"The Office" (2005)TV series 2005-????

Creators:

Greg Daniels
Ricky Gervais
Stephen Merchant

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

24 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

America's stuck in (crossed out) on the office.

Plot:

A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium. Based on the hit BBC series.

Plot Keywords:

Awkward Silence | Prank | Sitcom | Awkward | Pennsylvania

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 18 wins & 39 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Sept. 9	10:00 PM	TBS	The Job, Part 1	#3.23
Tue. Sept. 9	10:30 PM	TBS	The Job, Part 2	#3.23

Cast

Steve Carell	...	Michael Scott (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
Rainn Wilson	...	Dwight Schrute / ... (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
John Krasinski	...	Jim Halpert / ... (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jenna Fischer	...	Pam Beesly (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
B.J. Novak	...	Ryan Howard / ... (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
Leslie David Baker	...	Stanley Hudson / ... (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
Brian Baumgartner	...	Kevin Malone (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
Angela Kinsey	...	Angela Martin / ... (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
Phyllis Smith	...	Phyllis Lapin (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
Kate Flannery	...	Meredith Palmer (65 episodes, 2005-2008)
Mindy Kaling	...	Kelly Kapoor (63 episodes, 2005-2008)
Paul Lieberstein	...	Toby Flenderson (62 episodes, 2005-2008)
Creed Bratton	...	Creed / ... (58 episodes, 2005-2008)
Oscar Nuñez	...	Oscar Martinez / ... (55 episodes, 2005-2008)
Melora Hardin	...	Jan Levinson / ... (36 episodes, 2005-2008)
Ed Helms	...	Andy Bernard (33 episodes, 2006-2008)
David Denman	...	Roy Anderson / ... (28 episodes, 2005-2007)
Craig Robinson	...	Darryl Philbin (24 episodes, 2005-2008)
Rashida Jones	...	Karen Filippelli (24 episodes, 2006-2007)

Also Known As:

The Office: An American Workplace (USA) (working title)
The Office: US Version (Australia)
Büro, Das (Germany) [de]
Konttori (Finland) [fi]
Office (Hungary) [hu]
Oficina, La (Spain) [es]
The Office (Greece) [el]
The Office: An American Workplace (Finland) (DVD box title) [fi]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M (some episodes) | New Zealand:M (season 3) | Singapore:M18 (season 3) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (DVD) (2006) | USA:TV-PG (Some episodes) | Australia:G (one episode)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Reveille Productions

Trivia:

Both Brian Baumgartner (Kevin) and Ed Helms (Andy) graduated from The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Although the show is set in Scranton, Pennsylvania, every episode set outside during the winter features an unrealistically warm climate. Although characters always wear overcoats and pretend to shiver, numerous things reveal the actual California filming location. Some of these include: no visible breath, no snow, full lawns and trees covered with green leaves.

Quotes:

Phyllis: [the employees are listing what books they would like to read on a desert island] The DaVinci Code.
Angela: The DaVinci Code. I would bring The DaVinci Code. So I could burn The DaVinci Code.
Dwight Schrute: Yeah right, that would keep you warm for like 7 seconds.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Office Theme

Dual personality skewers a good attempt

I do admire the courage of the producers of this version of the classic British series. To attempt to import the concept, no doubt with an optimism that character comedy so good surely must resonate with a local audience after some adjustments for local sensibilities is noble; unfortunately, they seem to have got the result they asked for. It's been hard for American comedy to successfully break the format of the sitcom with its setup-knockdown reliance on situations and dialogue to generate instant laughs. The Office's US version tries hard to provide some balance, but it seems to want to be the best of both worlds; the elements of the English version's deeply understated and character-based observationism, the essence of the original that the new version's creators wanted to use to underpin their script simply gets lost under the need to maintain broad strokes. Michael Scott's whiny voice and the cartoonish antics of underdeveloped characters like Dwight are allowed to swamp any opportunity to savour the subtleties that made the British version so unforgettable; the fragile and delicate thread that held Tim and Dawn together in the British version might otherwise draw Jim and Pam closer were the comedy stereo not turned up to full volume around them. There are amusing scenes to be sure, and a selection of laugh-out-loud moments, but the sensation of square pegs being force-drilled into round holes grates on a few too many occasions.