Office Space
Initech’s office is dominated by Peter Gibbons, an insecure individual who hates his job. He also dislikes Bill Lumbergh, Division Vice President and loudmouthed spokesman for the division. Lumbergh has recently hired two efficiency consultants as part of a plan to reduce the company’s size. Two software engineers, Samir Nagheenanajar and Michael Bolton, are his best friends. They also dislike Initech and Lawrence, their neighbor. Anne, his girlfriend believes he is cheating but Peter convinces her to see Dr. Swanson. Peter tells Dr. Swanson about his miserable life and he is hypnotized by him. He then goes into an ecstatic state. After giving Dr. Swanson the hypnotic suggestion, Peter dies. Peter changes his mind and starts dating Joanna, a waitress. This results in him being promoted by his consultants. He discovers Michael and Samir are being downsized so he decides to install a virus into the bank system in order to steal fractions of each financial transaction to Peter’s account. They siphon off more than $300,000. Michael makes a mistake with the software. They desperately try to solve the problem and return the money to avoid prison. –Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Judge
Actors: Ajay Naidu, David Herman, Diedrich Bader, Gary Cole, Jennifer Aniston, Ron Livingston, Stephen Root
Country: United States
