Head Office (1985)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

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:

Senator | Heart Attack | Suicide | Big Business

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:

Bob Nixon: We have a very *nasty* terrorist problem in San Marcos, don't we, Senator?
Sen. Issel: Mm-hmm.
Scott Dantley: If the army had the guns, we just might be able to stop the killing.
Pete Helmes: It's a bitch of a problem, isn't it, Jack?
Jack Issel: Well, actually, I've been reading that it's the *army* that's doing most of the killing.
Bob Nixon: Ha.
Sen. Issel: Jack, the army has been busting its ass to eliminate the murder and the torture and the human rights violations down there.
Scott Dantley: Left-wing terrorists fire-bombed our 26th Mr. Chicken franchise just yesterday.
Pete Helmes: The Marxists are denying the people of Latin America their right to eat Mr. Chicken. And, they're denying Mr. Chicken his human right to franchise and make a profit.
Scott Dantley: Well, I sure as hell don't want some made-in-Moscow Mr. Cabbage Roll shoved down my throat against my will.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "Real People" (1979)

Soundtrack:

WATCHING YOU

7/8ths Perfect

This movie, like many in the 1980's suffers from studio slandering. The movie is brilliantly funny for the first half. An original satire on the wall street world. The second half and climax suffers from weak plotting and a silly shoot-out. Like most eighties movies. I still don't understand why they thought every comedy ought to have had one. Definitely watch this movie though. You will laugh alot.