on Milton, but was not happy with the rest of the cast. He considered abandoning the film, but Rothman said it worked and just needed the right actors.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) According to Judge, while Fox at first told him to just get the best actors possible since the film's budget would not be large enough to consider [bankable stars](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bankable_star \"Bankable star\"), the studio soon changed its mind.\n\nIn the wake of the success of *[Good Will Hunting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Good_Will_Hunting \"Good Will Hunting\")*, he was advised to get that film's stars, [Ben Affleck](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Affleck \"Ben Affleck\") and [Matt Damon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Damon \"Matt Damon\"). Again, he almost changed his mind about the film (Rothman said in 2019 that while [A-list](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A-list \"A-list\") stars are often unlikely to take roles in low-budget productions, those films should nevertheless make the effort to attract them). He had agreed to meet with Damon in New York, but then [Ron Livingston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Livingston \"Ron Livingston\")'s agent asked if his client could audition for the lead. [Casting director](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casting_director \"Casting director\") Nancy Klopper was impressed, and after Judge saw the video he told the studio that he wanted Livingston in the part.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n[Jennifer Aniston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Aniston \"Jennifer Aniston\") was cast to accommodate Fox's desire to have a recognizable star in the film, although they were concerned that her part was so small; the subplot involving her battle with her boss over her \"flair\" was added as a result and she was written out of the sex-dream sequence, along with dialogue indicating she actually had slept with Lumbergh. However, she had liked the script since she was not getting many other films like that at that point, and she had gone to the same high school as Herman, [Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiorello_H._LaGuardia_High_School \"Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School\") in New York. [Kate Hudson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kate_Hudson \"Kate Hudson\") also read for the part.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nAfter casting the [Indian American](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_American \"Indian American\") [Ajay Naidu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ajay_Naidu \"Ajay Naidu\") as Samir, who had originally been written as [Iranian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iranian_American \"Iranian American\"), the character was rewritten to be [Jordanian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordanian_American \"Jordanian American\"), and Naidu worked with a [dialect coach](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dialect_coach \"Dialect coach\") to get the accent right. [John C. McGinley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_C._McGinley \"John C. McGinley\") auditioned for Lumbergh, but was ultimately cast as Slydell. Judge says that after [Gary Cole](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Cole \"Gary Cole\") read for Lumbergh, there was no doubt as to who would play him. \"He made the character 10 times funnier.\" A casting search in Texas yielded [Greg Pitts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Pitts \"Greg Pitts\") for Drew, but no one who could play the Chotchkie's manager, so Judge took that role himself.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n### Principal photography\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: Principal photography\")\\]\n\nJudge made the transition from animation to live-action with the help of [Tim Suhrstedt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Suhrstedt \"Tim Suhrstedt\"), the film's [director of photography](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Director_of_photography \"Director of photography\"), who taught him about lenses and where to put the camera. Judge says, \"I had a great crew, and it's good going into it not pretending you're an expert\".[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8) [Principal photography](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Principal_photography \"Principal photography\") began in Texas in May 1998.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-14)\n\nSeveral issues arose during filming. By the third day of shooting, temperatures had risen to over 100 °F (38 °C), and smoke from fires in Mexico was filling the sky over [Austin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austin,_Texas \"Austin, Texas\"), making it white. Suhrstedt says that forced the postponement of the opening traffic-jam scene until it cleared.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nStudio executives who saw the [dailies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dailies \"Dailies\") were not happy with the footage that Judge was getting. Judge quoted studio executives as stating, \"More energy! More energy! We gotta reshoot it! You're failing! You're failing!\"[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) They also asked for Livingston to smile more. But at that point, only the early scenes had been filmed; Judge told the studio that happier scenes would come later. Livingston says he heard they believed he was on drugs and were considering firing him.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nIn addition, Fox did not like the [gangsta rap](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gangsta_rap \"Gangsta rap\") music used in the film.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) Rothman told him he had to take it out, and Judge said after production he would do so if the next [focus group](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Focus_group \"Focus group\") also disliked it. A young man in that focus group said the fact that the characters worked in an office but listened to gangsta rap was one of the things he liked about the movie, and Rothman relented.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nThe scene where Peter, Michael and Samir take their office printer out into a field and batter it to pieces was inspired by Judge's experience with his own printer while writing *[Beavis and Butt-Head Do America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\")*. He told his cowriter [Joe Stillman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Stillman \"Joe Stillman\") that he was so frustrated by it that when he was done with the script, he planned to take it out into a field and destroy it while videotaping the process. Suhrstedt says the whole sequence was largely improvised, but Naidu adds that they were trying to do it in a way that evoked how the [Mafia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian-American_Mafia \"Italian-American Mafia\") would do it to someone it wanted to punish or kill; Livingston thus played his part like the \"[don](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boss_\$crime\$ \"Boss (crime)\")\", circling behind Naidu and Herman while they struck the blows with bat, feet and fists. Years afterward, Naidu says, he met some actual mafiosi in New York who told him that they were huge fans of the film, and the scene was \"authentic\".[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nMcGinley says the film contains many improvised moments. \"It was like [jazz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jazz \"Jazz\") on that set\". One example he recalled was when [Paul Willson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Willson \"Paul Willson\") as Bob Porter cannot pronounce Samir's last name: \"Naga ... Naga ... well, not gonna work here anymore anyway.\" Naidu, for his part, improvised the [break dancing](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Break_dancing \"Break dancing\"), which he did with local friends after shooting his scenes during the day.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nThe improvisation also helped solve some problems with the script. Originally Bolton was to refer to [the singer he shared his name with](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Bolton \"Michael Bolton\") as a \"no-singing asshole\". However, Herman recalled, it was decided that the film could not say that since it would imply he did not sing his own songs, so he came up with \"no-talent ass-clown\".[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nThe Alligator Grill, on South Lamar Blvd, Austin, was used for the interior shots of Chotchkies, Joanna's workplace.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15)[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-16)\n\nJudge was very exacting in his demands for how the Initech set looked; he said regularly that it had to seem \"oppressive\".[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15) The production went as far as [screen-testing](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Screen_test \"Screen test\") different types of gray [cubicles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cubicle \"Cubicle\"); Judge also wanted the cubicles to be tall so that Lumbergh would have to lean in to be seen from Peter's desk.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15) Considerable effort was also expended to making sure the [TPS reports](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TPS_report#In_popular_culture \"TPS report\") looked realistic.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nThe glasses Root wore to play Milton had lenses so thick that he had to wear [contact lenses](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contact_lens \"Contact lens\") to see through them. Even so, he still had no [depth perception](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Depth_perception \"Depth perception\"); he had to practice reaching for the stapler and was as a result grateful it had been painted red. [Swingline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swingline \"Swingline\") provided the stapler after the filmmakers could not get permission to use either the Boston or [Bostitch](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bostitch \"Bostitch\") brands from their manufacturer.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nJudge hated the [onesheet poster](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/One_sheet#Cinema \"One sheet\") that the studio created for *Office Space*, which depicted an office worker completely covered in [Post-it notes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Post-it_notes \"Post-it notes\"). He said, \"People were like, 'What is this? A big bird? A mummy? A beekeeper?' And the tagline 'Work Sucks'? It looked like an [Office Depot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Depot \"Office Depot\") ad. I just hated it. I hated the trailers, too and the TV ads especially\".[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) McGinley, too, felt it looked like [Big Bird](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Bird \"Big Bird\") from the children's series *[Sesame Street](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sesame_Street \"Sesame Street\")*, and that he would not go to see such a film. For the home release Judge was upset that the same image was used, albeit with Milton peeking over the man from behind.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nThe studio also had a man live in a [Plexiglas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plexiglas \"Plexiglas\") cube above [Times Square](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Times_Square \"Times Square\") for five days, who was broadcast live on the Internet as he answered calls and emails from people dissatisfied with their jobs.[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-17) Livingston, when he visited the cube for press events, found that most reporters preferred to talk to the man in the cube and not him. He was not surprised, as tracking for the movie was not good and \"there was a foregone conclusion that it wasn't going to open well.\" Producer [Michael Rotenberg](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Rotenberg \"Michael Rotenberg\") elaborated that \"\\[i\\]t took a few research screenings to realize that audiences often have issues with satire.\"[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nAnother problem that Rothman later conceded was that they could not put Aniston on the poster due to her small role.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Later he admitted that the marketing campaign did not work and said, \"*Office Space* isn't like *[American Pie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Pie_\$film\$ \"American Pie (film)\")*. It doesn't have the kind of jokes you put in a 15-second television spot of somebody getting hit on the head with a frying pan. It's sly. And let me tell you, sly is hard to sell\".[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13)\n\n*Office Space* was released on February 19, 1999, at the end of the release calendar's \"[dump months](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dump_months \"Dump months\")\", in 1,740 theaters, grossing \\$4.2 million on its opening weekend. That was eighth overall and second for new releases after *[October Sky](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October_Sky \"October Sky\")*.[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo_opening_weekend-18) Herman said he was elated after seeing the film in [Los Angeles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles \"Los Angeles\") and hearing it had made \\$7 million, until friends more familiar with the movie business told him that was considered a poor performance.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nSuhrstedt saw it later in [Burbank](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burbank,_California \"Burbank, California\"), and the theater was almost full. He assured Judge that [word of mouth](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Word_of_mouth \"Word of mouth\") would slowly increase the audience. However, in early March, Fox pulled it from three-quarters of the screens it had been on after it barely made a million dollars that weekend. The movie's grosses continued to decline precipitously, and after the end of March, when it pulled in less than \\$40,000 from 75 screens, it was pulled from release altogether.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo-3) According to Judge, a studio executive blamed the movie exclusively for the failure, telling him \"Nobody wants to see your little movie about ordinary people and their boring little lives.\"\n\nIt went on to make \\$10.8 million in North America.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo-3) The international release brought an additional \\$2 million. On home release, \\$8 million in [DVD](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DVD \"DVD\"), [Blu-ray Disc](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blu-ray_Disc \"Blu-ray Disc\") and [VHS](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/VHS \"VHS\") sales[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-thenum-2) were sold at release as of April 2006.[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Numbers2-20)\n\nOn the [review aggregator](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Review_aggregator \"Review aggregator\") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rotten_Tomatoes \"Rotten Tomatoes\"), the film has an approval rating of 82% \"Certified Fresh\" based on 103 reviews and an average rating of 6.8\/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Mike Judge lampoons the office grind with its inspired mix of sharp dialogue and witty one-liners.\"[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-21) [Metacritic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metacritic \"Metacritic\") gives the film a [weighted average](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weighted_average \"Weighted average\") score of 68 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\".[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-22) Audiences polled by [CinemaScore](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CinemaScore \"CinemaScore\") during opening weekend gave the film an average grade of \"C+\" on a scale ranging from A+ to F.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-23)\n\n[Roger Ebert](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Ebert \"Roger Ebert\") of the *[Chicago Sun-Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_Sun-Times \"Chicago Sun-Times\")* gave the film three out of four stars and wrote that Judge \"treats his characters a little like cartoon creatures. That works. Nuances of behavior are not necessary, because in the cubicle world every personality trait is magnified, and the captives stagger forth like grotesques.\"[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-24) In his review for the *[San Francisco Chronicle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_Chronicle \"San Francisco Chronicle\")*, [Mick LaSalle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mick_LaSalle \"Mick LaSalle\") writes, \"Livingston is nicely cast as Peter, a young guy whose imagination and capacity for happiness are the very things making him miserable.\"[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-25) In *[USA Today](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USA_Today \"USA Today\")*, Susan Wloszczyna wrote, \"If you've ever had a job, you'll be amused by this paean to peons.\"[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-26)\n\n[Owen Gleiberman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Owen_Gleiberman \"Owen Gleiberman\") in *[Entertainment Weekly](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entertainment_Weekly \"Entertainment Weekly\")* gave the film a \"C\" rating and criticized it for feeling \"cramped and underimagined\".[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-27) In his review for *[The Globe and Mail](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Globe_and_Mail \"The Globe and Mail\")*, Rick Groen wrote: \"Perhaps his TV background makes him unaccustomed to the demands of a feature-length script (the ending seems almost panicky in its abruptness), or maybe he just succumbs to the lure of the easy yuk...what began as discomfiting satire soon devolves into silly farce.\"[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-28) In his review in *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")*, [Stephen Holden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Holden \"Stephen Holden\") wrote, \"It has the loose-jointed feel of a bunch of sketches packed together into a narrative that doesn't gather much momentum.\"[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-29)\n\nIn 2008, *Entertainment Weekly* named *Office Space* one of \"The 100 best films from 1983 to 2008\", ranking it at \\#73.[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-30)\n\nDisappointed in the film's \\$12 million domestic gross, Judge decided to move on and began work on what eventually became *[Extract](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extract_\$film\$ \"Extract (film)\")*, a similarly themed followup to *Office Space*. Fox suggested that next time, he pay more heed to the studio's casting suggestions. However, he soon learned that the film had not gone unnoticed within the industry. \"[Jim Carrey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Carrey \"Jim Carrey\") invited me to his house. [Chris Rock](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Rock \"Chris Rock\") left me the best voicemail ever. I had dinner with [Madonna](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madonna_\$entertainer\$ \"Madonna (entertainer)\")\", who found the Michael Bolton character's anger \"sexy\", Judge said.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nFour years later, Judge was working on the *[Idiocracy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idiocracy \"Idiocracy\")* screenplay with [Etan Cohen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Etan_Cohen \"Etan Cohen\"). During a break, the two went to an Austin [Starbucks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Starbucks \"Starbucks\"), and the baristas were doing impressions of Lumbergh. Cohen asked Judge if they were only doing it because he was present, whereupon the barista turned around and asked the two if they had ever seen the movie.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nOther cast members found the film had reached people when strangers began associating them with their characters. Cole, who had previously worked service jobs including bartending, said that he had not realized \"the scope of the office audience\" until a year after release, when people began shouting dialogue from the movie at him. Aniston says that even today, when she is eating \"at a certain type of restaurant\", people will ask if she likes their flair.\n\nThe [cable](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cable_television \"Cable television\") channel [Comedy Central](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comedy_Central \"Comedy Central\") premiered *Office Space* on August 5, 2001; that airing drew 1.4 million viewers. By 2003, the channel had broadcast the film another 35 times.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) These broadcasts helped develop the film's cult following; Livingston credits the regular airings the film received on Comedy Central for making *Office Space* a cult favorite: \"It felt like it kind of went viral before that concept even existed.\"[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nSince then, Livingston has been approached by college students and office workers. He said, \"I get a lot of people who say, 'I quit my job because of you.' That's kind of a heavy load to carry.\"[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) Livingston says that people tell him watching *Office Space* made them feel better, which he still appreciates.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n[![A lightly bearded and bespectacled brown-haired middle-aged Caucasian man wearing a jacket and white shirt with an open collar looks to the camera's right](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/52\/StephenRootFeb09.jpg\/250px-StephenRootFeb09.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:StephenRootFeb09.jpg)\n\nRoot at a 10th anniversary event\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/1d\/SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg\/250px-SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg)\n\nCast at a 25th anniversary reunion panel at South by Southwest 2024\n\n*Office Space* has become a [cult classic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cult_following \"Cult following\"), selling well on home video and DVD.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Doty-6) As of 2003, it had sold 2.6 million copies on VHS and DVD.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby2-32) In the same year, it was in the top 20 best-selling Fox DVDs.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) As of 2006, it had sold over six million DVDs in the United States alone.[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-33)\n\nFour years after the film's release, Judge recalled that one of his [assistant directors](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assistant_director \"Assistant director\") on the film told him they had gone out to eat at a [TGI Fridays](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TGI_Fridays \"TGI Fridays\") and noticed that the waitstaff were no longer wearing buttons on their uniforms, the \"flair\" Joanna quits her job over in the film. Asked why, the manager told him that after *Office Space* had come out, customers started making jokes about it, so the chain dropped the requirement from its dress code. \"So, maybe I made the world a better place\" he told *[Deadline Hollywood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deadline_Hollywood \"Deadline Hollywood\")* in 2014.[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-2014_Deadline_Hollywood_interview-34)\n\nIn 2008, *Entertainment Weekly* ranked it fifth on its list \"25 Great Comedies From the Past 25 Years\", despite having originally given the film a poor review.[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-ewtop25-35) In February 2009, a reunion of many of the cast members took place at the [Paramount Theatre](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paramount_Theatre_\$Austin,_Texas\$ \"Paramount Theatre (Austin, Texas)\") in Austin to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the film.[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_10th_anniversary_story-36)[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-ktbc-37) Rothman said in 2019 that despite his connection to several films that won the [Academy Award for Best Picture](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture \"Academy Award for Best Picture\"), he hopes *Office Space* will be mentioned before them in his [obituary](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obituary \"Obituary\").[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n\"\\[*Office Space*\\] spoke to a generation in a way that few movies have,\" said [John Altschuler](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Altschuler \"John Altschuler\"), who produced *Extract*, Judge's later companion piece. \"Nobody does this kind of material. It's all about the weirdness of real people in real life.\"\n\nIn a 2017 profile of Judge, *[New York Times Magazine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Times_Magazine \"New York Times Magazine\")* writer Willy Staley observed that the film has been compared to [Herman Melville](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herman_Melville \"Herman Melville\")'s short story \"[Bartleby, the Scrivener](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener \"Bartleby, the Scrivener\")\", in which a lawyer's clerk, like Peter, shows up at the office one day but declines all work, telling his boss \"I would prefer not to\". Staley's own high school English teacher, he recalled, brought up *Office Space* in class to get students to appreciate how tedious [Franz Kafka](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franz_Kafka \"Franz Kafka\")'s work at an insurance company was. \"It's such a brutal portrayal of workplace misery that its most useful points of comparison date back to when office culture was first unleashed on humanity.\"[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12)\n\nThe film was an influence on the creation of the television series *[Severance](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Severance_\$TV_series\$ \"Severance (TV series)\")*,[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-38) and the comic book series *[Chew](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chew_\$comics\$ \"Chew (comics)\")*, with the film's main characters cameoing in its third installment, *[Just Desserts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chew:_Just_Desserts \"Chew: Just Desserts\")*.[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-39)\n\nIn 2022 software engineer Ermenildo Valdez Castro was inspired by the movie *Office Space*, conducting a similar scheme from the movie by editing code to divert shipping fees to a personal account. A report from the [Seattle police](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seattle_Police_Department \"Seattle Police Department\") mentions that a folder named \"OfficeSpace project\" was found on Castro's work laptop and Castro admitted he was indeed inspired by the movie. Castro stole over \\$300,000 from the company [Zulily](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zulily \"Zulily\").[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-40)\n\nIn 2024 at the [South by Southwest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_by_Southwest \"South by Southwest\") conference, there was an Office Space Reunion panel with Judge, Livingston, Root, Naidu and Herman.[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-41)\n\n[![\"PC LOAD LETTER\" in a printer console's LED display.](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e3\/PC_Load_Letter.jpg\/250px-PC_Load_Letter.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:PC_Load_Letter.jpg)\n\nAn actual PC LOAD LETTER error message\n\nSeveral elements of the film have become [memes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meme \"Meme\") reused in other contexts. \"[TPS report](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TPS_report \"TPS report\")\" has come to connote pointless, [mindless paperwork](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Busy_work \"Busy work\"),[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-42) and an example of \"literacy practices\" in the work environment that are \"meaningless exercises imposed upon employees by an inept and uncaring management\" and \"relentlessly mundane and enervating\".[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-43) According to Judge, the abbreviation stood for \"Test Program Set\" in the movie.[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_10th_anniversary_story-36) The [PC LOAD LETTER](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PC_LOAD_LETTER \"PC LOAD LETTER\") error message has likewise become a stand-in for any confusing, vague message from a computer, especially printers. The printer scene has been widely parodied, including by one U.S. presidential campaign, and the popularity of Milton's red stapler led the manufacturer to make a real one for sale.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n| External videos |\n|---|\n| [![video icon](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/1b\/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg\/20px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg) \"[*Office Space* with Michael Bolton](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=03lrL9CFWxM)\" |\n\nThe film is credited with coining the now-popular [slang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slang \"Slang\") term \"ass clown\", from one of the characters using it to refer to singer Michael Bolton.[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-44) In 2015, the comedy website [Funny or Die](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funny_or_Die \"Funny or Die\") put together several videos in which it spliced in the actual Michael Bolton over Herman in scenes from the film. Most of them were ones that referenced the confusion coming from the character and the singer having the same name. Bolton performed the scenes exactly as Herman had, with one exception: in his conversation with Samir, he [turned to the camera](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breaking_the_fourth_wall \"Breaking the fourth wall\") and substituted the words \"extremely talented\" for \"no-talent\" before \"ass-clown\".[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_Michael_Bolton-45)\n\nBefore the 2009 Austin reunion screening a printer was destroyed outside the theater, in reference to the scene in the film during which Peter, Michael, and Samir destroy the dysfunctional printer on the latter two's final day at Initech[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-46) That scene has frequently been parodied; often by amateurs, using a similar electronic device, in an open space somewhere, emulating the original's character [blocking](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blocking_\$stage\$ \"Blocking (stage)\"), camera angles and moves, [sound effects](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sound_effect \"Sound effect\") and use of [slow motion](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slow_motion \"Slow motion\"), all set to [Geto Boys](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geto_Boys \"Geto Boys\")' \"Still\".[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-YouTube_search_results_page-47)\n\nThe Fox animated series *[Family Guy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family_Guy \"Family Guy\")* did its own parody of the scene in 2008, during [the show's seventh season](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family_Guy_\$season_7\$ \"Family Guy (season 7)\"). In \"[I Dream of Jesus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Dream_of_Jesus \"I Dream of Jesus\")\", the season's second episode, [Brian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brian_Griffin \"Brian Griffin\") and [Stewie Griffin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stewie_Griffin \"Stewie Griffin\") (both voiced by [Seth MacFarlane](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seth_MacFarlane \"Seth MacFarlane\")), tired of [Peter Griffin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Griffin \"Peter Griffin\") constantly playing [The Trashmen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Trashmen \"The Trashmen\")'s \"[Surfin' Bird](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surfin%27_Bird \"Surfin' Bird\")\", steal his [45 rpm](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phonograph_record \"Phonograph record\") [single](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Single_\$music\$ \"Single (music)\") of the song and demolish it in a similar scene. For television, a clean version of \"Still\" had to be used.[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Family_Guy-48)\n\nDuring the campaign for the [Republican](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_Party_\$United_States\$ \"Republican Party (United States)\") nomination in the [2016 presidential election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_election \"2016 United States presidential election\"), Texas senator [Ted Cruz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ted_Cruz \"Ted Cruz\") ran a [political advertisement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_advertisement \"Political advertisement\") parodying the scene, showing an impersonator of likely [Democratic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_\$United_States\$ \"Democratic Party (United States)\") nominee [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\") and two assistants destroying [her personal email server](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton_email_controversy \"Hillary Clinton email controversy\") with a baseball bat in an open field.[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-49)[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-50)\n\n[![A small red stapler with the badge reading \"Swingline\" atop, seen from above on a white background with shadow at the top of the image](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/01\/Stapler-swingline-red.jpg\/250px-Stapler-swingline-red.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Stapler-swingline-red.jpg)\n\n[Swingline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swingline \"Swingline\") made a red stapler in response to demand created by the film.\n\nStephen Root says he realized the movie's impact when people started asking him to sign their staplers. The red Swingline stapler featured prominently in the film was not available until April 2002 when the company released it in response to repeated requests by fans of the film. Its appearance in the film was achieved by taking a standard Swingline stapler and spray-painting it red.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) Root says when he shows up on sets today, the crew has usually ordered several boxes of red Swingline staplers and left them waiting for him.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\nThe film has been adapted to a [musical](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musical_theatre \"Musical theatre\") several times.[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-51)[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-52)\n\n[Kongregate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kongregate \"Kongregate\") released a mobile game based on the film, titled *Office Space: Idle Profits*, on [iOS](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IOS \"IOS\") and [Android](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Android_\$operating_system\$ \"Android (operating system)\") in 2017. It was a [free-to-play](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free-to-play \"Free-to-play\") [idle clicker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Incremental_game \"Incremental game\") that offered [in-app purchases](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/In-app_purchases \"In-app purchases\").[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-53) In 2022 it was shut down.\n\n| Office Space: Motion Picture Soundtrack |   |\n|---|---|\n| [Soundtrack album](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soundtrack_album \"Soundtrack album\") by Various artists |   |\n| Released | February 18, 1999 |\n| [Genre](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Music_genre \"Music genre\") | [Hip hop](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hip_hop_music \"Hip hop music\") |\n| Length | 44:35 |\n| [Label](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Record_label \"Record label\") | [Interscope](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interscope_Records \"Interscope Records\") |\n| [Producer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Record_producer \"Record producer\") | [Karyn Rachtman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karyn_Rachtman \"Karyn Rachtman\") (exec.) [Mike Judge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Judge \"Mike Judge\") (exec.) [N.O. Joe](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N.O._Joe \"N.O. Joe\") [Jay Dee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J_Dilla \"J Dilla\") John Bido [John Forté](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Fort%C3%A9 \"John Forté\") [Junior Reid](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Junior_Reid \"Junior Reid\") [Kool Keith](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kool_Keith \"Kool Keith\") [KutMasta Kurt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KutMasta_Kurt \"KutMasta Kurt\") [Madness 4 Real](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Den_Gale_Pose \"Den Gale Pose\") Nature's Fynest [Quincy Jones III](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quincy_Jones_III \"Quincy Jones III\") [Salaam Remi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salaam_Remi \"Salaam Remi\") [Scarface](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scarface_\$rapper\$ \"Scarface (rapper)\") |\n\n| Review scores |   |\n|---|---|\n| Source | Rating |\n| [AllMusic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AllMusic \"AllMusic\") | ![Star](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/51\/Star_full.svg\/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/51\/Star_full.svg\/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/51\/Star_full.svg\/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/51\/Star_full.svg\/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Half star](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/81\/Star_half.svg\/20px-Star_half.svg.png)[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-54) |\n\nTrack listing\n\n| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer(s) | Length |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| 1\\. | \"Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee\" (contains portions of \"[Take This Job and Shove It](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Take_This_Job_and_Shove_It \"Take This Job and Shove It\")\" by [Johnny Paycheck](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnny_Paycheck \"Johnny Paycheck\"), 1977) | [Germaine Williams](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canibus \"Canibus\") [Salaam Remi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salaam_Remi \"Salaam Remi\") [David Allan Coe](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Allan_Coe \"David Allan Coe\") | [Canibus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canibus \"Canibus\") with [Biz Markie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biz_Markie \"Biz Markie\") | 4:21 |\n| 2\\. | \"[Get Dis Money](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fantastic,_Vol._2 \"Fantastic, Vol. 2\")\" | R.L. Altman III [Titus Glover](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baatin \"Baatin\") [James Yancey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J_Dilla \"J Dilla\") | [Slum Village](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slum_Village \"Slum Village\") | 3:36 |\n| 3\\. | \"Get Off My Elevator\" | [Keith Thornton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kool_Keith \"Kool Keith\") [Kurt Matlin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KutMasta_Kurt \"KutMasta Kurt\") | [Kool Keith](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kool_Keith \"Kool Keith\") | 3:46 |\n| 4\\. | \"[Big Boss Man](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Boss_Man_\$song\$ \"Big Boss Man (song)\")\" (cover of [Jimmy Reed](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Reed \"Jimmy Reed\"), 1960) | [Luther Dixon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luther_Dixon \"Luther Dixon\") Al Smith | [Junior Reid](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Junior_Reid \"Junior Reid\") | 3:46 |\n| 5\\. | \"[9-5](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/9_to_5_\$Dolly_Parton_song\$ \"9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)\")\" (cover of [Dolly Parton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dolly_Parton \"Dolly Parton\"), 1980) | [Dolly Parton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dolly_Parton \"Dolly Parton\") | Lisa Stone | 3:40 |\n| 6\\. | \"Down for Whatever\" (from *[Lethal Injection](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lethal_Injection_\$album\$ \"Lethal Injection (album)\")*, 1993) | [O'Shea Jackson Sr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_Cube \"Ice Cube\") Jesper Dahl Lasse Bavngaard Nicholas Kvaran Rasmus Berg | [Ice Cube](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_Cube \"Ice Cube\") | 4:40 |\n| 7\\. | \"[Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Damn_It_Feels_Good_to_Be_a_Gangsta \"Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta\")\" (from *[Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uncut_Dope:_Geto_Boys%27_Best \"Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best\")*, 1992) | [Brad Jordan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scarface_\$rapper\$ \"Scarface (rapper)\") John Okuribido [James Prince](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Prince \"James Prince\") | [Geto Boys](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geto_Boys \"Geto Boys\") | 5:09 |\n| 8\\. | \"Home\" | Benny Wise C. Hernandez N. Vasquez [John Forté](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Fort%C3%A9 \"John Forté\") | Blackman, Destruct & Icon | 4:22 |\n| 9\\. | \"No Tears\" (from *[The Diary](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Diary_\$Scarface_album\$ \"The Diary (Scarface album)\")*, 1994) | Brad Jordan [Joseph Johnson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N.O._Joe \"N.O. Joe\") | [Scarface](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scarface_\$rapper\$ \"Scarface (rapper)\") | 2:27 |\n| 10\\. | \"Still\" (from *[The Resurrection](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Resurrection_\$Geto_Boys_album\$ \"The Resurrection (Geto Boys album)\")*, 1996) | [William Dennis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willie_D \"Willie D\") Brad Jordan Joseph Johnson | Geto Boys | 4:03 |\n| 11\\. | \"Mambo \\#8\" (from *Pérez Prado Plays Mucho Mambo For Dancing*, 1952) | [Pérez Prado](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C3%A9rez_Prado \"Pérez Prado\") | [Pérez Prado](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C3%A9rez_Prado \"Pérez Prado\") | 2:06 |\n| 12\\. | \"Peanut Vendor\" (from *Havana, 3 A.M.*, 1956) | [Moises Simons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moises_Simons \"Moises Simons\") | Pérez Prado | 2:39 |\n| Total length: | 44:35 |   |   |   |\n\nShortly after the release of *Office Space*, Judge, despite his disappointment at the movie's lackluster box office, began writing the script for *[Extract](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extract_\$film\$ \"Extract (film)\")*, which he describes as a companion piece. The studio later asked him to put it aside to work on *[Idiocracy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idiocracy \"Idiocracy\")*, which it believed would be more commercial. After that film, like *Office Space*, failed at the box office but became a cult favorite, Judge returned to *Extract* and it was released in 2009. It similarly makes light of workplace dysfunction, but from the perspective of a manager rather than a worker.\n\n\"There's been talk of doing more with *Office Space*, as a show or sequel, but it's never seemed right,\" Judge said ahead of the film's 20th anniversary. As for the former possibility, he recalled that because of the film, [NBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC \"NBC\") offered him the chance to shape [the American version](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Office_\$US_TV_series\$ \"The Office (US TV series)\") of the British sitcom *[The Office](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Office_\$UK_TV_series\$ \"The Office (UK TV series)\")*, which similarly bases its humor in depictions of the absurdity of white-collar work and its effect on those who do it. Among the material the network sent, however, were some reviews, one of which said the series \"succeeds where movies like *Office Space* failed.\" Judge passed on the offer.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)\n\n- [1999 in film](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1999_in_film \"1999 in film\")\n- [List of American films of 1999](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_American_films_of_1999 \"List of American films of 1999\")\n- [List of comedy films of the 1990s](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_comedy_films_of_the_1990s \"List of comedy films of the 1990s\")\n- [List of cult films](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_cult_films \"List of cult films\")\n- [List of Jennifer Aniston performances](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Jennifer_Aniston_performances \"List of Jennifer Aniston performances\")\n- [Mike Judge filmography](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Judge#Filmography \"Mike Judge\")\n- *[Clockwatchers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clockwatchers \"Clockwatchers\")*, 1997 comedy-drama about four female office temps with similar themes\n- *[Dilbert](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dilbert \"Dilbert\")*, comic strip with similar characters, setting and themes\n- *[Silicon Valley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silicon_Valley_\$TV_series\$ \"Silicon Valley (TV series)\")*, comedy series created by Judge set at tech companies\n- [Bullshit jobs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bullshit_job \"Bullshit job\"), a concept developed by [David Graeber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Graeber \"David Graeber\") which describes meaningless office work\n- [Slacker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slacker \"Slacker\")\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-1)**\n   [\"Office Space\"](https:\/\/www.bbfc.co.uk\/AVF157325). *[British Board of Film Classification](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Board_of_Film_Classification \"British Board of Film Classification\")*. Retrieved February 7, 2019.\n   \n   \\[*[dead link](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Link_rot \"Wikipedia:Link rot\")*\\]\n2. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-thenum_2-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-thenum_2-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-thenum_2-2)\n   [\"Office Space - Summary\"](https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Office-Space). The Numbers. Retrieved December 15, 2013.\n3. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-mojo_3-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-mojo_3-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-mojo_3-2)\n   [\"Office Space\"](https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=officespace.htm). *Box Office Mojo*. Retrieved February 5, 2019.\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-4)**\n   [\"Office Space\"](https:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/office-space-v176021). *[AllMovie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AllMovie \"AllMovie\")*.\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-5)**\n   Kevin Thomas (February 19, 1999). [\"'Office' Puts Corporate Culture Through the Comedy Shredder\"](https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1999-feb-19-ca-9435-story.html). *Los Angeles Times*. Retrieved April 14, 2015.\n6. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Doty_6-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Doty_6-1)\n   Doty, Meriah (March 4, 2003). [\"Film flops flourish on DVD, VHS\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180417034137\/http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2003\/SHOWBIZ\/Movies\/03\/04\/second.wind\/index.html). *CNN*. 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[\"Mr. Beavis Goes to Work\"](http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/mr-beavis-work-irreverent-animator-s-newest-target-corporate-america-live-action-film-office-space-article-1.839280). *[New York Daily News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Daily_News \"New York Daily News\")*. Retrieved May 3, 2013.\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_Space#cite_ref-Leckart2014_9-0)**\n   Leckart, Steven (April 2, 2014). [\"Mike Judge Skewers Silicon Valley With the Satire of Our Dreams\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140402203558\/http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/04\/mike-judge-silicon-valley\/). *Wired*. Condé Nast. 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Boilerpipe Text	Office Space Theatrical release poster Directed by Mike Judge Screenplay by Mike Judge Based on Milton by Mike Judge Produced by Daniel Rappaport Michael Rotenberg Starring Ron Livingston Jennifer Aniston Stephen Root Gary Cole Cinematography Tim Suhrstedt Edited by David Rennie Music by John Frizzell Production companies Judgmental Films 3 Arts Entertainment Cubicle Inc. Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date February 19, 1999 Running time 89 minutes [ 1 ] Country United States Language English Budget $10 million [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Box office $12.2 million [ 2 ] Office Space is a 1999 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge . [ 4 ] It satirizes the office 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 . [ 5 ] 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 received critical acclaim but 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 . [ 6 ] 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 . Peter Gibbons is a frustrated and unmotivated programmer who works at Texas-based software company Initech. Unable to stand up to his overcritical girlfriend, Anne, he is in love with local waitress Joanna, but is afraid to speak to her. He is friends with co-workers Samir Nagheenanajar, who hates that no one can pronounce his last name, and Michael Bolton, who hates having the same name as the famous singer . Other co-workers include 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. The staff suffers under top-heavy, callous management, especially from vice president Bill Lumbergh , a tedious micromanager who regularly humiliates Milton and makes Peter work almost every weekend. Peter hates Lumbergh but avoids confronting him. Anne persuades Peter to attend an occupational hypnotherapy session led by Dr. Swanson. Swanson hypnotizes Peter and tells him to feel relaxed and stop caring about his job until he snaps his fingers. However, Swanson suddenly dies of a heart attack before snapping Peter out of it. Peter sleeps soundly through the next day, ignoring phone calls from Lumbergh and Anne, who angrily breaks up with him while confirming his suspicions that she has been cheating on him. Two business consultants are brought in to help the company downsize , and Peter begins dating Joanna. She works at a chain restaurant where she is required to wear "pieces of flair": buttons allowing employees to "express themselves". Her boss hassles her for not wearing more than the required minimum. 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. Impressed by Peter's frank insights into Initech's problems, the consultants promote him despite Lumbergh's misgivings; however, they lay off Michael, Samir, and Tom. While attempting to do the same to Milton, they learn that he had already been laid off five years prior but had not been notified and was still receiving his salary due to a payroll glitch. They fix the glitch and stop Milton's salary payments without telling him, while Lumbergh continues to mistreat him by confiscating his beloved red stapler and repeatedly relocating his desk, eventually down to the basement. Tired of their own mistreatment, Peter, Michael, and Samir decide to take revenge by infecting Initech's accounting system with a computer virus designed by Michael to divert huge numbers of fractions of pennies into a bank account. Peter successfully installs the virus, and on Michael and Samir's last day, he steals a frequently malfunctioning printer, which the three proceed to destroy in a field. They also learn that Tom attempted suicide prior to being laid off, but then changed his mind, and in the process got into an accident that resulted in him winning a large amount of money in damages from a lawsuit. At a party at Tom's house, Peter hears rumors from a colleague that Joanna had slept with Lumbergh. When Joanna confirms this, a heated exchange leads to them breaking up. Frustrated with her job, Joanna quits in response to another lecture about her lack of "flair", giving her boss the middle finger as she does so. On Monday, Peter discovers that a bug in Michael's code has caused the virus to steal over $300,000 across the weekend, which guarantees they will be caught and sent to federal prison. Unable to conceal the crime, Peter decides to accept full responsibility, writing a confession and slipping it under Lumbergh's office door after hours, along with traveler's checks for the stolen money. Peter learns that the 'Lumbergh' with whom Joanna slept was Ron Lumbergh, another software engineer unrelated to Bill Lumbergh. He meets Joanna, who has started a new job at another restaurant, to apologize, and they reconcile. The next morning, Peter drives to Initech to turn himself in, but the problem has solved itself: Milton has committed arson and burned down the building as an act of revenge against the company. With the evidence of his crime destroyed, Peter begins his new job working in construction with his neighbor Lawrence, while Samir and Michael join Initech's rival, Initrode. Having found the traveler's checks, Milton escapes to Mexico but continues to be denied respect. Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons, a disgruntled programmer at Initech Jennifer Aniston as Joanna, a waitress at a Chotchkie's restaurant Stephen Root as Milton Waddams, a timid, mistreated Initech collator Gary Cole as Bill Lumbergh , vice president of Initech John C. McGinley as Bob Slydell, a business consultant specializing in efficiency David Herman as Michael Bolton, one of Peter's friends and coworkers Ajay Naidu as Samir Nagheenanajar, one of Peter's friends and coworkers Diedrich Bader as Lawrence, Peter's uncouth friend and next-door neighbor who works in construction Michael McShane (credited as Micheal McShane) as Dr. Swanson, an occupational hypnotherapist Richard Riehle as Tom Smykowski, a cynical Initech product manager Alexandra Wentworth as Anne, Peter's girlfriend who cheats on him Greg Pitts as Drew, a young Initech employee Paul Willson as Bob Porter, Bob Slydell's colleague Todd Duffey as Brian, Chotchkie's Waiter; an overly cheerful young man who works at Chotchkie's with Joanna Orlando Jones as Steve, a magazine salesman and former employee at Initrode Mike Judge as Stan, the manager of the Chotchkie's restaurant Joe Bays as Dom Portwood, one of Peter's superiors at Initech Office Space originated in the series of three animated Milton short films that Judge created about an office worker by that name. They first aired on Liquid Television and on Saturday Night Live . [ 7 ] The inspiration came from a temp job which he had that involved alphabetizing purchase orders [ 8 ] and another job as an engineer for Parallax Graphics for three months in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1980s, [ 9 ] "just in the heart of Silicon Valley and in the middle of that overachiever yuppie thing, it was just awful." [ 10 ] Peter Chernin , head of 20th Century Fox , where Judge had a deal, wanted to make a film out of the Milton character, [ 11 ] inspired by a former coworker of Judge's in Silicon Valley who had threatened to quit if the company moved his desk again. [ 12 ] "You don't want to know what he does at home after work", Judge replied. Instead he suggested an ensemble cast –based film; someone at the studio responded with Car Wash but "just set in an office." [ 10 ] Milton was not the only character inspired by someone from Judge's past. During his jobs in Silicon Valley, where he barely made enough to afford his rent, he had a neighbor who was an auto mechanic. Not only did the man make more money, he had flexible work hours and seemed to Judge to be much more content with his life and work than he himself was. The neighbor inspired Lawrence, Peter's neighbor in the film. [ 12 ] The setting of the film reflects a prevailing trend that Judge observed in the United States. "It seems like every city now has these identical office parks with identical adjoining chain restaurants", he said in an interview. [ 7 ] "There were a lot of people who wanted me to set this movie in Wall Street , or like the movie Brazil , but I wanted it very unglamorous, the kind of bleak work situation like I was in". [ 8 ] Judge wrote a treatment in 1996, and the script after the first season of King of the Hill . Fox president Tom Rothman was happy with the draft as he was looking for lighter material to balance the event movies like Titanic that dominated the studio's output at the time. He considered it "the most brilliant workplace satire I'd ever read". [ 11 ] Despite that, Judge hated the ending and wished he could have completely rewritten the third act. [ 13 ] Jennifer Aniston (pictured in 2011) was cast in Office Space to feature a recognizable star. David Herman was the only actor Judge had in mind for a specific part: Michael Bolton. Herman had been trying to leave his seven-year contract at MADtv , but the show would not let him. So, at its next table reading , he managed to get himself fired by screaming all his lines. Greg Daniels said they could always find a place for him on King of the Hill , where he had been doing some voice work; soon after he read Judge's Office Space script and was delighted with it. [ 11 ] At the first read-through of the script, Judge was pleased with Herman's performance, and felt Stephen Root improved on his own take on Milton, but was not happy with the rest of the cast. He considered abandoning the film, but Rothman said it worked and just needed the right actors. [ 11 ] According to Judge, while Fox at first told him to just get the best actors possible since the film's budget would not be large enough to consider bankable stars , the studio soon changed its mind. In the wake of the success of Good Will Hunting , he was advised to get that film's stars, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon . Again, he almost changed his mind about the film (Rothman said in 2019 that while A-list stars are often unlikely to take roles in low-budget productions, those films should nevertheless make the effort to attract them). He had agreed to meet with Damon in New York, but then Ron Livingston 's agent asked if his client could audition for the lead. Casting director Nancy Klopper was impressed, and after Judge saw the video he told the studio that he wanted Livingston in the part. [ 11 ] Jennifer Aniston was cast to accommodate Fox's desire to have a recognizable star in the film, although they were concerned that her part was so small; the subplot involving her battle with her boss over her "flair" was added as a result and she was written out of the sex-dream sequence, along with dialogue indicating she actually had slept with Lumbergh. However, she had liked the script since she was not getting many other films like that at that point, and she had gone to the same high school as Herman, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York. Kate Hudson also read for the part. [ 11 ] After casting the Indian American Ajay Naidu as Samir, who had originally been written as Iranian , the character was rewritten to be Jordanian , and Naidu worked with a dialect coach to get the accent right. John C. McGinley auditioned for Lumbergh, but was ultimately cast as Slydell. Judge says that after Gary Cole read for Lumbergh, there was no doubt as to who would play him. "He made the character 10 times funnier." A casting search in Texas yielded Greg Pitts for Drew, but no one who could play the Chotchkie's manager, so Judge took that role himself. [ 11 ] Principal photography [ edit ] Judge made the transition from animation to live-action with the help of Tim Suhrstedt , the film's director of photography , who taught him about lenses and where to put the camera. Judge says, "I had a great crew, and it's good going into it not pretending you're an expert". [ 8 ] Principal photography began in Texas in May 1998. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] Several issues arose during filming. By the third day of shooting, temperatures had risen to over 100 °F (38 °C), and smoke from fires in Mexico was filling the sky over Austin , making it white. Suhrstedt says that forced the postponement of the opening traffic-jam scene until it cleared. [ 11 ] Studio executives who saw the dailies were not happy with the footage that Judge was getting. Judge quoted studio executives as stating, "More energy! More energy! We gotta reshoot it! You're failing! You're failing!" [ 13 ] They also asked for Livingston to smile more. But at that point, only the early scenes had been filmed; Judge told the studio that happier scenes would come later. Livingston says he heard they believed he was on drugs and were considering firing him. [ 11 ] In addition, Fox did not like the gangsta rap music used in the film. [ 13 ] Rothman told him he had to take it out, and Judge said after production he would do so if the next focus group also disliked it. A young man in that focus group said the fact that the characters worked in an office but listened to gangsta rap was one of the things he liked about the movie, and Rothman relented. [ 11 ] The scene where Peter, Michael and Samir take their office printer out into a field and batter it to pieces was inspired by Judge's experience with his own printer while writing Beavis and Butt-Head Do America . He told his cowriter Joe Stillman that he was so frustrated by it that when he was done with the script, he planned to take it out into a field and destroy it while videotaping the process. Suhrstedt says the whole sequence was largely improvised, but Naidu adds that they were trying to do it in a way that evoked how the Mafia would do it to someone it wanted to punish or kill; Livingston thus played his part like the " don ", circling behind Naidu and Herman while they struck the blows with bat, feet and fists. Years afterward, Naidu says, he met some actual mafiosi in New York who told him that they were huge fans of the film, and the scene was "authentic". [ 11 ] McGinley says the film contains many improvised moments. "It was like jazz on that set". One example he recalled was when Paul Willson as Bob Porter cannot pronounce Samir's last name: "Naga ... Naga ... well, not gonna work here anymore anyway." Naidu, for his part, improvised the break dancing , which he did with local friends after shooting his scenes during the day. [ 11 ] The improvisation also helped solve some problems with the script. Originally Bolton was to refer to the singer he shared his name with as a "no-singing asshole". However, Herman recalled, it was decided that the film could not say that since it would imply he did not sing his own songs, so he came up with "no-talent ass-clown". [ 11 ] The Alligator Grill, on South Lamar Blvd, Austin, was used for the interior shots of Chotchkies, Joanna's workplace. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Judge was very exacting in his demands for how the Initech set looked; he said regularly that it had to seem "oppressive". [ 15 ] The production went as far as screen-testing different types of gray cubicles ; Judge also wanted the cubicles to be tall so that Lumbergh would have to lean in to be seen from Peter's desk. [ 15 ] Considerable effort was also expended to making sure the TPS reports looked realistic. [ 11 ] The glasses Root wore to play Milton had lenses so thick that he had to wear contact lenses to see through them. Even so, he still had no depth perception ; he had to practice reaching for the stapler and was as a result grateful it had been painted red. Swingline provided the stapler after the filmmakers could not get permission to use either the Boston or Bostitch brands from their manufacturer. [ 11 ] Judge hated the onesheet poster that the studio created for Office Space , which depicted an office worker completely covered in Post-it notes . He said, "People were like, 'What is this? A big bird? A mummy? A beekeeper?' And the tagline 'Work Sucks'? It looked like an Office Depot ad. I just hated it. I hated the trailers, too and the TV ads especially". [ 13 ] McGinley, too, felt it looked like Big Bird from the children's series Sesame Street , and that he would not go to see such a film. For the home release Judge was upset that the same image was used, albeit with Milton peeking over the man from behind. [ 11 ] The studio also had a man live in a Plexiglas cube above Times Square for five days, who was broadcast live on the Internet as he answered calls and emails from people dissatisfied with their jobs. [ 17 ] Livingston, when he visited the cube for press events, found that most reporters preferred to talk to the man in the cube and not him. He was not surprised, as tracking for the movie was not good and "there was a foregone conclusion that it wasn't going to open well." Producer Michael Rotenberg elaborated that "[i]t took a few research screenings to realize that audiences often have issues with satire." [ 11 ] Another problem that Rothman later conceded was that they could not put Aniston on the poster due to her small role. [ 11 ] Later he admitted that the marketing campaign did not work and said, " Office Space isn't like American Pie . It doesn't have the kind of jokes you put in a 15-second television spot of somebody getting hit on the head with a frying pan. It's sly. And let me tell you, sly is hard to sell". [ 13 ] Office Space was released on February 19, 1999, at the end of the release calendar's " dump months ", in 1,740 theaters, grossing $4.2 million on its opening weekend. That was eighth overall and second for new releases after October Sky . [ 18 ] Herman said he was elated after seeing the film in Los Angeles and hearing it had made $7 million, until friends more familiar with the movie business told him that was considered a poor performance. [ 11 ] Suhrstedt saw it later in Burbank , and the theater was almost full. He assured Judge that word of mouth would slowly increase the audience. However, in early March, Fox pulled it from three-quarters of the screens it had been on after it barely made a million dollars that weekend. The movie's grosses continued to decline precipitously, and after the end of March, when it pulled in less than $40,000 from 75 screens, it was pulled from release altogether. [ 3 ] According to Judge, a studio executive blamed the movie exclusively for the failure, telling him "Nobody wants to see your little movie about ordinary people and their boring little lives." It went on to make $10.8 million in North America. [ 3 ] The international release brought an additional $2 million. On home release, $8 million in DVD , Blu-ray Disc and VHS sales [ 2 ] were sold at release as of April 2006. [ 20 ] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 82% "Certified Fresh" based on 103 reviews and an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Mike Judge lampoons the office grind with its inspired mix of sharp dialogue and witty one-liners." [ 21 ] Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 68 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [ 22 ] Audiences polled by CinemaScore during opening weekend gave the film an average grade of "C+" on a scale ranging from A+ to F. [ 23 ] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars and wrote that Judge "treats his characters a little like cartoon creatures. That works. Nuances of behavior are not necessary, because in the cubicle world every personality trait is magnified, and the captives stagger forth like grotesques." [ 24 ] In his review for the San Francisco Chronicle , Mick LaSalle writes, "Livingston is nicely cast as Peter, a young guy whose imagination and capacity for happiness are the very things making him miserable." [ 25 ] In USA Today , Susan Wloszczyna wrote, "If you've ever had a job, you'll be amused by this paean to peons." [ 26 ] Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "C" rating and criticized it for feeling "cramped and underimagined". [ 27 ] In his review for The Globe and Mail , Rick Groen wrote: "Perhaps his TV background makes him unaccustomed to the demands of a feature-length script (the ending seems almost panicky in its abruptness), or maybe he just succumbs to the lure of the easy yuk...what began as discomfiting satire soon devolves into silly farce." [ 28 ] In his review in The New York Times , Stephen Holden wrote, "It has the loose-jointed feel of a bunch of sketches packed together into a narrative that doesn't gather much momentum." [ 29 ] In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named Office Space one of "The 100 best films from 1983 to 2008", ranking it at #73. [ 30 ] Disappointed in the film's $12 million domestic gross, Judge decided to move on and began work on what eventually became Extract , a similarly themed followup to Office Space . Fox suggested that next time, he pay more heed to the studio's casting suggestions. However, he soon learned that the film had not gone unnoticed within the industry. " Jim Carrey invited me to his house. Chris Rock left me the best voicemail ever. I had dinner with Madonna ", who found the Michael Bolton character's anger "sexy", Judge said. [ 11 ] Four years later, Judge was working on the Idiocracy screenplay with Etan Cohen . During a break, the two went to an Austin Starbucks , and the baristas were doing impressions of Lumbergh. Cohen asked Judge if they were only doing it because he was present, whereupon the barista turned around and asked the two if they had ever seen the movie. [ 11 ] Other cast members found the film had reached people when strangers began associating them with their characters. Cole, who had previously worked service jobs including bartending, said that he had not realized "the scope of the office audience" until a year after release, when people began shouting dialogue from the movie at him. Aniston says that even today, when she is eating "at a certain type of restaurant", people will ask if she likes their flair. The cable channel Comedy Central premiered Office Space on August 5, 2001; that airing drew 1.4 million viewers. By 2003, the channel had broadcast the film another 35 times. [ 31 ] These broadcasts helped develop the film's cult following; Livingston credits the regular airings the film received on Comedy Central for making Office Space a cult favorite: "It felt like it kind of went viral before that concept even existed." [ 11 ] Since then, Livingston has been approached by college students and office workers. He said, "I get a lot of people who say, 'I quit my job because of you.' That's kind of a heavy load to carry." [ 31 ] Livingston says that people tell him watching Office Space made them feel better, which he still appreciates. [ 11 ] Root at a 10th anniversary event Cast at a 25th anniversary reunion panel at South by Southwest 2024 Office Space has become a cult classic , selling well on home video and DVD. [ 6 ] As of 2003 , it had sold 2.6 million copies on VHS and DVD. [ 32 ] In the same year, it was in the top 20 best-selling Fox DVDs. [ 31 ] As of 2006 , it had sold over six million DVDs in the United States alone. [ 33 ] Four years after the film's release, Judge recalled that one of his assistant directors on the film told him they had gone out to eat at a TGI Fridays and noticed that the waitstaff were no longer wearing buttons on their uniforms, the "flair" Joanna quits her job over in the film. Asked why, the manager told him that after Office Space had come out, customers started making jokes about it, so the chain dropped the requirement from its dress code. "So, maybe I made the world a better place" he told Deadline Hollywood in 2014. [ 34 ] In 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked it fifth on its list "25 Great Comedies From the Past 25 Years", despite having originally given the film a poor review. [ 35 ] In February 2009, a reunion of many of the cast members took place at the Paramount Theatre in Austin to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the film. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Rothman said in 2019 that despite his connection to several films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture , he hopes Office Space will be mentioned before them in his obituary . [ 11 ] "[ Office Space ] spoke to a generation in a way that few movies have," said John Altschuler , who produced Extract , Judge's later companion piece. "Nobody does this kind of material. It's all about the weirdness of real people in real life." In a 2017 profile of Judge, New York Times Magazine writer Willy Staley observed that the film has been compared to Herman Melville 's short story " Bartleby, the Scrivener ", in which a lawyer's clerk, like Peter, shows up at the office one day but declines all work, telling his boss "I would prefer not to". Staley's own high school English teacher, he recalled, brought up Office Space in class to get students to appreciate how tedious Franz Kafka 's work at an insurance company was. "It's such a brutal portrayal of workplace misery that its most useful points of comparison date back to when office culture was first unleashed on humanity." [ 12 ] The film was an influence on the creation of the television series Severance , [ 38 ] and the comic book series Chew , with the film's main characters cameoing in its third installment, Just Desserts . [ 39 ] In 2022 software engineer Ermenildo Valdez Castro was inspired by the movie Office Space , conducting a similar scheme from the movie by editing code to divert shipping fees to a personal account. A report from the Seattle police mentions that a folder named "OfficeSpace project" was found on Castro's work laptop and Castro admitted he was indeed inspired by the movie. Castro stole over $300,000 from the company Zulily . [ 40 ] In 2024 at the South by Southwest conference, there was an Office Space Reunion panel with Judge, Livingston, Root, Naidu and Herman. [ 41 ] An actual PC LOAD LETTER error message Several elements of the film have become memes reused in other contexts. " TPS report " has come to connote pointless, mindless paperwork , [ 42 ] and an example of "literacy practices" in the work environment that are "meaningless exercises imposed upon employees by an inept and uncaring management" and "relentlessly mundane and enervating". [ 43 ] According to Judge, the abbreviation stood for "Test Program Set" in the movie. [ 36 ] The PC LOAD LETTER error message has likewise become a stand-in for any confusing, vague message from a computer, especially printers. The printer scene has been widely parodied, including by one U.S. presidential campaign, and the popularity of Milton's red stapler led the manufacturer to make a real one for sale. [ 11 ] External videos " Office Space with Michael Bolton " The film is credited with coining the now-popular slang term "ass clown", from one of the characters using it to refer to singer Michael Bolton. [ 44 ] In 2015, the comedy website Funny or Die put together several videos in which it spliced in the actual Michael Bolton over Herman in scenes from the film. Most of them were ones that referenced the confusion coming from the character and the singer having the same name. Bolton performed the scenes exactly as Herman had, with one exception: in his conversation with Samir, he turned to the camera and substituted the words "extremely talented" for "no-talent" before "ass-clown". [ 45 ] Before the 2009 Austin reunion screening a printer was destroyed outside the theater, in reference to the scene in the film during which Peter, Michael, and Samir destroy the dysfunctional printer on the latter two's final day at Initech [ 46 ] That scene has frequently been parodied; often by amateurs, using a similar electronic device, in an open space somewhere, emulating the original's character blocking , camera angles and moves, sound effects and use of slow motion , all set to Geto Boys ' "Still". [ 47 ] The Fox animated series Family Guy did its own parody of the scene in 2008, during the show's seventh season . In " I Dream of Jesus ", the season's second episode, Brian and Stewie Griffin (both voiced by Seth MacFarlane ), tired of Peter Griffin constantly playing The Trashmen 's " Surfin' Bird ", steal his 45 rpm single of the song and demolish it in a similar scene. For television, a clean version of "Still" had to be used. [ 48 ] During the campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election , Texas senator Ted Cruz ran a political advertisement parodying the scene, showing an impersonator of likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and two assistants destroying her personal email server with a baseball bat in an open field. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] Swingline made a red stapler in response to demand created by the film. Stephen Root says he realized the movie's impact when people started asking him to sign their staplers. The red Swingline stapler featured prominently in the film was not available until April 2002 when the company released it in response to repeated requests by fans of the film. Its appearance in the film was achieved by taking a standard Swingline stapler and spray-painting it red. [ 31 ] Root says when he shows up on sets today, the crew has usually ordered several boxes of red Swingline staplers and left them waiting for him. [ 11 ] The film has been adapted to a musical several times. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Kongregate released a mobile game based on the film, titled Office Space: Idle Profits , on iOS and Android in 2017. It was a free-to-play idle clicker that offered in-app purchases . [ 53 ] In 2022 it was shut down. Office Space: Motion Picture Soundtrack Soundtrack album by Various artists Released February 18, 1999 Genre Hip hop Length 44 : 35 Label Interscope Producer Karyn Rachtman (exec.) Mike Judge (exec.) N.O. Joe Jay Dee John Bido John Forté Junior Reid Kool Keith KutMasta Kurt Madness 4 Real Nature's Fynest Quincy Jones III Salaam Remi Scarface Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 54 ] Track listing No. Title Writer(s) Performer(s) Length 1. "Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee" (contains portions of " Take This Job and Shove It " by Johnny Paycheck , 1977) Germaine Williams Salaam Remi David Allan Coe Canibus with Biz Markie 4:21 2. " Get Dis Money " R.L. Altman III Titus Glover James Yancey Slum Village 3:36 3. "Get Off My Elevator" Keith Thornton Kurt Matlin Kool Keith 3:46 4. " Big Boss Man " (cover of Jimmy Reed , 1960) Luther Dixon Al Smith Junior Reid 3:46 5. " 9-5 " (cover of Dolly Parton , 1980) Dolly Parton Lisa Stone 3:40 6. "Down for Whatever" (from Lethal Injection , 1993) O'Shea Jackson Sr. Jesper Dahl Lasse Bavngaard Nicholas Kvaran Rasmus Berg Ice Cube 4:40 7. " Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta " (from Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best , 1992) Brad Jordan John Okuribido James Prince Geto Boys 5:09 8. "Home" Benny Wise C. Hernandez N. Vasquez John Forté Blackman, Destruct & Icon 4:22 9. "No Tears" (from The Diary , 1994) Brad Jordan Joseph Johnson Scarface 2:27 10. "Still" (from The Resurrection , 1996) William Dennis Brad Jordan Joseph Johnson Geto Boys 4:03 11. "Mambo #8" (from Pérez Prado Plays Mucho Mambo For Dancing , 1952) Pérez Prado Pérez Prado 2:06 12. "Peanut Vendor" (from Havana, 3 A.M. , 1956) Moises Simons Pérez Prado 2:39 Total length: 44:35 Shortly after the release of Office Space , Judge, despite his disappointment at the movie's lackluster box office, began writing the script for Extract , which he describes as a companion piece. The studio later asked him to put it aside to work on Idiocracy , which it believed would be more commercial. After that film, like Office Space , failed at the box office but became a cult favorite, Judge returned to Extract and it was released in 2009. It similarly makes light of workplace dysfunction, but from the perspective of a manager rather than a worker. "There's been talk of doing more with Office Space , as a show or sequel, but it's never seemed right," Judge said ahead of the film's 20th anniversary. As for the former possibility, he recalled that because of the film, NBC offered him the chance to shape the American version of the British sitcom The Office , which similarly bases its humor in depictions of the absurdity of white-collar work and its effect on those who do it. Among the material the network sent, however, were some reviews, one of which said the series "succeeds where movies like Office Space failed." Judge passed on the offer. 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It stars [Ron Livingston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston "Ron Livingston"), [Jennifer Aniston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston "Jennifer Aniston"), [Gary Cole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole "Gary Cole"), [Stephen Root](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Root "Stephen Root"), [David Herman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Herman "David Herman"), [Ajay Naidu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay_Naidu "Ajay Naidu"), and [Diedrich Bader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diedrich_Bader "Diedrich Bader").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-5) Office Space was filmed in [Dallas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas "Dallas") and [Austin, Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas "Austin, Texas"). It is based on Judge's [Milton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_$cartoon$ "Milton (cartoon)") 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America"). It was released in theaters on February 19, 1999, by [20th Century Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox "20th Century Fox"). Its sympathetic depiction of ordinary [information technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology "Information technology") workers garnered a cult following within that field, but it also addresses themes familiar to [white-collar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collar_worker "White-collar worker") employees and the workforce in general. It received critical acclaim but 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_film "Cult film").[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Doty-6) Several aspects of the film have become [Internet memes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme "Internet meme"). A scene in which the three main characters systematically destroy a dysfunctional printer has been widely parodied. [Swingline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingline "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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_$film$ "Extract (film)") is also set in an office and was intended as a companion piece to Office Space. ## Plot \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Plot")\] Peter Gibbons is a frustrated and unmotivated programmer who works at Texas-based software company Initech. Unable to stand up to his overcritical girlfriend, Anne, he is in love with local waitress Joanna, but is afraid to speak to her. He is friends with co-workers Samir Nagheenanajar, who hates that no one can pronounce his last name, and Michael Bolton, who hates having the same name as [the famous singer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bolton "Michael Bolton"). Other co-workers include Milton Waddams, a meek [collator](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collator "wikt:collator") who mumbles to himself and is mostly ignored by the rest of the office; and Tom Smykowski, a jaded [product manager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_manager "Product manager") who is routinely scared of being fired. The staff suffers under top-heavy, callous management, especially from vice president [Bill Lumbergh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lumbergh "Bill Lumbergh"), a tedious micromanager who regularly humiliates Milton and makes Peter work almost every weekend. Peter hates Lumbergh but avoids confronting him. Anne persuades Peter to attend an occupational [hypnotherapy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnotherapy "Hypnotherapy") session led by Dr. Swanson. Swanson hypnotizes Peter and tells him to feel relaxed and stop caring about his job until he snaps his fingers. However, Swanson suddenly dies of a heart attack before snapping Peter out of it. Peter sleeps soundly through the next day, ignoring phone calls from Lumbergh and Anne, who angrily breaks up with him while confirming his suspicions that she has been cheating on him. Two business consultants are brought in to help the company [downsize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layoff "Layoff"), and Peter begins dating Joanna. She works at a chain restaurant where she is required to wear "pieces of flair": buttons allowing employees to "express themselves". Her boss hassles her for not wearing more than the required minimum. 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. Impressed by Peter's frank insights into Initech's problems, the consultants promote him despite Lumbergh's misgivings; however, they lay off Michael, Samir, and Tom. While attempting to do the same to Milton, they learn that he had already been laid off five years prior but had not been notified and was still receiving his salary due to a payroll glitch. They fix the glitch and stop Milton's salary payments without telling him, while Lumbergh continues to mistreat him by confiscating his beloved red stapler and repeatedly relocating his desk, eventually down to the basement. Tired of their own mistreatment, Peter, Michael, and Samir decide to take revenge by infecting Initech's accounting system with a [computer virus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus "Computer virus") designed by Michael to divert huge numbers of [fractions of pennies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami_slicing_tactics "Salami slicing tactics") into a bank account. Peter successfully installs the virus, and on Michael and Samir's last day, he steals a frequently malfunctioning printer, which the three proceed to destroy in a field. They also learn that Tom attempted suicide prior to being laid off, but then changed his mind, and in the process got into an accident that resulted in him winning a large amount of money in damages from a lawsuit. At a party at Tom's house, Peter hears rumors from a colleague that Joanna had slept with Lumbergh. When Joanna confirms this, a heated exchange leads to them breaking up. Frustrated with her job, Joanna quits in response to another lecture about her lack of "flair", giving her boss the middle finger as she does so. On Monday, Peter discovers that a [bug](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug "Software bug") in Michael's code has caused the virus to steal over \$300,000 across the weekend, which guarantees they will be caught and sent to federal prison. Unable to conceal the crime, Peter decides to accept full responsibility, writing a confession and slipping it under Lumbergh's office door after hours, along with [traveler's checks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveler%27s_check "Traveler's check") for the stolen money. Peter learns that the 'Lumbergh' with whom Joanna slept was Ron Lumbergh, another software engineer unrelated to Bill Lumbergh. He meets Joanna, who has started a new job at another restaurant, to apologize, and they reconcile. The next morning, Peter drives to Initech to turn himself in, but the problem has solved itself: Milton has committed arson and burned down the building as an act of revenge against the company. With the evidence of his crime destroyed, Peter begins his new job working in construction with his neighbor Lawrence, while Samir and Michael join Initech's rival, Initrode. Having found the traveler's checks, Milton escapes to Mexico but continues to be denied respect. ## Cast \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Cast")\] - [Ron Livingston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston "Ron Livingston") as Peter Gibbons, a disgruntled programmer at Initech - [Jennifer Aniston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston "Jennifer Aniston") as Joanna, a waitress at a Chotchkie's restaurant - [Stephen Root](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Root "Stephen Root") as Milton Waddams, a timid, mistreated Initech collator - [Gary Cole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole "Gary Cole") as [Bill Lumbergh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lumbergh "Bill Lumbergh"), vice president of Initech - [John C. McGinley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._McGinley "John C. McGinley") as Bob Slydell, a business consultant specializing in efficiency - [David Herman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Herman "David Herman") as Michael Bolton, one of Peter's friends and coworkers - [Ajay Naidu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay_Naidu "Ajay Naidu") as Samir Nagheenanajar, one of Peter's friends and coworkers - [Diedrich Bader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diedrich_Bader "Diedrich Bader") as Lawrence, Peter's uncouth friend and next-door neighbor who works in construction - [Michael McShane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McShane "Mike McShane") (credited as Micheal McShane) as Dr. Swanson, an occupational hypnotherapist - [Richard Riehle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Riehle "Richard Riehle") as Tom Smykowski, a cynical Initech product manager - [Alexandra Wentworth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Wentworth "Alexandra Wentworth") as Anne, Peter's girlfriend who cheats on him - [Greg Pitts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Pitts "Greg Pitts") as Drew, a young Initech employee - [Paul Willson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Willson "Paul Willson") as Bob Porter, Bob Slydell's colleague - [Todd Duffey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Duffey "Todd Duffey") as Brian, Chotchkie's Waiter; an overly cheerful young man who works at Chotchkie's with Joanna - [Orlando Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Jones "Orlando Jones") as Steve, a magazine salesman and former employee at Initrode - [Mike Judge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge "Mike Judge") as Stan, the manager of the Chotchkie's restaurant - Joe Bays as Dom Portwood, one of Peter's superiors at Initech ## Production \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Production")\] ### Development \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Development")\] Office Space originated in the series of three animated [Milton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_$cartoon$ "Milton (cartoon)") [short films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_film "Short film") that Judge created about an office worker by that name. They first aired on [Liquid Television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Television "Liquid Television") and on [Saturday Night Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live "Saturday Night Live").[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-fierman-7) The inspiration came from a temp job which he had that involved alphabetizing purchase orders[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8) and another job as an engineer for [Parallax Graphics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_Graphics "Parallax Graphics") for three months in the [San Francisco Bay Area](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area "San Francisco Bay Area") during the 1980s,[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Leckart2014-9) "just in the heart of [Silicon Valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley "Silicon Valley") and in the middle of that overachiever [yuppie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuppie "Yuppie") thing, it was just awful."[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-sherman-10) [Peter Chernin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Chernin "Peter Chernin"), head of [20th Century Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox "20th Century Fox"), where Judge had a deal, wanted to make a film out of the Milton character,[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) inspired by a former coworker of Judge's in Silicon Valley who had threatened to quit if the company moved his desk again.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12) "You don't want to know what he does at home after work", Judge replied. Instead he suggested an [ensemble cast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast "Ensemble cast")–based film; someone at the studio responded with [Car Wash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Wash_$film$ "Car Wash (film)") but "just set in an office."[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-sherman-10) Milton was not the only character inspired by someone from Judge's past. During his jobs in Silicon Valley, where he barely made enough to afford his rent, he had a neighbor who was an auto mechanic. Not only did the man make more money, he had flexible work hours and seemed to Judge to be much more content with his life and work than he himself was. The neighbor inspired Lawrence, Peter's neighbor in the film.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12) The setting of the film reflects a prevailing trend that Judge observed in the United States. "It seems like every city now has these identical office parks with identical adjoining chain restaurants", he said in an interview.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-fierman-7) "There were a lot of people who wanted me to set this movie in [Wall Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street "Wall Street"), or like the movie [Brazil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_$1985_film$ "Brazil (1985 film)"), but I wanted it very unglamorous, the kind of bleak work situation like I was in".[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8) Judge wrote a [treatment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_treatment "Film treatment") in 1996, and the script after [the first season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Hill_season_1 "King of the Hill season 1") of [King of the Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Hill "King of the Hill"). Fox president [Tom Rothman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Rothman "Tom Rothman") was happy with the draft as he was looking for lighter material to balance the [event movies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_movie "Event movie") like [Titanic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_$1997_film$ "Titanic (1997 film)") that dominated the studio's output at the time. He considered it "the most brilliant workplace satire I'd ever read".[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Despite that, Judge hated the ending and wished he could have completely rewritten the third act.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) ### Casting \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Casting")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Jennifer_Aniston_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Jennifer_Aniston_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jennifer_Aniston_2011_$cropped$.jpg) [Jennifer Aniston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston "Jennifer Aniston") (pictured in 2011) was cast in Office Space to feature a recognizable star. [David Herman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Herman "David Herman") was the only actor Judge had in mind for a specific part: Michael Bolton. Herman had been trying to leave his seven-year contract at [MADtv](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MADtv "MADtv"), but the show would not let him. So, at its next [table reading](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_reading "Table reading"), he managed to get himself fired by screaming all his lines. [Greg Daniels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Daniels "Greg Daniels") said they could always find a place for him on King of the Hill, where he had been doing some voice work; soon after he read Judge's Office Space script and was delighted with it.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) At the first read-through of the script, Judge was pleased with Herman's performance, and felt [Stephen Root](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Root "Stephen Root") improved on his own take on Milton, but was not happy with the rest of the cast. He considered abandoning the film, but Rothman said it worked and just needed the right actors.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) According to Judge, while Fox at first told him to just get the best actors possible since the film's budget would not be large enough to consider [bankable stars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankable_star "Bankable star"), the studio soon changed its mind. In the wake of the success of [Good Will Hunting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Will_Hunting "Good Will Hunting"), he was advised to get that film's stars, [Ben Affleck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Affleck "Ben Affleck") and [Matt Damon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Damon "Matt Damon"). Again, he almost changed his mind about the film (Rothman said in 2019 that while [A-list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-list "A-list") stars are often unlikely to take roles in low-budget productions, those films should nevertheless make the effort to attract them). He had agreed to meet with Damon in New York, but then [Ron Livingston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston "Ron Livingston")'s agent asked if his client could audition for the lead. [Casting director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casting_director "Casting director") Nancy Klopper was impressed, and after Judge saw the video he told the studio that he wanted Livingston in the part.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) [Jennifer Aniston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston "Jennifer Aniston") was cast to accommodate Fox's desire to have a recognizable star in the film, although they were concerned that her part was so small; the subplot involving her battle with her boss over her "flair" was added as a result and she was written out of the sex-dream sequence, along with dialogue indicating she actually had slept with Lumbergh. However, she had liked the script since she was not getting many other films like that at that point, and she had gone to the same high school as Herman, [Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiorello_H._LaGuardia_High_School "Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School") in New York. [Kate Hudson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Hudson "Kate Hudson") also read for the part.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) After casting the [Indian American](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_American "Indian American") [Ajay Naidu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay_Naidu "Ajay Naidu") as Samir, who had originally been written as [Iranian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_American "Iranian American"), the character was rewritten to be [Jordanian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_American "Jordanian American"), and Naidu worked with a [dialect coach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect_coach "Dialect coach") to get the accent right. [John C. McGinley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._McGinley "John C. McGinley") auditioned for Lumbergh, but was ultimately cast as Slydell. Judge says that after [Gary Cole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole "Gary Cole") read for Lumbergh, there was no doubt as to who would play him. "He made the character 10 times funnier." A casting search in Texas yielded [Greg Pitts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Pitts "Greg Pitts") for Drew, but no one who could play the Chotchkie's manager, so Judge took that role himself.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) ### Principal photography \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Principal photography")\] Judge made the transition from animation to live-action with the help of [Tim Suhrstedt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Suhrstedt "Tim Suhrstedt"), the film's [director of photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_photography "Director of photography"), who taught him about lenses and where to put the camera. Judge says, "I had a great crew, and it's good going into it not pretending you're an expert".[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8) [Principal photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_photography "Principal photography") began in Texas in May 1998.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-14) Several issues arose during filming. By the third day of shooting, temperatures had risen to over 100 °F (38 °C), and smoke from fires in Mexico was filling the sky over [Austin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas "Austin, Texas"), making it white. Suhrstedt says that forced the postponement of the opening traffic-jam scene until it cleared.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Studio executives who saw the [dailies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dailies "Dailies") were not happy with the footage that Judge was getting. Judge quoted studio executives as stating, "More energy! More energy! We gotta reshoot it! You're failing! You're failing!"[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) They also asked for Livingston to smile more. But at that point, only the early scenes had been filmed; Judge told the studio that happier scenes would come later. Livingston says he heard they believed he was on drugs and were considering firing him.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) In addition, Fox did not like the [gangsta rap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsta_rap "Gangsta rap") music used in the film.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) Rothman told him he had to take it out, and Judge said after production he would do so if the next [focus group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_group "Focus group") also disliked it. A young man in that focus group said the fact that the characters worked in an office but listened to gangsta rap was one of the things he liked about the movie, and Rothman relented.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) The scene where Peter, Michael and Samir take their office printer out into a field and batter it to pieces was inspired by Judge's experience with his own printer while writing [Beavis and Butt-Head Do America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America"). He told his cowriter [Joe Stillman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Stillman "Joe Stillman") that he was so frustrated by it that when he was done with the script, he planned to take it out into a field and destroy it while videotaping the process. Suhrstedt says the whole sequence was largely improvised, but Naidu adds that they were trying to do it in a way that evoked how the [Mafia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian-American_Mafia "Italian-American Mafia") would do it to someone it wanted to punish or kill; Livingston thus played his part like the "[don](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_$crime$ "Boss (crime)")", circling behind Naidu and Herman while they struck the blows with bat, feet and fists. Years afterward, Naidu says, he met some actual mafiosi in New York who told him that they were huge fans of the film, and the scene was "authentic".[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) McGinley says the film contains many improvised moments. "It was like [jazz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz "Jazz") on that set". One example he recalled was when [Paul Willson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Willson "Paul Willson") as Bob Porter cannot pronounce Samir's last name: "Naga ... Naga ... well, not gonna work here anymore anyway." Naidu, for his part, improvised the [break dancing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_dancing "Break dancing"), which he did with local friends after shooting his scenes during the day.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) The improvisation also helped solve some problems with the script. Originally Bolton was to refer to [the singer he shared his name with](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bolton "Michael Bolton") as a "no-singing asshole". However, Herman recalled, it was decided that the film could not say that since it would imply he did not sing his own songs, so he came up with "no-talent ass-clown".[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) The Alligator Grill, on South Lamar Blvd, Austin, was used for the interior shots of Chotchkies, Joanna's workplace.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15)[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-16) ### Production design \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Production design")\] Judge was very exacting in his demands for how the Initech set looked; he said regularly that it had to seem "oppressive".[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15) The production went as far as [screen-testing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_test "Screen test") different types of gray [cubicles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubicle "Cubicle"); Judge also wanted the cubicles to be tall so that Lumbergh would have to lean in to be seen from Peter's desk.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15) Considerable effort was also expended to making sure the [TPS reports](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPS_report#In_popular_culture "TPS report") looked realistic.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) The glasses Root wore to play Milton had lenses so thick that he had to wear [contact lenses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_lens "Contact lens") to see through them. Even so, he still had no [depth perception](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_perception "Depth perception"); he had to practice reaching for the stapler and was as a result grateful it had been painted red. [Swingline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingline "Swingline") provided the stapler after the filmmakers could not get permission to use either the Boston or [Bostitch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bostitch "Bostitch") brands from their manufacturer.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) ## Release \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Release")\] ### Marketing \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Marketing")\] Judge hated the [onesheet poster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_sheet#Cinema "One sheet") that the studio created for Office Space, which depicted an office worker completely covered in [Post-it notes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-it_notes "Post-it notes"). He said, "People were like, 'What is this? A big bird? A mummy? A beekeeper?' And the tagline 'Work Sucks'? It looked like an [Office Depot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Depot "Office Depot") ad. I just hated it. I hated the trailers, too and the TV ads especially".[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) McGinley, too, felt it looked like [Big Bird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bird "Big Bird") from the children's series [Sesame Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street "Sesame Street"), and that he would not go to see such a film. For the home release Judge was upset that the same image was used, albeit with Milton peeking over the man from behind.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) The studio also had a man live in a [Plexiglas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plexiglas "Plexiglas") cube above [Times Square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square "Times Square") for five days, who was broadcast live on the Internet as he answered calls and emails from people dissatisfied with their jobs.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-17) Livingston, when he visited the cube for press events, found that most reporters preferred to talk to the man in the cube and not him. He was not surprised, as tracking for the movie was not good and "there was a foregone conclusion that it wasn't going to open well." Producer [Michael Rotenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rotenberg "Michael Rotenberg") elaborated that "\[i\]t took a few research screenings to realize that audiences often have issues with satire."[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Another problem that Rothman later conceded was that they could not put Aniston on the poster due to her small role.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Later he admitted that the marketing campaign did not work and said, "Office Space isn't like [American Pie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_$film$ "American Pie (film)"). It doesn't have the kind of jokes you put in a 15-second television spot of somebody getting hit on the head with a frying pan. It's sly. And let me tell you, sly is hard to sell".[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) ### Box office \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Box office")\] Office Space was released on February 19, 1999, at the end of the release calendar's "[dump months](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dump_months "Dump months")", in 1,740 theaters, grossing \$4.2 million on its opening weekend. That was eighth overall and second for new releases after [October Sky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Sky "October Sky").[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo_opening_weekend-18) Herman said he was elated after seeing the film in [Los Angeles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles") and hearing it had made \$7 million, until friends more familiar with the movie business told him that was considered a poor performance.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Suhrstedt saw it later in [Burbank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank,_California "Burbank, California"), and the theater was almost full. He assured Judge that [word of mouth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_mouth "Word of mouth") would slowly increase the audience. However, in early March, Fox pulled it from three-quarters of the screens it had been on after it barely made a million dollars that weekend. The movie's grosses continued to decline precipitously, and after the end of March, when it pulled in less than \$40,000 from 75 screens, it was pulled from release altogether.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo-3) According to Judge, a studio executive blamed the movie exclusively for the failure, telling him "Nobody wants to see your little movie about ordinary people and their boring little lives."[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Extract-19) It went on to make \$10.8 million in North America.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo-3) The international release brought an additional \$2 million. On home release, \$8 million in [DVD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD "DVD"), [Blu-ray Disc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc "Blu-ray Disc") and [VHS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS "VHS") sales[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-thenum-2) were sold at release as of April 2006.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Numbers2-20) ## Reception \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Reception")\] ### Critical reception \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Critical reception")\] On the [review aggregator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator "Review aggregator") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), the film has an approval rating of 82% "Certified Fresh" based on 103 reviews and an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Mike Judge lampoons the office grind with its inspired mix of sharp dialogue and witty one-liners."[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-21) [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic") gives the film a [weighted average](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_average "Weighted average") score of 68 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-22) Audiences polled by [CinemaScore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScore "CinemaScore") during opening weekend gave the film an average grade of "C+" on a scale ranging from A+ to F.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-23) [Roger Ebert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert "Roger Ebert") of the [Chicago Sun-Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times "Chicago Sun-Times") gave the film three out of four stars and wrote that Judge "treats his characters a little like cartoon creatures. That works. Nuances of behavior are not necessary, because in the cubicle world every personality trait is magnified, and the captives stagger forth like grotesques."[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-24) In his review for the [San Francisco Chronicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle "San Francisco Chronicle"), [Mick LaSalle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_LaSalle "Mick LaSalle") writes, "Livingston is nicely cast as Peter, a young guy whose imagination and capacity for happiness are the very things making him miserable."[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-25) In [USA Today](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today "USA Today"), Susan Wloszczyna wrote, "If you've ever had a job, you'll be amused by this paean to peons."[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-26) [Owen Gleiberman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Gleiberman "Owen Gleiberman") in [Entertainment Weekly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly "Entertainment Weekly") gave the film a "C" rating and criticized it for feeling "cramped and underimagined".[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-27) In his review for [The Globe and Mail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Globe_and_Mail "The Globe and Mail"), Rick Groen wrote: "Perhaps his TV background makes him unaccustomed to the demands of a feature-length script (the ending seems almost panicky in its abruptness), or maybe he just succumbs to the lure of the easy yuk...what began as discomfiting satire soon devolves into silly farce."[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-28) In his review in [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times"), [Stephen Holden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Holden "Stephen Holden") wrote, "It has the loose-jointed feel of a bunch of sketches packed together into a narrative that doesn't gather much momentum."[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-29) In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named Office Space one of "The 100 best films from 1983 to 2008", ranking it at \#73.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-30) ### Cult status \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Cult status")\] Disappointed in the film's \$12 million domestic gross, Judge decided to move on and began work on what eventually became [Extract](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_$film$ "Extract (film)"), a similarly themed followup to Office Space. Fox suggested that next time, he pay more heed to the studio's casting suggestions. However, he soon learned that the film had not gone unnoticed within the industry. "[Jim Carrey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carrey "Jim Carrey") invited me to his house. [Chris Rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rock "Chris Rock") left me the best voicemail ever. I had dinner with [Madonna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_$entertainer$ "Madonna (entertainer)")", who found the Michael Bolton character's anger "sexy", Judge said.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Four years later, Judge was working on the [Idiocracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy "Idiocracy") screenplay with [Etan Cohen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan_Cohen "Etan Cohen"). During a break, the two went to an Austin [Starbucks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks "Starbucks"), and the baristas were doing impressions of Lumbergh. Cohen asked Judge if they were only doing it because he was present, whereupon the barista turned around and asked the two if they had ever seen the movie.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Other cast members found the film had reached people when strangers began associating them with their characters. Cole, who had previously worked service jobs including bartending, said that he had not realized "the scope of the office audience" until a year after release, when people began shouting dialogue from the movie at him. Aniston says that even today, when she is eating "at a certain type of restaurant", people will ask if she likes their flair. The [cable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television "Cable television") channel [Comedy Central](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central "Comedy Central") premiered Office Space on August 5, 2001; that airing drew 1.4 million viewers. By 2003, the channel had broadcast the film another 35 times.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) These broadcasts helped develop the film's cult following; Livingston credits the regular airings the film received on Comedy Central for making Office Space a cult favorite: "It felt like it kind of went viral before that concept even existed."[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Since then, Livingston has been approached by college students and office workers. He said, "I get a lot of people who say, 'I quit my job because of you.' That's kind of a heavy load to carry."[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) Livingston says that people tell him watching Office Space made them feel better, which he still appreciates.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) ## Legacy \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Legacy")\] [![A lightly bearded and bespectacled brown-haired middle-aged Caucasian man wearing a jacket and white shirt with an open collar looks to the camera's right](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/StephenRootFeb09.jpg/250px-StephenRootFeb09.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StephenRootFeb09.jpg) Root at a 10th anniversary event [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg/250px-SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg) Cast at a 25th anniversary reunion panel at South by Southwest 2024 Office Space has become a [cult classic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_following "Cult following"), selling well on home video and DVD.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Doty-6) As of 2003[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit), it had sold 2.6 million copies on VHS and DVD.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby2-32) In the same year, it was in the top 20 best-selling Fox DVDs.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) As of 2006[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit), it had sold over six million DVDs in the United States alone.[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-33) Four years after the film's release, Judge recalled that one of his [assistant directors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_director "Assistant director") on the film told him they had gone out to eat at a [TGI Fridays](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGI_Fridays "TGI Fridays") and noticed that the waitstaff were no longer wearing buttons on their uniforms, the "flair" Joanna quits her job over in the film. Asked why, the manager told him that after Office Space had come out, customers started making jokes about it, so the chain dropped the requirement from its dress code. "So, maybe I made the world a better place" he told [Deadline Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood "Deadline Hollywood") in 2014.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-2014_Deadline_Hollywood_interview-34) In 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked it fifth on its list "25 Great Comedies From the Past 25 Years", despite having originally given the film a poor review.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-ewtop25-35) In February 2009, a reunion of many of the cast members took place at the [Paramount Theatre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Theatre_$Austin,_Texas$ "Paramount Theatre (Austin, Texas)") in Austin to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the film.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_10th_anniversary_story-36)[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-ktbc-37) Rothman said in 2019 that despite his connection to several films that won the [Academy Award for Best Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture "Academy Award for Best Picture"), he hopes Office Space will be mentioned before them in his [obituary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obituary "Obituary").[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) "\[Office Space\] spoke to a generation in a way that few movies have," said [John Altschuler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Altschuler "John Altschuler"), who produced Extract, Judge's later companion piece. "Nobody does this kind of material. It's all about the weirdness of real people in real life."[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Extract-19) In a 2017 profile of Judge, [New York Times Magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Magazine "New York Times Magazine") writer Willy Staley observed that the film has been compared to [Herman Melville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville "Herman Melville")'s short story "[Bartleby, the Scrivener](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener "Bartleby, the Scrivener")", in which a lawyer's clerk, like Peter, shows up at the office one day but declines all work, telling his boss "I would prefer not to". Staley's own high school English teacher, he recalled, brought up Office Space in class to get students to appreciate how tedious [Franz Kafka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka "Franz Kafka")'s work at an insurance company was. "It's such a brutal portrayal of workplace misery that its most useful points of comparison date back to when office culture was first unleashed on humanity."[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12) The film was an influence on the creation of the television series [Severance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_$TV_series$ "Severance (TV series)"),[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-38) and the comic book series [Chew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chew_$comics$ "Chew (comics)"), with the film's main characters cameoing in its third installment, [Just Desserts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chew:_Just_Desserts "Chew: Just Desserts").[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-39) In 2022 software engineer Ermenildo Valdez Castro was inspired by the movie Office Space, conducting a similar scheme from the movie by editing code to divert shipping fees to a personal account. A report from the [Seattle police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Police_Department "Seattle Police Department") mentions that a folder named "OfficeSpace project" was found on Castro's work laptop and Castro admitted he was indeed inspired by the movie. Castro stole over \$300,000 from the company [Zulily](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulily "Zulily").[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-40) In 2024 at the [South by Southwest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest "South by Southwest") conference, there was an Office Space Reunion panel with Judge, Livingston, Root, Naidu and Herman.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-41) ### In culture \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: In culture")\] [!["PC LOAD LETTER" in a printer console's LED display.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/PC_Load_Letter.jpg/250px-PC_Load_Letter.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PC_Load_Letter.jpg) An actual PC LOAD LETTER error message Several elements of the film have become [memes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme "Meme") reused in other contexts. "[TPS report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPS_report "TPS report")" has come to connote pointless, [mindless paperwork](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_work "Busy work"),[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-42) and an example of "literacy practices" in the work environment that are "meaningless exercises imposed upon employees by an inept and uncaring management" and "relentlessly mundane and enervating".[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-43) According to Judge, the abbreviation stood for "Test Program Set" in the movie.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_10th_anniversary_story-36) The [PC LOAD LETTER](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_LOAD_LETTER "PC LOAD LETTER") error message has likewise become a stand-in for any confusing, vague message from a computer, especially printers. The printer scene has been widely parodied, including by one U.S. presidential campaign, and the popularity of Milton's red stapler led the manufacturer to make a real one for sale.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) \| External videos \| \|---\| \| [![video icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/20px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg) "[Office Space with Michael Bolton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03lrL9CFWxM)" \| The film is credited with coining the now-popular [slang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slang "Slang") term "ass clown", from one of the characters using it to refer to singer Michael Bolton.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-44) In 2015, the comedy website [Funny or Die](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_or_Die "Funny or Die") put together several videos in which it spliced in the actual Michael Bolton over Herman in scenes from the film. Most of them were ones that referenced the confusion coming from the character and the singer having the same name. Bolton performed the scenes exactly as Herman had, with one exception: in his conversation with Samir, he [turned to the camera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_fourth_wall "Breaking the fourth wall") and substituted the words "extremely talented" for "no-talent" before "ass-clown".[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_Michael_Bolton-45) #### Printer scene \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=16 "Edit section: Printer scene")\] Before the 2009 Austin reunion screening a printer was destroyed outside the theater, in reference to the scene in the film during which Peter, Michael, and Samir destroy the dysfunctional printer on the latter two's final day at Initech[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-46) That scene has frequently been parodied; often by amateurs, using a similar electronic device, in an open space somewhere, emulating the original's character [blocking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_$stage$ "Blocking (stage)"), camera angles and moves, [sound effects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_effect "Sound effect") and use of [slow motion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_motion "Slow motion"), all set to [Geto Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geto_Boys "Geto Boys")' "Still".[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-YouTube_search_results_page-47) The Fox animated series [Family Guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy "Family Guy") did its own parody of the scene in 2008, during [the show's seventh season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_$season_7$ "Family Guy (season 7)"). In "[I Dream of Jesus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dream_of_Jesus "I Dream of Jesus")", the season's second episode, [Brian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Griffin "Brian Griffin") and [Stewie Griffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewie_Griffin "Stewie Griffin") (both voiced by [Seth MacFarlane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane "Seth MacFarlane")), tired of [Peter Griffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Griffin "Peter Griffin") constantly playing [The Trashmen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trashmen "The Trashmen")'s "[Surfin' Bird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_Bird "Surfin' Bird")", steal his [45 rpm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph_record "Phonograph record") [single](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_$music$ "Single (music)") of the song and demolish it in a similar scene. For television, a clean version of "Still" had to be used.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Family_Guy-48) During the campaign for the [Republican](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_$United_States$ "Republican Party (United States)") nomination in the [2016 presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election "2016 United States presidential election"), Texas senator [Ted Cruz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz "Ted Cruz") ran a [political advertisement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_advertisement "Political advertisement") parodying the scene, showing an impersonator of likely [Democratic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_$United_States$ "Democratic Party (United States)") nominee [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton") and two assistants destroying [her personal email server](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_email_controversy "Hillary Clinton email controversy") with a baseball bat in an open field.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-49)[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-50) #### Red stapler \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Red stapler")\] [![A small red stapler with the badge reading "Swingline" atop, seen from above on a white background with shadow at the top of the image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Stapler-swingline-red.jpg/250px-Stapler-swingline-red.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stapler-swingline-red.jpg) [Swingline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingline "Swingline") made a red stapler in response to demand created by the film. Stephen Root says he realized the movie's impact when people started asking him to sign their staplers. The red Swingline stapler featured prominently in the film was not available until April 2002 when the company released it in response to repeated requests by fans of the film. Its appearance in the film was achieved by taking a standard Swingline stapler and spray-painting it red.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) Root says when he shows up on sets today, the crew has usually ordered several boxes of red Swingline staplers and left them waiting for him.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) ## In other media \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=18 "Edit section: In other media")\] ### Musical \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=19 "Edit section: Musical")\] The film has been adapted to a [musical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theatre "Musical theatre") several times.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-51)[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-52) ### Video game \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=20 "Edit section: Video game")\] [Kongregate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongregate "Kongregate") released a mobile game based on the film, titled Office Space: Idle Profits, on [iOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS "IOS") and [Android](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_$operating_system$ "Android (operating system)") in 2017. It was a [free-to-play](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-play "Free-to-play") [idle clicker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_game "Incremental game") that offered [in-app purchases](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-app_purchases "In-app purchases").[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-53) In 2022 it was shut down. ### Soundtrack \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=21 "Edit section: Soundtrack")\] \| Office Space: Motion Picture Soundtrack \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [Soundtrack album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack_album "Soundtrack album") by Various artists \| \| \| Released \| February 18, 1999 \| \| [Genre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre "Music genre") \| [Hip hop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music "Hip hop music") \| \| Length \| 44:35 \| \| [Label](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label "Record label") \| [Interscope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope_Records "Interscope Records") \| \| [Producer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer "Record producer") \| [Karyn Rachtman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Rachtman "Karyn Rachtman") (exec.) [Mike Judge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge "Mike Judge") (exec.) [N.O. Joe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.O._Joe "N.O. Joe") [Jay Dee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla "J Dilla") John Bido [John Forté](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fort%C3%A9 "John Forté") [Junior Reid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Reid "Junior Reid") [Kool Keith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith "Kool Keith") [KutMasta Kurt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KutMasta_Kurt "KutMasta Kurt") [Madness 4 Real](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_Gale_Pose "Den Gale Pose") Nature's Fynest [Quincy Jones III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones_III "Quincy Jones III") [Salaam Remi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaam_Remi "Salaam Remi") [Scarface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_$rapper$ "Scarface (rapper)") \| \| Review scores \| \| \|---\|---\| \| Source \| Rating \| \| [AllMusic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic "AllMusic") \| ![Star](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Half star](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/20px-Star_half.svg.png)[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-54) \| Track listing \| No. \| Title \| Writer(s) \| Performer(s) \| Length \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| 1\. \| "Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee" (contains portions of "[Take This Job and Shove It](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_This_Job_and_Shove_It "Take This Job and Shove It")" by [Johnny Paycheck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Paycheck "Johnny Paycheck"), 1977) \| [Germaine Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus "Canibus") [Salaam Remi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaam_Remi "Salaam Remi") [David Allan Coe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Allan_Coe "David Allan Coe") \| [Canibus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus "Canibus") with [Biz Markie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biz_Markie "Biz Markie") \| 4:21 \| \| 2\. \| "[Get Dis Money](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic,_Vol._2 "Fantastic, Vol. 2")" \| R.L. Altman III [Titus Glover](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baatin "Baatin") [James Yancey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla "J Dilla") \| [Slum Village](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slum_Village "Slum Village") \| 3:36 \| \| 3\. \| "Get Off My Elevator" \| [Keith Thornton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith "Kool Keith") [Kurt Matlin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KutMasta_Kurt "KutMasta Kurt") \| [Kool Keith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith "Kool Keith") \| 3:46 \| \| 4\. \| "[Big Boss Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Boss_Man_$song$ "Big Boss Man (song)")" (cover of [Jimmy Reed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Reed "Jimmy Reed"), 1960) \| [Luther Dixon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Dixon "Luther Dixon") Al Smith \| [Junior Reid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Reid "Junior Reid") \| 3:46 \| \| 5\. \| "[9-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_to_5_$Dolly_Parton_song$ "9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)")" (cover of [Dolly Parton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton "Dolly Parton"), 1980) \| [Dolly Parton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton "Dolly Parton") \| Lisa Stone \| 3:40 \| \| 6\. \| "Down for Whatever" (from [Lethal Injection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Injection_$album$ "Lethal Injection (album)"), 1993) \| [O'Shea Jackson Sr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube "Ice Cube") Jesper Dahl Lasse Bavngaard Nicholas Kvaran Rasmus Berg \| [Ice Cube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube "Ice Cube") \| 4:40 \| \| 7\. \| "[Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_It_Feels_Good_to_Be_a_Gangsta "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta")" (from [Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncut_Dope:_Geto_Boys%27_Best "Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best"), 1992) \| [Brad Jordan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_$rapper$ "Scarface (rapper)") John Okuribido [James Prince](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Prince "James Prince") \| [Geto Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geto_Boys "Geto Boys") \| 5:09 \| \| 8\. \| "Home" \| Benny Wise C. Hernandez N. Vasquez [John Forté](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fort%C3%A9 "John Forté") \| Blackman, Destruct & Icon \| 4:22 \| \| 9\. \| "No Tears" (from [The Diary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_$Scarface_album$ "The Diary (Scarface album)"), 1994) \| Brad Jordan [Joseph Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.O._Joe "N.O. Joe") \| [Scarface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_$rapper$ "Scarface (rapper)") \| 2:27 \| \| 10\. \| "Still" (from [The Resurrection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Resurrection_$Geto_Boys_album$ "The Resurrection (Geto Boys album)"), 1996) \| [William Dennis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_D "Willie D") Brad Jordan Joseph Johnson \| Geto Boys \| 4:03 \| \| 11\. \| "Mambo \#8" (from Pérez Prado Plays Mucho Mambo For Dancing, 1952) \| [Pérez Prado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9rez_Prado "Pérez Prado") \| [Pérez Prado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9rez_Prado "Pérez Prado") \| 2:06 \| \| 12\. \| "Peanut Vendor" (from Havana, 3 A.M., 1956) \| [Moises Simons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moises_Simons "Moises Simons") \| Pérez Prado \| 2:39 \| \| Total length: \| 44:35 \| \| \| \| ## Possible sequels \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=22 "Edit section: Possible sequels")\] Shortly after the release of Office Space, Judge, despite his disappointment at the movie's lackluster box office, began writing the script for [Extract](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_$film$ "Extract (film)"), which he describes as a companion piece. The studio later asked him to put it aside to work on [Idiocracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy "Idiocracy"), which it believed would be more commercial. After that film, like Office Space, failed at the box office but became a cult favorite, Judge returned to Extract and it was released in 2009. It similarly makes light of workplace dysfunction, but from the perspective of a manager rather than a worker.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Extract-19) "There's been talk of doing more with Office Space, as a show or sequel, but it's never seemed right," Judge said ahead of the film's 20th anniversary. As for the former possibility, he recalled that because of the film, [NBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC "NBC") offered him the chance to shape [the American version](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_$US_TV_series$ "The Office (US TV series)") of the British sitcom [The Office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_$UK_TV_series$ "The Office (UK TV series)"), which similarly bases its humor in depictions of the absurdity of white-collar work and its effect on those who do it. Among the material the network sent, however, were some reviews, one of which said the series "succeeds where movies like Office Space failed." Judge passed on the offer.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) ## See also \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=23 "Edit section: See also")\] - [![icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/EC1835_C_cut.jpg/40px-EC1835_C_cut.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EC1835_C_cut.jpg)[1990s portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:1990s "Portal:1990s") - [![icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Emblem-money.svg/40px-Emblem-money.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emblem-money.svg)[Business and economics portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Business_and_economics "Portal:Business and economics") - [![icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/SMirC-laugh.svg/40px-SMirC-laugh.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SMirC-laugh.svg)[Comedy portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Comedy "Portal:Comedy") - ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Video-x-generic.svg/40px-Video-x-generic.svg.png)[Film portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Film "Portal:Film") - ![flag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)[United States portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:United_States "Portal:United States") - ![flag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/40px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png)[Texas portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Texas "Portal:Texas") - [1999 in film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film "1999 in film") - [List of American films of 1999](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1999 "List of American films of 1999") - [List of comedy films of the 1990s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_comedy_films_of_the_1990s "List of comedy films of the 1990s") - [List of cult films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cult_films "List of cult films") - [List of Jennifer Aniston performances](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jennifer_Aniston_performances "List of Jennifer Aniston performances") - [Mike Judge filmography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge#Filmography "Mike Judge") - [Clockwatchers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clockwatchers "Clockwatchers"), 1997 comedy-drama about four female office temps with similar themes - [Dilbert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert "Dilbert"), comic strip with similar characters, setting and themes - [Silicon Valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_$TV_series$ "Silicon Valley (TV series)"), comedy series created by Judge set at tech companies - [Bullshit jobs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_job "Bullshit job"), a concept developed by [David Graeber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Graeber "David Graeber") which describes meaningless office work - [Slacker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacker "Slacker") ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=24 "Edit section: References")\] 1. 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Readable Markdown	\| Office Space \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![An office worker completely covered in Post-it notes](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8e/Office_space_poster.jpg/250px-Office_space_poster.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Office_space_poster.jpg "An office worker completely covered in Post-it notes")Theatrical release poster \| \| \| Directed by \| [Mike Judge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge "Mike Judge") \| \| Screenplay by \| Mike Judge \| \| Based on \| [Milton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_$cartoon$ "Milton (cartoon)") by Mike Judge \| \| Produced by \| [Daniel Rappaport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Rappaport "Daniel Rappaport") [Michael Rotenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rotenberg "Michael Rotenberg") \| \| Starring \| [Ron Livingston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston "Ron Livingston") [Jennifer Aniston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston "Jennifer Aniston") [Stephen Root](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Root "Stephen Root") [Gary Cole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole "Gary Cole") \| \| Cinematography \| [Tim Suhrstedt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Suhrstedt "Tim Suhrstedt") \| \| Edited by \| [David Rennie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rennie_$film_editor$ "David Rennie (film editor)") \| \| Music by \| [John Frizzell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frizzell_$composer$ "John Frizzell (composer)") \| \| Production companies \| [Judgmental Films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgmental_Films "Judgmental Films") [3 Arts Entertainment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Arts_Entertainment "3 Arts Entertainment") Cubicle Inc. \| \| Distributed by \| [20th Century Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox "20th Century Fox") \| \| Release date \| February 19, 1999 \| \| Running time \| 89 minutes[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-1) \| \| Country \| United States \| \| Language \| English \| \| Budget \| \$10 million[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-thenum-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo-3) \| \| Box office \| \$12.2 million[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-thenum-2) \| *Office Space* is a 1999 American [satirical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire_$film_and_television$ "Satire (film and television)") [black comedy film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy_film "Black comedy film") written and directed by [Mike Judge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge "Mike Judge").[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-4) It satirizes the [office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_job "Office job") work life of a typical 1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals weary of their jobs. It stars [Ron Livingston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston "Ron Livingston"), [Jennifer Aniston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston "Jennifer Aniston"), [Gary Cole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole "Gary Cole"), [Stephen Root](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Root "Stephen Root"), [David Herman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Herman "David Herman"), [Ajay Naidu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay_Naidu "Ajay Naidu"), and [Diedrich Bader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diedrich_Bader "Diedrich Bader").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-5) Office Space was filmed in [Dallas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas "Dallas") and [Austin, Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas "Austin, Texas"). It is based on Judge's [Milton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_$cartoon$ "Milton (cartoon)") 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America"). It was released in theaters on February 19, 1999, by [20th Century Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox "20th Century Fox"). Its sympathetic depiction of ordinary [information technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology "Information technology") workers garnered a cult following within that field, but it also addresses themes familiar to [white-collar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collar_worker "White-collar worker") employees and the workforce in general. It received critical acclaim but 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_film "Cult film").[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Doty-6) Several aspects of the film have become [Internet memes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme "Internet meme"). A scene in which the three main characters systematically destroy a dysfunctional printer has been widely parodied. [Swingline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingline "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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_$film$ "Extract (film)") is also set in an office and was intended as a companion piece to Office Space. Peter Gibbons is a frustrated and unmotivated programmer who works at Texas-based software company Initech. Unable to stand up to his overcritical girlfriend, Anne, he is in love with local waitress Joanna, but is afraid to speak to her. He is friends with co-workers Samir Nagheenanajar, who hates that no one can pronounce his last name, and Michael Bolton, who hates having the same name as [the famous singer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bolton "Michael Bolton"). Other co-workers include Milton Waddams, a meek [collator](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collator "wikt:collator") who mumbles to himself and is mostly ignored by the rest of the office; and Tom Smykowski, a jaded [product manager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_manager "Product manager") who is routinely scared of being fired. The staff suffers under top-heavy, callous management, especially from vice president [Bill Lumbergh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lumbergh "Bill Lumbergh"), a tedious micromanager who regularly humiliates Milton and makes Peter work almost every weekend. Peter hates Lumbergh but avoids confronting him. Anne persuades Peter to attend an occupational [hypnotherapy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnotherapy "Hypnotherapy") session led by Dr. Swanson. Swanson hypnotizes Peter and tells him to feel relaxed and stop caring about his job until he snaps his fingers. However, Swanson suddenly dies of a heart attack before snapping Peter out of it. Peter sleeps soundly through the next day, ignoring phone calls from Lumbergh and Anne, who angrily breaks up with him while confirming his suspicions that she has been cheating on him. Two business consultants are brought in to help the company [downsize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layoff "Layoff"), and Peter begins dating Joanna. She works at a chain restaurant where she is required to wear "pieces of flair": buttons allowing employees to "express themselves". Her boss hassles her for not wearing more than the required minimum. 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. Impressed by Peter's frank insights into Initech's problems, the consultants promote him despite Lumbergh's misgivings; however, they lay off Michael, Samir, and Tom. While attempting to do the same to Milton, they learn that he had already been laid off five years prior but had not been notified and was still receiving his salary due to a payroll glitch. They fix the glitch and stop Milton's salary payments without telling him, while Lumbergh continues to mistreat him by confiscating his beloved red stapler and repeatedly relocating his desk, eventually down to the basement. Tired of their own mistreatment, Peter, Michael, and Samir decide to take revenge by infecting Initech's accounting system with a [computer virus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus "Computer virus") designed by Michael to divert huge numbers of [fractions of pennies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami_slicing_tactics "Salami slicing tactics") into a bank account. Peter successfully installs the virus, and on Michael and Samir's last day, he steals a frequently malfunctioning printer, which the three proceed to destroy in a field. They also learn that Tom attempted suicide prior to being laid off, but then changed his mind, and in the process got into an accident that resulted in him winning a large amount of money in damages from a lawsuit. At a party at Tom's house, Peter hears rumors from a colleague that Joanna had slept with Lumbergh. When Joanna confirms this, a heated exchange leads to them breaking up. Frustrated with her job, Joanna quits in response to another lecture about her lack of "flair", giving her boss the middle finger as she does so. On Monday, Peter discovers that a [bug](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug "Software bug") in Michael's code has caused the virus to steal over \$300,000 across the weekend, which guarantees they will be caught and sent to federal prison. Unable to conceal the crime, Peter decides to accept full responsibility, writing a confession and slipping it under Lumbergh's office door after hours, along with [traveler's checks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveler%27s_check "Traveler's check") for the stolen money. Peter learns that the 'Lumbergh' with whom Joanna slept was Ron Lumbergh, another software engineer unrelated to Bill Lumbergh. He meets Joanna, who has started a new job at another restaurant, to apologize, and they reconcile. The next morning, Peter drives to Initech to turn himself in, but the problem has solved itself: Milton has committed arson and burned down the building as an act of revenge against the company. With the evidence of his crime destroyed, Peter begins his new job working in construction with his neighbor Lawrence, while Samir and Michael join Initech's rival, Initrode. Having found the traveler's checks, Milton escapes to Mexico but continues to be denied respect. - [Ron Livingston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston "Ron Livingston") as Peter Gibbons, a disgruntled programmer at Initech - [Jennifer Aniston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston "Jennifer Aniston") as Joanna, a waitress at a Chotchkie's restaurant - [Stephen Root](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Root "Stephen Root") as Milton Waddams, a timid, mistreated Initech collator - [Gary Cole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole "Gary Cole") as [Bill Lumbergh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lumbergh "Bill Lumbergh"), vice president of Initech - [John C. McGinley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._McGinley "John C. McGinley") as Bob Slydell, a business consultant specializing in efficiency - [David Herman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Herman "David Herman") as Michael Bolton, one of Peter's friends and coworkers - [Ajay Naidu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay_Naidu "Ajay Naidu") as Samir Nagheenanajar, one of Peter's friends and coworkers - [Diedrich Bader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diedrich_Bader "Diedrich Bader") as Lawrence, Peter's uncouth friend and next-door neighbor who works in construction - [Michael McShane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McShane "Mike McShane") (credited as Micheal McShane) as Dr. Swanson, an occupational hypnotherapist - [Richard Riehle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Riehle "Richard Riehle") as Tom Smykowski, a cynical Initech product manager - [Alexandra Wentworth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Wentworth "Alexandra Wentworth") as Anne, Peter's girlfriend who cheats on him - [Greg Pitts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Pitts "Greg Pitts") as Drew, a young Initech employee - [Paul Willson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Willson "Paul Willson") as Bob Porter, Bob Slydell's colleague - [Todd Duffey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Duffey "Todd Duffey") as Brian, Chotchkie's Waiter; an overly cheerful young man who works at Chotchkie's with Joanna - [Orlando Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Jones "Orlando Jones") as Steve, a magazine salesman and former employee at Initrode - [Mike Judge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge "Mike Judge") as Stan, the manager of the Chotchkie's restaurant - Joe Bays as Dom Portwood, one of Peter's superiors at Initech Office Space originated in the series of three animated [Milton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_$cartoon$ "Milton (cartoon)") [short films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_film "Short film") that Judge created about an office worker by that name. They first aired on [Liquid Television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Television "Liquid Television") and on [Saturday Night Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live "Saturday Night Live").[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-fierman-7) The inspiration came from a temp job which he had that involved alphabetizing purchase orders[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8) and another job as an engineer for [Parallax Graphics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_Graphics "Parallax Graphics") for three months in the [San Francisco Bay Area](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area "San Francisco Bay Area") during the 1980s,[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Leckart2014-9) "just in the heart of [Silicon Valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley "Silicon Valley") and in the middle of that overachiever [yuppie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuppie "Yuppie") thing, it was just awful."[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-sherman-10) [Peter Chernin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Chernin "Peter Chernin"), head of [20th Century Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox "20th Century Fox"), where Judge had a deal, wanted to make a film out of the Milton character,[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) inspired by a former coworker of Judge's in Silicon Valley who had threatened to quit if the company moved his desk again.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12) "You don't want to know what he does at home after work", Judge replied. Instead he suggested an [ensemble cast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast "Ensemble cast")–based film; someone at the studio responded with [Car Wash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Wash_$film$ "Car Wash (film)") but "just set in an office."[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-sherman-10) Milton was not the only character inspired by someone from Judge's past. During his jobs in Silicon Valley, where he barely made enough to afford his rent, he had a neighbor who was an auto mechanic. Not only did the man make more money, he had flexible work hours and seemed to Judge to be much more content with his life and work than he himself was. The neighbor inspired Lawrence, Peter's neighbor in the film.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12) The setting of the film reflects a prevailing trend that Judge observed in the United States. "It seems like every city now has these identical office parks with identical adjoining chain restaurants", he said in an interview.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-fierman-7) "There were a lot of people who wanted me to set this movie in [Wall Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street "Wall Street"), or like the movie [Brazil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_$1985_film$ "Brazil (1985 film)"), but I wanted it very unglamorous, the kind of bleak work situation like I was in".[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8) Judge wrote a [treatment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_treatment "Film treatment") in 1996, and the script after [the first season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Hill_season_1 "King of the Hill season 1") of [King of the Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Hill "King of the Hill"). Fox president [Tom Rothman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Rothman "Tom Rothman") was happy with the draft as he was looking for lighter material to balance the [event movies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_movie "Event movie") like [Titanic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_$1997_film$ "Titanic (1997 film)") that dominated the studio's output at the time. He considered it "the most brilliant workplace satire I'd ever read".[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Despite that, Judge hated the ending and wished he could have completely rewritten the third act.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Jennifer_Aniston_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Jennifer_Aniston_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jennifer_Aniston_2011_$cropped$.jpg) [Jennifer Aniston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston "Jennifer Aniston") (pictured in 2011) was cast in Office Space to feature a recognizable star. [David Herman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Herman "David Herman") was the only actor Judge had in mind for a specific part: Michael Bolton. Herman had been trying to leave his seven-year contract at [MADtv](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MADtv "MADtv"), but the show would not let him. So, at its next [table reading](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_reading "Table reading"), he managed to get himself fired by screaming all his lines. [Greg Daniels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Daniels "Greg Daniels") said they could always find a place for him on King of the Hill, where he had been doing some voice work; soon after he read Judge's Office Space script and was delighted with it.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) At the first read-through of the script, Judge was pleased with Herman's performance, and felt [Stephen Root](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Root "Stephen Root") improved on his own take on Milton, but was not happy with the rest of the cast. He considered abandoning the film, but Rothman said it worked and just needed the right actors.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) According to Judge, while Fox at first told him to just get the best actors possible since the film's budget would not be large enough to consider [bankable stars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankable_star "Bankable star"), the studio soon changed its mind. In the wake of the success of [Good Will Hunting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Will_Hunting "Good Will Hunting"), he was advised to get that film's stars, [Ben Affleck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Affleck "Ben Affleck") and [Matt Damon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Damon "Matt Damon"). Again, he almost changed his mind about the film (Rothman said in 2019 that while [A-list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-list "A-list") stars are often unlikely to take roles in low-budget productions, those films should nevertheless make the effort to attract them). He had agreed to meet with Damon in New York, but then [Ron Livingston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston "Ron Livingston")'s agent asked if his client could audition for the lead. [Casting director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casting_director "Casting director") Nancy Klopper was impressed, and after Judge saw the video he told the studio that he wanted Livingston in the part.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) [Jennifer Aniston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston "Jennifer Aniston") was cast to accommodate Fox's desire to have a recognizable star in the film, although they were concerned that her part was so small; the subplot involving her battle with her boss over her "flair" was added as a result and she was written out of the sex-dream sequence, along with dialogue indicating she actually had slept with Lumbergh. However, she had liked the script since she was not getting many other films like that at that point, and she had gone to the same high school as Herman, [Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiorello_H._LaGuardia_High_School "Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School") in New York. [Kate Hudson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Hudson "Kate Hudson") also read for the part.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) After casting the [Indian American](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_American "Indian American") [Ajay Naidu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay_Naidu "Ajay Naidu") as Samir, who had originally been written as [Iranian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_American "Iranian American"), the character was rewritten to be [Jordanian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_American "Jordanian American"), and Naidu worked with a [dialect coach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect_coach "Dialect coach") to get the accent right. [John C. McGinley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._McGinley "John C. McGinley") auditioned for Lumbergh, but was ultimately cast as Slydell. Judge says that after [Gary Cole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole "Gary Cole") read for Lumbergh, there was no doubt as to who would play him. "He made the character 10 times funnier." A casting search in Texas yielded [Greg Pitts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Pitts "Greg Pitts") for Drew, but no one who could play the Chotchkie's manager, so Judge took that role himself.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) ### Principal photography \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Office_Space&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Principal photography")\] Judge made the transition from animation to live-action with the help of [Tim Suhrstedt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Suhrstedt "Tim Suhrstedt"), the film's [director of photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_photography "Director of photography"), who taught him about lenses and where to put the camera. Judge says, "I had a great crew, and it's good going into it not pretending you're an expert".[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-beale-8) [Principal photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_photography "Principal photography") began in Texas in May 1998.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11)[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-14) Several issues arose during filming. By the third day of shooting, temperatures had risen to over 100 °F (38 °C), and smoke from fires in Mexico was filling the sky over [Austin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas "Austin, Texas"), making it white. Suhrstedt says that forced the postponement of the opening traffic-jam scene until it cleared.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Studio executives who saw the [dailies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dailies "Dailies") were not happy with the footage that Judge was getting. Judge quoted studio executives as stating, "More energy! More energy! We gotta reshoot it! You're failing! You're failing!"[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) They also asked for Livingston to smile more. But at that point, only the early scenes had been filmed; Judge told the studio that happier scenes would come later. Livingston says he heard they believed he was on drugs and were considering firing him.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) In addition, Fox did not like the [gangsta rap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsta_rap "Gangsta rap") music used in the film.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) Rothman told him he had to take it out, and Judge said after production he would do so if the next [focus group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_group "Focus group") also disliked it. A young man in that focus group said the fact that the characters worked in an office but listened to gangsta rap was one of the things he liked about the movie, and Rothman relented.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) The scene where Peter, Michael and Samir take their office printer out into a field and batter it to pieces was inspired by Judge's experience with his own printer while writing [Beavis and Butt-Head Do America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America"). He told his cowriter [Joe Stillman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Stillman "Joe Stillman") that he was so frustrated by it that when he was done with the script, he planned to take it out into a field and destroy it while videotaping the process. Suhrstedt says the whole sequence was largely improvised, but Naidu adds that they were trying to do it in a way that evoked how the [Mafia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian-American_Mafia "Italian-American Mafia") would do it to someone it wanted to punish or kill; Livingston thus played his part like the "[don](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_$crime$ "Boss (crime)")", circling behind Naidu and Herman while they struck the blows with bat, feet and fists. Years afterward, Naidu says, he met some actual mafiosi in New York who told him that they were huge fans of the film, and the scene was "authentic".[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) McGinley says the film contains many improvised moments. "It was like [jazz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz "Jazz") on that set". One example he recalled was when [Paul Willson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Willson "Paul Willson") as Bob Porter cannot pronounce Samir's last name: "Naga ... Naga ... well, not gonna work here anymore anyway." Naidu, for his part, improvised the [break dancing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_dancing "Break dancing"), which he did with local friends after shooting his scenes during the day.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) The improvisation also helped solve some problems with the script. Originally Bolton was to refer to [the singer he shared his name with](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bolton "Michael Bolton") as a "no-singing asshole". However, Herman recalled, it was decided that the film could not say that since it would imply he did not sing his own songs, so he came up with "no-talent ass-clown".[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) The Alligator Grill, on South Lamar Blvd, Austin, was used for the interior shots of Chotchkies, Joanna's workplace.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15)[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-16) Judge was very exacting in his demands for how the Initech set looked; he said regularly that it had to seem "oppressive".[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15) The production went as far as [screen-testing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_test "Screen test") different types of gray [cubicles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubicle "Cubicle"); Judge also wanted the cubicles to be tall so that Lumbergh would have to lean in to be seen from Peter's desk.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-theringer-15) Considerable effort was also expended to making sure the [TPS reports](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPS_report#In_popular_culture "TPS report") looked realistic.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) The glasses Root wore to play Milton had lenses so thick that he had to wear [contact lenses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_lens "Contact lens") to see through them. Even so, he still had no [depth perception](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_perception "Depth perception"); he had to practice reaching for the stapler and was as a result grateful it had been painted red. [Swingline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingline "Swingline") provided the stapler after the filmmakers could not get permission to use either the Boston or [Bostitch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bostitch "Bostitch") brands from their manufacturer.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Judge hated the [onesheet poster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_sheet#Cinema "One sheet") that the studio created for Office Space, which depicted an office worker completely covered in [Post-it notes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-it_notes "Post-it notes"). He said, "People were like, 'What is this? A big bird? A mummy? A beekeeper?' And the tagline 'Work Sucks'? It looked like an [Office Depot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Depot "Office Depot") ad. I just hated it. I hated the trailers, too and the TV ads especially".[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) McGinley, too, felt it looked like [Big Bird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bird "Big Bird") from the children's series [Sesame Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street "Sesame Street"), and that he would not go to see such a film. For the home release Judge was upset that the same image was used, albeit with Milton peeking over the man from behind.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) The studio also had a man live in a [Plexiglas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plexiglas "Plexiglas") cube above [Times Square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square "Times Square") for five days, who was broadcast live on the Internet as he answered calls and emails from people dissatisfied with their jobs.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-17) Livingston, when he visited the cube for press events, found that most reporters preferred to talk to the man in the cube and not him. He was not surprised, as tracking for the movie was not good and "there was a foregone conclusion that it wasn't going to open well." Producer [Michael Rotenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rotenberg "Michael Rotenberg") elaborated that "\[i\]t took a few research screenings to realize that audiences often have issues with satire."[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Another problem that Rothman later conceded was that they could not put Aniston on the poster due to her small role.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Later he admitted that the marketing campaign did not work and said, "Office Space isn't like [American Pie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_$film$ "American Pie (film)"). It doesn't have the kind of jokes you put in a 15-second television spot of somebody getting hit on the head with a frying pan. It's sly. And let me tell you, sly is hard to sell".[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby-13) Office Space was released on February 19, 1999, at the end of the release calendar's "[dump months](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dump_months "Dump months")", in 1,740 theaters, grossing \$4.2 million on its opening weekend. That was eighth overall and second for new releases after [October Sky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Sky "October Sky").[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo_opening_weekend-18) Herman said he was elated after seeing the film in [Los Angeles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles") and hearing it had made \$7 million, until friends more familiar with the movie business told him that was considered a poor performance.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Suhrstedt saw it later in [Burbank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank,_California "Burbank, California"), and the theater was almost full. He assured Judge that [word of mouth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_mouth "Word of mouth") would slowly increase the audience. However, in early March, Fox pulled it from three-quarters of the screens it had been on after it barely made a million dollars that weekend. The movie's grosses continued to decline precipitously, and after the end of March, when it pulled in less than \$40,000 from 75 screens, it was pulled from release altogether.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo-3) According to Judge, a studio executive blamed the movie exclusively for the failure, telling him "Nobody wants to see your little movie about ordinary people and their boring little lives." It went on to make \$10.8 million in North America.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-mojo-3) The international release brought an additional \$2 million. On home release, \$8 million in [DVD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD "DVD"), [Blu-ray Disc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc "Blu-ray Disc") and [VHS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS "VHS") sales[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-thenum-2) were sold at release as of April 2006.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Numbers2-20) On the [review aggregator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator "Review aggregator") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), the film has an approval rating of 82% "Certified Fresh" based on 103 reviews and an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Mike Judge lampoons the office grind with its inspired mix of sharp dialogue and witty one-liners."[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-21) [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic") gives the film a [weighted average](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_average "Weighted average") score of 68 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-22) Audiences polled by [CinemaScore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScore "CinemaScore") during opening weekend gave the film an average grade of "C+" on a scale ranging from A+ to F.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-23) [Roger Ebert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert "Roger Ebert") of the [Chicago Sun-Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times "Chicago Sun-Times") gave the film three out of four stars and wrote that Judge "treats his characters a little like cartoon creatures. That works. Nuances of behavior are not necessary, because in the cubicle world every personality trait is magnified, and the captives stagger forth like grotesques."[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-24) In his review for the [San Francisco Chronicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle "San Francisco Chronicle"), [Mick LaSalle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_LaSalle "Mick LaSalle") writes, "Livingston is nicely cast as Peter, a young guy whose imagination and capacity for happiness are the very things making him miserable."[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-25) In [USA Today](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today "USA Today"), Susan Wloszczyna wrote, "If you've ever had a job, you'll be amused by this paean to peons."[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-26) [Owen Gleiberman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Gleiberman "Owen Gleiberman") in [Entertainment Weekly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly "Entertainment Weekly") gave the film a "C" rating and criticized it for feeling "cramped and underimagined".[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-27) In his review for [The Globe and Mail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Globe_and_Mail "The Globe and Mail"), Rick Groen wrote: "Perhaps his TV background makes him unaccustomed to the demands of a feature-length script (the ending seems almost panicky in its abruptness), or maybe he just succumbs to the lure of the easy yuk...what began as discomfiting satire soon devolves into silly farce."[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-28) In his review in [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times"), [Stephen Holden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Holden "Stephen Holden") wrote, "It has the loose-jointed feel of a bunch of sketches packed together into a narrative that doesn't gather much momentum."[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-29) In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named Office Space one of "The 100 best films from 1983 to 2008", ranking it at \#73.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-30) Disappointed in the film's \$12 million domestic gross, Judge decided to move on and began work on what eventually became [Extract](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_$film$ "Extract (film)"), a similarly themed followup to Office Space. Fox suggested that next time, he pay more heed to the studio's casting suggestions. However, he soon learned that the film had not gone unnoticed within the industry. "[Jim Carrey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carrey "Jim Carrey") invited me to his house. [Chris Rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rock "Chris Rock") left me the best voicemail ever. I had dinner with [Madonna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_$entertainer$ "Madonna (entertainer)")", who found the Michael Bolton character's anger "sexy", Judge said.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Four years later, Judge was working on the [Idiocracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy "Idiocracy") screenplay with [Etan Cohen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan_Cohen "Etan Cohen"). During a break, the two went to an Austin [Starbucks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks "Starbucks"), and the baristas were doing impressions of Lumbergh. Cohen asked Judge if they were only doing it because he was present, whereupon the barista turned around and asked the two if they had ever seen the movie.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Other cast members found the film had reached people when strangers began associating them with their characters. Cole, who had previously worked service jobs including bartending, said that he had not realized "the scope of the office audience" until a year after release, when people began shouting dialogue from the movie at him. Aniston says that even today, when she is eating "at a certain type of restaurant", people will ask if she likes their flair. The [cable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television "Cable television") channel [Comedy Central](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central "Comedy Central") premiered Office Space on August 5, 2001; that airing drew 1.4 million viewers. By 2003, the channel had broadcast the film another 35 times.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) These broadcasts helped develop the film's cult following; Livingston credits the regular airings the film received on Comedy Central for making Office Space a cult favorite: "It felt like it kind of went viral before that concept even existed."[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) Since then, Livingston has been approached by college students and office workers. He said, "I get a lot of people who say, 'I quit my job because of you.' That's kind of a heavy load to carry."[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) Livingston says that people tell him watching Office Space made them feel better, which he still appreciates.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) [![A lightly bearded and bespectacled brown-haired middle-aged Caucasian man wearing a jacket and white shirt with an open collar looks to the camera's right](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/StephenRootFeb09.jpg/250px-StephenRootFeb09.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StephenRootFeb09.jpg) Root at a 10th anniversary event [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg/250px-SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0816-Office_Space_Reunion.jpg) Cast at a 25th anniversary reunion panel at South by Southwest 2024 Office Space has become a [cult classic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_following "Cult following"), selling well on home video and DVD.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Doty-6) As of 2003, it had sold 2.6 million copies on VHS and DVD.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby2-32) In the same year, it was in the top 20 best-selling Fox DVDs.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) As of 2006, it had sold over six million DVDs in the United States alone.[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-33) Four years after the film's release, Judge recalled that one of his [assistant directors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_director "Assistant director") on the film told him they had gone out to eat at a [TGI Fridays](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGI_Fridays "TGI Fridays") and noticed that the waitstaff were no longer wearing buttons on their uniforms, the "flair" Joanna quits her job over in the film. Asked why, the manager told him that after Office Space had come out, customers started making jokes about it, so the chain dropped the requirement from its dress code. "So, maybe I made the world a better place" he told [Deadline Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood "Deadline Hollywood") in 2014.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-2014_Deadline_Hollywood_interview-34) In 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked it fifth on its list "25 Great Comedies From the Past 25 Years", despite having originally given the film a poor review.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-ewtop25-35) In February 2009, a reunion of many of the cast members took place at the [Paramount Theatre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Theatre_$Austin,_Texas$ "Paramount Theatre (Austin, Texas)") in Austin to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the film.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_10th_anniversary_story-36)[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-ktbc-37) Rothman said in 2019 that despite his connection to several films that won the [Academy Award for Best Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture "Academy Award for Best Picture"), he hopes Office Space will be mentioned before them in his [obituary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obituary "Obituary").[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) "\[Office Space\] spoke to a generation in a way that few movies have," said [John Altschuler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Altschuler "John Altschuler"), who produced Extract, Judge's later companion piece. "Nobody does this kind of material. It's all about the weirdness of real people in real life." In a 2017 profile of Judge, [New York Times Magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Magazine "New York Times Magazine") writer Willy Staley observed that the film has been compared to [Herman Melville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville "Herman Melville")'s short story "[Bartleby, the Scrivener](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener "Bartleby, the Scrivener")", in which a lawyer's clerk, like Peter, shows up at the office one day but declines all work, telling his boss "I would prefer not to". Staley's own high school English teacher, he recalled, brought up Office Space in class to get students to appreciate how tedious [Franz Kafka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka "Franz Kafka")'s work at an insurance company was. "It's such a brutal portrayal of workplace misery that its most useful points of comparison date back to when office culture was first unleashed on humanity."[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-NYTmag_Judge_article-12) The film was an influence on the creation of the television series [Severance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_$TV_series$ "Severance (TV series)"),[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-38) and the comic book series [Chew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chew_$comics$ "Chew (comics)"), with the film's main characters cameoing in its third installment, [Just Desserts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chew:_Just_Desserts "Chew: Just Desserts").[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-39) In 2022 software engineer Ermenildo Valdez Castro was inspired by the movie Office Space, conducting a similar scheme from the movie by editing code to divert shipping fees to a personal account. A report from the [Seattle police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Police_Department "Seattle Police Department") mentions that a folder named "OfficeSpace project" was found on Castro's work laptop and Castro admitted he was indeed inspired by the movie. Castro stole over \$300,000 from the company [Zulily](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulily "Zulily").[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-40) In 2024 at the [South by Southwest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest "South by Southwest") conference, there was an Office Space Reunion panel with Judge, Livingston, Root, Naidu and Herman.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-41) [!["PC LOAD LETTER" in a printer console's LED display.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/PC_Load_Letter.jpg/250px-PC_Load_Letter.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PC_Load_Letter.jpg) An actual PC LOAD LETTER error message Several elements of the film have become [memes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme "Meme") reused in other contexts. "[TPS report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPS_report "TPS report")" has come to connote pointless, [mindless paperwork](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_work "Busy work"),[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-42) and an example of "literacy practices" in the work environment that are "meaningless exercises imposed upon employees by an inept and uncaring management" and "relentlessly mundane and enervating".[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-43) According to Judge, the abbreviation stood for "Test Program Set" in the movie.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_10th_anniversary_story-36) The [PC LOAD LETTER](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_LOAD_LETTER "PC LOAD LETTER") error message has likewise become a stand-in for any confusing, vague message from a computer, especially printers. The printer scene has been widely parodied, including by one U.S. presidential campaign, and the popularity of Milton's red stapler led the manufacturer to make a real one for sale.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) \| External videos \| \|---\| \| [![video icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/20px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg) "[Office Space with Michael Bolton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03lrL9CFWxM)" \| The film is credited with coining the now-popular [slang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slang "Slang") term "ass clown", from one of the characters using it to refer to singer Michael Bolton.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-44) In 2015, the comedy website [Funny or Die](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_or_Die "Funny or Die") put together several videos in which it spliced in the actual Michael Bolton over Herman in scenes from the film. Most of them were ones that referenced the confusion coming from the character and the singer having the same name. Bolton performed the scenes exactly as Herman had, with one exception: in his conversation with Samir, he [turned to the camera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_fourth_wall "Breaking the fourth wall") and substituted the words "extremely talented" for "no-talent" before "ass-clown".[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_Michael_Bolton-45) Before the 2009 Austin reunion screening a printer was destroyed outside the theater, in reference to the scene in the film during which Peter, Michael, and Samir destroy the dysfunctional printer on the latter two's final day at Initech[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-46) That scene has frequently been parodied; often by amateurs, using a similar electronic device, in an open space somewhere, emulating the original's character [blocking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_$stage$ "Blocking (stage)"), camera angles and moves, [sound effects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_effect "Sound effect") and use of [slow motion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_motion "Slow motion"), all set to [Geto Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geto_Boys "Geto Boys")' "Still".[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-YouTube_search_results_page-47) The Fox animated series [Family Guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy "Family Guy") did its own parody of the scene in 2008, during [the show's seventh season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_$season_7$ "Family Guy (season 7)"). In "[I Dream of Jesus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dream_of_Jesus "I Dream of Jesus")", the season's second episode, [Brian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Griffin "Brian Griffin") and [Stewie Griffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewie_Griffin "Stewie Griffin") (both voiced by [Seth MacFarlane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane "Seth MacFarlane")), tired of [Peter Griffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Griffin "Peter Griffin") constantly playing [The Trashmen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trashmen "The Trashmen")'s "[Surfin' Bird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_Bird "Surfin' Bird")", steal his [45 rpm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph_record "Phonograph record") [single](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_$music$ "Single (music)") of the song and demolish it in a similar scene. For television, a clean version of "Still" had to be used.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Family_Guy-48) During the campaign for the [Republican](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_$United_States$ "Republican Party (United States)") nomination in the [2016 presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election "2016 United States presidential election"), Texas senator [Ted Cruz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz "Ted Cruz") ran a [political advertisement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_advertisement "Political advertisement") parodying the scene, showing an impersonator of likely [Democratic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_$United_States$ "Democratic Party (United States)") nominee [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton") and two assistants destroying [her personal email server](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_email_controversy "Hillary Clinton email controversy") with a baseball bat in an open field.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-49)[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-50) [![A small red stapler with the badge reading "Swingline" atop, seen from above on a white background with shadow at the top of the image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Stapler-swingline-red.jpg/250px-Stapler-swingline-red.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stapler-swingline-red.jpg) [Swingline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingline "Swingline") made a red stapler in response to demand created by the film. Stephen Root says he realized the movie's impact when people started asking him to sign their staplers. The red Swingline stapler featured prominently in the film was not available until April 2002 when the company released it in response to repeated requests by fans of the film. Its appearance in the film was achieved by taking a standard Swingline stapler and spray-painting it red.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Valby3-31) Root says when he shows up on sets today, the crew has usually ordered several boxes of red Swingline staplers and left them waiting for him.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) The film has been adapted to a [musical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theatre "Musical theatre") several times.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-51)[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-52) [Kongregate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongregate "Kongregate") released a mobile game based on the film, titled Office Space: Idle Profits, on [iOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS "IOS") and [Android](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_$operating_system$ "Android (operating system)") in 2017. It was a [free-to-play](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-play "Free-to-play") [idle clicker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_game "Incremental game") that offered [in-app purchases](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-app_purchases "In-app purchases").[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-53) In 2022 it was shut down. \| Office Space: Motion Picture Soundtrack \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [Soundtrack album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack_album "Soundtrack album") by Various artists \| \| \| Released \| February 18, 1999 \| \| [Genre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre "Music genre") \| [Hip hop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music "Hip hop music") \| \| Length \| 44:35 \| \| [Label](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label "Record label") \| [Interscope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope_Records "Interscope Records") \| \| [Producer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer "Record producer") \| [Karyn Rachtman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Rachtman "Karyn Rachtman") (exec.) [Mike Judge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge "Mike Judge") (exec.) [N.O. Joe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.O._Joe "N.O. Joe") [Jay Dee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla "J Dilla") John Bido [John Forté](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fort%C3%A9 "John Forté") [Junior Reid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Reid "Junior Reid") [Kool Keith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith "Kool Keith") [KutMasta Kurt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KutMasta_Kurt "KutMasta Kurt") [Madness 4 Real](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_Gale_Pose "Den Gale Pose") Nature's Fynest [Quincy Jones III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones_III "Quincy Jones III") [Salaam Remi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaam_Remi "Salaam Remi") [Scarface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_$rapper$ "Scarface (rapper)") \| \| Review scores \| \| \|---\|---\| \| Source \| Rating \| \| [AllMusic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic "AllMusic") \| ![Star](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Star](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png)![Half star](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/20px-Star_half.svg.png)[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-54) \| Track listing \| No. \| Title \| Writer(s) \| Performer(s) \| Length \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| 1\. \| "Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee" (contains portions of "[Take This Job and Shove It](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_This_Job_and_Shove_It "Take This Job and Shove It")" by [Johnny Paycheck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Paycheck "Johnny Paycheck"), 1977) \| [Germaine Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus "Canibus") [Salaam Remi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaam_Remi "Salaam Remi") [David Allan Coe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Allan_Coe "David Allan Coe") \| [Canibus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus "Canibus") with [Biz Markie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biz_Markie "Biz Markie") \| 4:21 \| \| 2\. \| "[Get Dis Money](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic,_Vol._2 "Fantastic, Vol. 2")" \| R.L. Altman III [Titus Glover](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baatin "Baatin") [James Yancey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla "J Dilla") \| [Slum Village](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slum_Village "Slum Village") \| 3:36 \| \| 3\. \| "Get Off My Elevator" \| [Keith Thornton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith "Kool Keith") [Kurt Matlin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KutMasta_Kurt "KutMasta Kurt") \| [Kool Keith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith "Kool Keith") \| 3:46 \| \| 4\. \| "[Big Boss Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Boss_Man_$song$ "Big Boss Man (song)")" (cover of [Jimmy Reed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Reed "Jimmy Reed"), 1960) \| [Luther Dixon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Dixon "Luther Dixon") Al Smith \| [Junior Reid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Reid "Junior Reid") \| 3:46 \| \| 5\. \| "[9-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_to_5_$Dolly_Parton_song$ "9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)")" (cover of [Dolly Parton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton "Dolly Parton"), 1980) \| [Dolly Parton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton "Dolly Parton") \| Lisa Stone \| 3:40 \| \| 6\. \| "Down for Whatever" (from [Lethal Injection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Injection_$album$ "Lethal Injection (album)"), 1993) \| [O'Shea Jackson Sr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube "Ice Cube") Jesper Dahl Lasse Bavngaard Nicholas Kvaran Rasmus Berg \| [Ice Cube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube "Ice Cube") \| 4:40 \| \| 7\. \| "[Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_It_Feels_Good_to_Be_a_Gangsta "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta")" (from [Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncut_Dope:_Geto_Boys%27_Best "Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best"), 1992) \| [Brad Jordan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_$rapper$ "Scarface (rapper)") John Okuribido [James Prince](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Prince "James Prince") \| [Geto Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geto_Boys "Geto Boys") \| 5:09 \| \| 8\. \| "Home" \| Benny Wise C. Hernandez N. Vasquez [John Forté](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fort%C3%A9 "John Forté") \| Blackman, Destruct & Icon \| 4:22 \| \| 9\. \| "No Tears" (from [The Diary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_$Scarface_album$ "The Diary (Scarface album)"), 1994) \| Brad Jordan [Joseph Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.O._Joe "N.O. Joe") \| [Scarface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_$rapper$ "Scarface (rapper)") \| 2:27 \| \| 10\. \| "Still" (from [The Resurrection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Resurrection_$Geto_Boys_album$ "The Resurrection (Geto Boys album)"), 1996) \| [William Dennis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_D "Willie D") Brad Jordan Joseph Johnson \| Geto Boys \| 4:03 \| \| 11\. \| "Mambo \#8" (from Pérez Prado Plays Mucho Mambo For Dancing, 1952) \| [Pérez Prado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9rez_Prado "Pérez Prado") \| [Pérez Prado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9rez_Prado "Pérez Prado") \| 2:06 \| \| 12\. \| "Peanut Vendor" (from Havana, 3 A.M., 1956) \| [Moises Simons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moises_Simons "Moises Simons") \| Pérez Prado \| 2:39 \| \| Total length: \| 44:35 \| \| \| \| Shortly after the release of Office Space, Judge, despite his disappointment at the movie's lackluster box office, began writing the script for [Extract](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_$film$ "Extract (film)"), which he describes as a companion piece. The studio later asked him to put it aside to work on [Idiocracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy "Idiocracy"), which it believed would be more commercial. After that film, like Office Space, failed at the box office but became a cult favorite, Judge returned to Extract and it was released in 2009. It similarly makes light of workplace dysfunction, but from the perspective of a manager rather than a worker. "There's been talk of doing more with Office Space, as a show or sequel, but it's never seemed right," Judge said ahead of the film's 20th anniversary. As for the former possibility, he recalled that because of the film, [NBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC "NBC") offered him the chance to shape [the American version](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_$US_TV_series$ "The Office (US TV series)") of the British sitcom [The Office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_$UK_TV_series$ "The Office (UK TV series)"), which similarly bases its humor in depictions of the absurdity of white-collar work and its effect on those who do it. Among the material the network sent, however, were some reviews, one of which said the series "succeeds where movies like Office Space failed." Judge passed on the offer.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-EW_oral_history-11) - [1999 in film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film "1999 in film") - [List of American films of 1999](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1999 "List of American films of 1999") - [List of comedy films of the 1990s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_comedy_films_of_the_1990s "List of comedy films of the 1990s") - [List of cult films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cult_films "List of cult films") - [List of Jennifer Aniston performances](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jennifer_Aniston_performances "List of Jennifer Aniston performances") - [Mike Judge filmography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge#Filmography "Mike Judge") - [Clockwatchers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clockwatchers "Clockwatchers"), 1997 comedy-drama about four female office temps with similar themes - [Dilbert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert "Dilbert"), comic strip with similar characters, setting and themes - [Silicon Valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_$TV_series$ "Silicon Valley (TV series)"), comedy series created by Judge set at tech companies - [Bullshit jobs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_job "Bullshit job"), a concept developed by [David Graeber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Graeber "David Graeber") which describes meaningless office work - [Slacker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacker "Slacker") 1. 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