Head Office (1985)

Director:

Ken Finkleman

Writer:

Ken Finkleman (writer)

Release Date:

3 January 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

An Outrageous Comedy About Making It Big In Big Business

Plot:

Upon graduation from college with a business degree, John Issel is promptly hired by Helmes's company I.N.C...

Plot Keywords:

Heart Attack | Big Business | Senator | Suicide

Cast

Judge Reinhold	...	Jack Issel
Lori-Nan Engler	...	Rachael Helmes
Eddie Albert	...	Pete Helmes
Merritt Butrick	...	John Hudson
Ron Frazier	...	Bob Nixon
Richard Masur	...	Max Landsberger
Rick Moranis	...	Howard Gross
Don Novello	...	Sal
Michael O'Donoghue	...	Scott Dantley
Jane Seymour	...	Jane Caldwell
Wallace Shawn	...	Mike Hoover
Bruce Wagner	...	Al Kennedy
Danny DeVito	...	Frank Stedman
Ron James	...	Mark Rabinovich
John Kapelos	...	General Sepulveda

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Guber-Peters Company, The

Quotes:

Max Landsberger: Since the 1984 oil discovery in New Guinea, we have sold the Bu!kais hill tribesmen 20 of our S-24 fighters. At $21 million per unit, that's $252 million. This has started a local arms race between the Bu!kais, and their local neighbors the Kla!klalas. Now the Kla!klalas also happen to be sitting an a large amount of oil. And now the Kla!klalas want to buy 20 of our new Slash X-Ray Ultra Pursuit fighters for a total of $480 million.
Pete Helmes: What are the chances of war between them?
Bob Nixon: Very good sir. Our spare parts replacement contracts could be very lucrative.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "Real People" (1979)

Soundtrack:

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Really, a great move

Why hasn't anyone given this a 10 ? Well, agreed that the beginning is the best, but I don't think the movie falls off that much. I agree that this movie predates the office space mentality that has made it so popular. This is a closet classic. The scene w/ Rick Moranis is probably the funnier than any one scene in spaceballs. Doesn't that count for anything ? The boardroom meeting is great, the promoting of a politician's son in order to get his favor is something that does happen all the time. This movie does make a mockery of some of corporate America, but its funny - so what's wrong with that? Unlike the previous gentleman's comments, there is nothing communist about this movie. So Watch it. "Black shoes only in this company, Mister"