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A clueless boss has no idea what to do with his mundane office worker whose refusal of duties only gets worse each passing minute.A clueless boss has no idea what to do with his mundane office worker whose refusal of duties only gets worse each passing minute.A clueless boss has no idea what to do with his mundane office worker whose refusal of duties only gets worse each passing minute.
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- 1 nomination
Stu Klitsner
- Professor Bum
- (as Stuart Klitsner)
Catherine DiNapoli
- Rocky's Girlfriend
- (as Catherine di Napoli)
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- TriviaDick Martin's final acting performance.
- GoofsWhen the boss's date is straddling him in his office, sometimes her hair is wrapped in a scarf and sometimes it's not.
- Crazy creditsBefore the opening credits begin, viewers are given a portrait and short biography of Herman Melville, upon whose story the film is loosely based.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Stargate: Atlantis: The Lost Boys (2005)
- SoundtracksPhantasie #3 In D Minor
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as Mozart)
Background music on piano by Nancy Spottiswoode
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Interesting, but slow.. A very Glover movie
My first reaction to "Bartleby" is that this movie is much like a previous Crispin Glover effort, "Rubin and Ed" about a strange, directionless man with little background, who plods his way through life carelessly. Some of the awkward moments and surreal dialogue and movements within Bartleby seem to be forced, trying to hard, to capture a campy feel. The film doesn't quite reach a campy status though because of this. Although Glover captures his quirky behavior perfectly, from staring at the air vent for hours, to endlessly saying "I prefer not to.." to every work request, and the dynamics of the working relationship with his boss are interesting at times. Joe Piscopo and Maury Chaykin have some strange roles as co-workers who are up to no good... how these guys stay employed are a mystery.
Bartleby has two major problems. One is, it just gets boring. A good slow movie can do and say a lot, but Bartleby just seems to be obsessed more with how weird it can be, how far it can push the surrealism of its cast and the corporate buildings on the hills. Another thing is, why does Bartleby's boss take such an interest in him? What is the motivation? Perhaps this is best explained in Herman Melville's book, from which this movie is based. For a Crispin Glover fan, this is even barely worth watching.
Bartleby has two major problems. One is, it just gets boring. A good slow movie can do and say a lot, but Bartleby just seems to be obsessed more with how weird it can be, how far it can push the surrealism of its cast and the corporate buildings on the hills. Another thing is, why does Bartleby's boss take such an interest in him? What is the motivation? Perhaps this is best explained in Herman Melville's book, from which this movie is based. For a Crispin Glover fan, this is even barely worth watching.
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- kulaboy
- Aug 2, 2003
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- Gross US & Canada
- $148,479
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,599
- May 27, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $148,479
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