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Head Office

1985 · 90 min

A goofy, fast-moving send-up of corporate greed that coasts on broad gags and a likable slacker hero.

Directed by
Ken Finkleman
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
An Outrageous Comedy About Making It Big In Big Business
Overview
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's leading a protest against the company's shady business practices.

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Directed by
Ken Finkleman
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • class
  • power
  • ambition
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Ken Finkleman
Written by
Ken Finkleman
Starring
Judge Reinhold, Lori-Nan Engler, Eddie Albert, Merritt Butrick, Ron Frazier, Richard Masur, Rick Moranis, Don Novello
Music
Alan Howarth, James Newton Howard
Cinematography
Gerald Hirschfeld
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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