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"The Office" (2001): :  -- US Home Video Trailer from Warner Bros.
"The Office" (2001): :  -- US Home Video Trailer from Warner Bros.

Overview

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 full episode list
Release Date:
23 January 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager Brent as they continue their daily lives. full summary
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Awards:
Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 21 wins & 11 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(232 articles)
Which TV break-ups have you championed?
 (From EW.com - PopWatch. 10 November 2009, 1:50 PM, PST)

Mitchell Hurwitz Talks ‘Arrested Develoment’ Film
 (From Screen Rant. 27 October 2009, 7:25 AM, PDT)

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Cast

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Ricky Gervais ... David Brent (14 episodes, 2001-2003)

Martin Freeman ... Tim Canterbury (14 episodes, 2001-2003)

Mackenzie Crook ... Gareth Keenan (14 episodes, 2001-2003)
Lucy Davis ... Dawn Tinsley (14 episodes, 2001-2003)

Ewen MacIntosh ... Keith (14 episodes, 2001-2003)
Ben Bradshaw ... Ben (14 episodes, 2001-2003)
Jamie Deeks ... Jamie (14 episodes, 2001-2003)
Jane Lucas ... Sheila (14 episodes, 2001-2003)
Emma Louise Manton ... Emma (14 episodes, 2001-2003)
Alexander Perkins ... Ralph (14 episodes, 2001-2003)
Philip Pickard ... Phillip / ... (14 episodes, 2001-2003)
Joel Beckett ... Lee (13 episodes, 2001-2003)
Patrick Baladi ... Neil Godwin (8 episodes, 2002-2003)

Julie Fernandez ... Brenda (8 episodes, 2002-2003)
Rachel Isaac ... Trudy (8 episodes, 2002-2003)
Howard Saddler ... Oliver (8 episodes, 2002-2003)
Stirling Gallacher ... Jennifer Taylor-Clark (7 episodes, 2001-2003)
Ralph Ineson ... Chris 'Finchy' Finch / ... (7 episodes, 2001-2003)
Oliver Chris ... Ricky Howard / ... (6 episodes, 2001)
Stacey Roca ... Rachel (6 episodes, 2002)
Robin Hooper ... Malcolm (6 episodes, 2001)
Angela Clerkin ... Jackie (6 episodes, 2001)
Patrick Driver ... Patrick (6 episodes, 2002)
Tony MacMurray ... Tony (6 episodes, 2002)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A hivatal (Hungary) [hu]
Kontor (Estonia) [et]
Konttori (Finland) [fi]
The Office (Argentina) [es]
The Office (France) [fr]
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Runtime:
29 min (12 episodes) | 40 min (1 episode) | 50 min (1 episode)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The first British sitcom for over 25 years to be nominated for a golden globe, and the first ever to win one. more
Quotes:
David Brent: Welcome to Alcoholics Anonymous! No - purely social. I know someone who is an alchoholic and it is no laughing matter - particularly for his wife. And she's got alopecia. So... not a happy homelife. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in 'Extras': The Difficult Second Album (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Handbags and Gladrags more

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50 out of 63 people found the following comment useful.
Laughter through the tears, 9 December 2004
Author: chasgoose from United States

While admitting to being a general Britcom slut (Fawlty Towers, Ab Fab, Monty Python,) with the exception of Coupling which I wasn't that big a fan of, I think The Office is quite possibly one of the greatest TV shows ever to be put on TV. The show takes a few viewings to really get all of the humor/tragedy that the brilliant Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have built into the script of the show. The first time it seems sort of blah, but if you watch the whole 1st season, by episode 4 or 5 you pick up on the style of humor and realize that it lies mainly in the simple throwaway lines that the abhorrent David Brent and other employees of Wernham Hogg's Slough branch utter throughout the show. Also, like Gosford Park, the dialogue is very quiet and to an American not used to British accents it is tremendously helpful to put on the subtitles to understand what the characters are saying (it also makes the cringeworthy things that much more cringeworthy when you see them written out). Once you get the humor further viewing will allow you to appreciate the horror of "The Office." Watching all of Season 2 in a marathon viewing session left me so emotionally drained (even though I have never laughed harder in my life) that I was crying by the end and I couldn't tell if they were tears of sadness or laughter. At the same time I was relishing David Brent's demise, the new levels of obsequiousness and insensitivity he descends to by the end of the series is almost painful to watch. Tim and Dawn's will it happen/it won't happen relationship is one of the sweetest and most soul-crushing romances I have seen in television history ranking right up there with Sam and Diane from Cheers and Ross and Rachel from Friends. The beauty of "The Office" is it mixes some of the most hilarious sitcom humor with a level of epic tragedy that is hard to capture in any performing art form and does it so effortlessly that it is hard to tell where one begins and one ends. I cannot wait to see the special and finally finish the emotional roller coaster that was "The Office."

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