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Office Space is a 1999 American comedy film (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_film) written and directed by Mike Judge (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge) .[4] (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-4) It satirizes the everyday work life of a typical mid-to-late-1990s software company (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_company) , focusing on a handful of individuals fed up with their jobs. It stars Ron Livingston (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston) , Jennifer Aniston (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston) , Gary Cole (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole) , Stephen Root (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Root) , David Herman (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Herman) , Ajay Naidu (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay_Naidu) , and Diedrich Bader (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diedrich_Bader) .[5] (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-5)
SCENE: Did You Get The Memo? (youtu.be/jsLUidiYm0w)
Office Space was shot in Dallas (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas) and Austin, Texas (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas) . It is based on Judge's Milton (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_(cartoon)) cartoon series and was his first foray into live-action filmmaking and his second full-length motion picture release, following Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America) . His 2009 film Extract (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_(film)) is also set in an office and was meant to be a companion piece to Office Space.
The film's sympathetic depiction of ordinary information technology (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology) workers garnered a cult following within that field, but it also addresses themes familiar to white-collar (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collar_worker) employees and the workforce in general. It was a box office disappointment, making $12.2 million against a $10 million production budget. But after repeated airings on Comedy Central (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central) , it sold well on home video, and has become a cult film (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_film) .[6] (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Doty-6)
Several aspects of the film have become popular Internet memes (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme) . A scene where the three main characters systematically destroy a dysfunctional printer after being laid off has been widely parodied, by Family Guy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy) , Ted Cruz (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz) 's presidential campaign, and many amateurs. Swingline (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingline) introduced a red stapler to its product line after the Milton character used one painted that color in the f
Office Space is a 1999 American comedy film (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_film) written and directed by Mike Judge (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge) .[4] (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-4) It satirizes the everyday work life of a typical mid-to-late-1990s software company (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_company) , focusing on a handful of individuals fed up with their jobs. It stars Ron Livingston (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston) , Jennifer Aniston (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston) , Gary Cole (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole) , Stephen Root (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Root) , David Herman (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Herman) , Ajay Naidu (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay_Naidu) , and Diedrich Bader (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diedrich_Bader) .[5] (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-5)
SCENE: Did You Get The Memo? (youtu.be/jsLUidiYm0w)
Office Space was shot in Dallas (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas) and Austin, Texas (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas) . It is based on Judge's Milton (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_(cartoon)) cartoon series and was his first foray into live-action filmmaking and his second full-length motion picture release, following Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America) . His 2009 film Extract (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_(film)) is also set in an office and was meant to be a companion piece to Office Space.
The film's sympathetic depiction of ordinary information technology (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology) workers garnered a cult following within that field, but it also addresses themes familiar to white-collar (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collar_worker) employees and the workforce in general. It was a box office disappointment, making $12.2 million against a $10 million production budget. But after repeated airings on Comedy Central (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central) , it sold well on home video, and has become a cult film (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_film) .[6] (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Doty-6)
Several aspects of the film have become popular Internet memes (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme) . A scene where the three main characters systematically destroy a dysfunctional printer after being laid off has been widely parodied, by Family Guy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy) , Ted Cruz (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz) 's presidential campaign, and many amateurs. Swingline (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingline) introduced a red stapler to its product line after the Milton character used one painted that color in the f
