Office Space (3/5) Movie CLIP - Motivation Problems (1999) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Peter (Ron Livingston) has a candid discussion about his typical work day with the Bobs.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is a computer programmer working for Initech in Houston. Every day, he and his friends Samir (Ajay Naidu) and Michael Bolton (David Herman as not THAT Michael Bolton), suffer endless indignities and humiliations in their soulless workspace from their soulless boss, Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole). For Peter, stuck in his cookie-cutter apartment with paper-thin walls and IKEA furniture, every day is worse than the one before it -- so every day is the worst of his life. To cap it off, Initech has hired a pair of "efficiency experts" to downsize the company. One Friday night, Peter's soon to be ex-girlfriend Anne (Alexandra Wentworth) forces him to go to an occupational hypnotherapist to relieve work stress. While Peter is under hypnosis, the therapist keels over and dies. As he never snaps out of his hypnotic state, Peter has a new outlook on life. If something annoys him, he just ignores it or walks away from it. He is completely relaxed and enjoying life for the first time in a long time. On Monday, Peter skips work and sleeps in. He gets up for lunch and drives down to a restaurant next to his office and asks the waitress he's had a crush on, Joanna (Jennifer Aniston), on a date. When Peter stops into the office to pick up his organizer, he's called in to talk to the efficiency experts. Relaxed and friendly, Peter charms them as he describes everything wrong with the office, including his boss. Even as Peter now appears at work only as the mood strikes him, the experts decide he's management material and give him a promotion even as they lay off the hardworking Samir and Michael. Peter then convinces his friends to exact revenge on Initech based upon an idea from Superman III. Not everything works out quite as planned. Office Space originated from writer/director Mike Judge's first animated short of the same name, created in 1991. The short was about Milton (reproduced in the film by Stephen Root), a damaged office drone whose complaints and threats about his sufferings go unheeded.

CREDITS:
TM & © Fox (1999)
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Cast: Ron Livingston, John C. McGinley, Paul Willson
Director: Mike Judge
Producers: Daniel Rappaport, Guy Riedel, Michael Rotenberg, Mike Judge
Screenwriter: Mike Judge

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[bqhatevwrsb]

"that's my only real motivation, is not to be hassled" underrated line there

[neoasura]

I love how he's the one that stops the interview on his time and terms lol.

[brashearbeer]

"It's not that I'm lazy, it's just that I don't care"  Our unofficial Dept motto.

[craig]

"I'd say in a given week I do about 15 minutes of real, actual work"

Me watching at work: "Hmm, interesting"

[Lieutenant_Dude]

I love how the moment bob hears 8 bosses, he perks up. There’s the fat that needs trimming.

[anthonysenese]

Every line in this entire conversation is quotable. That's why it's so great

[Contakum]

Love this. The employee is absolutely honest to an absurd and impractical degree. The people questioning the employee are actually sincere in wanting to know what's wrong with the company. This doesn't happen in real life.

[JC-luts]

I hear you've been missing work lately. Peter: I wouldn't say I'm missing it Bob.

[jculver]

Fun fact: John C. McGinley originally auditioned for Bill Lumburgh, but when it was obvious he wasn't going to get the part, he told Mike Judge "I just wanna be in this movie, it's the funniest script I've ever read!" Judge told him he would get in touch about a smaller part later, and McGinley assumed he was just being politely blown off, which was the norm for auditions. He was shocked when Judge actually followed through and offered him the part of one of the Bobs some time later.

[lacouerfairy]

I love how delighted they were when Peter said he'd consider taking stock options.

[prxducerhxktxk]

The funny thing is that there have been actual studies about this. Most studies have found that in an average 9 to 5 job like this one, workers actually finish their work in less than 3 hours. However because they need to look busy, they space out their work, and schedule meetings about scheduling more meetings. In fact some bosses were even said to have been wanting to fire those employees, because of the fact that it seemed like they did nothing. When in reality they did their job perfectly fine, but it doesn’t “seem” like they are busy.

[Bendigo]

"It's not than I'm lazy, I just don't care"

Most relatable line ever.

[JaneLame]

This scene goes to show what the IT industry really values in employees. Michael Bolton, the good hard-working employee, come off as uncharismatic and insecure when he talks to the consultants, and gets fired - whereas Peter, a do-nothing but overconfident guy, gets promoted. Offices are exactly about that. This movie captures corporate politics perfectly.

[Tocyisback]

After almost 20 years this still holds up...

[buster]

i love that these guys ask "why" instead of getting pissed off and firing him immediately

[bcnicholas]

“I dunno, I guess. Listen, I’m gonna go...”

[francixcorobles]

I come late, go into the side door so I don't have to say hi to anyone, pretend to work and then go back home XD

[MJ-wsbp]

Nearly every job I have worked, all the headaches came from above. I eventually came to this conclusion, "Most companies succeed because management fails to destroy them."
I now have my own business, and I will never forget.

[MyoclonicJerkCough]

15 minutes late? Those are rookie numbers!

[TacticZoo]

Love Bob's smile at 1:50 he's just so happy to see Peter say that maybe something would be helpful