Useless Movie Trivia For
Office Space
Memorable Movie Quotes
Bob Slydell: I'd like to move us right along to a Peter Gibbons. Now we had a chance to meet this young man, and boy that's just a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
Nina: Corporate accounts payable, Nina speaking. Just a moment.
Trivia
Director Cameo: [Mike Judge] Stan, Joanna's boss at Chotchkie's. He's listed in the credits as "William King."
When Peter is in the meeting room, on the white board behind him there is a complicated flow chart titled "Planning to Plan."
Gary Cole's character wears a large, gold class ring of the style that are common for graduates from military academies. This ring was originally a prop produced for the short-lived science fiction series "Crusade" (1999), on which Cole played captain Matthew Gideon. The ring was worn in every episode, and was supposed to show that Gideon was a graduate of Earthforce Military Academy. "Office Space" was the first project Cole worked on following the cancellation of "Crusade" (1999) and wore the ring as an in-joke, referring to his previous job.
The set for Chotchkie's is actually the restaurant "the Alligator grille" in Austin, Texas.
At the party for Tom (Richard Riehle) Drew (Greg Pitts) has a conversation with Peter (Ron Livingston) in which he lists all of the men that have slept with Peter's girlfriend Joanna (Jennifer Aniston). Among those he mentions is David Rennie, the film's editor.
Smykowski's Lawyer (Rob Newhouse) shares his name with Robert Newhouse, a well-known player for the Dallas Cowboys in the '70s-'80s. The team is based in Texas where Judge, the director, grew up.
On Peter's personnel file, his address is shown to be 191 N. Lamar, Flander, IL 77070. (77070 is actually the zip code for Houston, Texas. N. Lamar is a popular street in Austin, TX where The Alligator Grille (filming location for Chotchkie's) is located.) His mother's name is Suzi Gibbons and lives at 11004 Marble Rd., Erie, NY 05452 (actually a Vermont zip code).
The directory that the bank software virus is stored on is "C:/LR427/Virus_CDEF" CDEF is a virus that dates back to 1990 and affected Macintoshes. It infects desktop files and can cause system crashes, anomalous behavior, and printing problems. It is obsolete now and was mostly harmless. It should be noted that "C:" relates to MS-DOS and MS-Windows.
The infamous "PC Load Letter" error that confounded Michael Bolton is a message that the printer was out of, or not recognizing the refill of Letter-sized (8.5x11 inches) paper. "PC" stands for "Paper Cartridge". Older model HP Laserjet printers commonly display this error. This error also occurs when attempting to print a non-letter-sized project onto letter-sized paper.
The infamous "PC Load Letter" error that confounded Michael Bolton is a message that the printer was out of, or not recognizing the refill of Letter-sized (8.5x11 inches) paper. "PC" stands for "Paper Cartridge". Older model HP Laserjet printers commonly display this error. This error also occurs when attempting to print a non-letter-sized project onto letter-sized paper.
The iconic red stapler coveted by Milton was created for the film by the prop department. They needed a bright enough color to be seen on film and chose red. After the film was released, Swingline began to receive requests from customers for red staplers. Having stopped offering red a number of years before, they made the decision to start offering the color once more.
After the movie became a cult item, Mike Judge was offered a chance to make a sequel called "Office Space 2: Still Renting". But Judge said that he had been through enough anguish over the first one that he didn't want to put himself through the experience again.
Jennifer Aniston's character is named Joanna, which is Aniston's own middle name.
Goofs
The make and model of Peter's monitor changes between scenes.
When Tom is in his wheelchair with the halo on, you can see his head move, indicating that the halo isn't tight on his head, which it should be, in order to brace his head from moving.
In The Credits
Credits begin with outtakes featuring various actors from the movie.
At the very end of the credits, it states "This movie was cut entirely on a
computer."
Box Office Info USA
Budget: $10,000,000
Opening Weekend: $4,231,727
Gross: $4,231,727
Filming Dates: May 4, 1998 to June 29, 1998
Filming Locations
4120 Friedrich Lane, Austin, Texas, USA (Initech office exteriors)
9739 Great Hills Trail, Austin, Texas, USA (Chotchkie's restaurant exteriors)
Austin, Texas, USA
Dallas, Texas, USA
Key West, Florida Keys, Florida, USA