![]() ![]() It’s like after seeing the movie, it gave them the confidence to get out of whatever it was they were doing that was making them miserable and move on to something else. “The main message of the movie is, you got to give yourself permission to do the things that make you happy even if it’s going to disappoint your employer,” explained Livingston, who is currently playing an executive who commits suicide in ABC’s “A Million Little Things.”įor the past 20 years, he noted, “People come and tell me that the movie changed their life. “Office Space” was based on the “Milton” animated shorts Judge created and voiced in the early 1990s, as well as his own experiences working as an engineer - which years later, also made Judge’s “Silicon Valley” feel painfully real. But, of course, it doesn’t turn out quite the way they expected. When Peter discovers that his friends will be fired, the three hack the company’s computer accounting system, diverting small monies into their account. And instead of getting in trouble with his new laid-back attitude at work, his bosses love his newfound perception. He breaks up with his girlfriend and begins dating Joanna. When the therapist dies while Peter is still hypnotized, he wakes up the next morning carefree and relaxed. Peter’s life changes when his girlfriend takes him to an occupational hypnotherapy session. His best friends at work are his fellow programmers Samir (Ajay Naidu) and Michael Bolton (David Herman), who live in fear that they will be fired. “Office Space,” which marked the live-action directorial debut of Judge, best known at the time for the animated TV series “Beavis and Butt-Head” and “King of the Hill,” revolves around everyman Peter Gibbons ( Ron Livingston), who works as a programmer at a company called Initech where he hates his job and is constantly bothered by his odious boss Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole). “So, maybe I made the world a better place.” Friday’s got rid of all that flair, because people would come in and make cracks about it,” he told the magazine. “About four years after ‘Office Space’ came out, T.G. “We need to talk about your flair,” says her boss, played by Judge. ![]() It was all because of the criticism Jennifer Aniston’s character, Joanna, suffered as a waitress at Friday’s-esque restaurant Chotchkie’s, for not wearing enough pieces of flair. ![]()
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