Bartleby

2001
PG-13
1h 23m

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Crispin Glover, Glenne Headly, Seymour Cassel, David Paymer, Maury Chaykin, and Joe Piscopo in Bartleby (2001)

A complacent boss is flummoxed by a cryptic office worker whose refusal of duties is accompanied by the phrase, I WOULD PREFER NOT TO.

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Satire Comedy Drama Mystery

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA 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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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,4/10

2,3 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

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- 1 nomination au total

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Trailer 2:00

Bartleby

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Anecdotes
Dick Martin's final acting performance.

Gaffes
When "The Boss" goes to check out a new place for their office, he settles on a place with no electrical outlets on 3 of the walls. (The 4th wall is not shown) There's a Xerox and every desk has a computer. This arrangement would be completely unacceptable for any office manager.

Citations
Bartleby: I would prefer not to.

Générique farfelu
Before the opening credits begin, viewers are given a portrait and short biography of Herman Melville, upon whose story the film is loosely based.

Connexions
Referenced in La Porte d'Atlantis: The Lost Boys (2005)

Bandes originales
Phantasie #3 In D Minor
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as Mozart)
Background music on piano by Nancy Spottiswoode

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Melville's classic well-clothed in modern dress

Don't know if Melville would even recognize his marvelous short story as translated into this film, or even if he'd approve...although I think he might...because the spirit of the original is here.

The satire of office shenanigans as presented by Jonathan Parker brings humor to this rather sad tale of a man determined to bring his intransigent self to the workplace and even to life itself... in the extreme. The overall effect is humane and even when the laughter comes we know something poignant is going on. David Paymer is superb as the frustrated, distraught but empathetic boss who tries to get Bartleby to be a responsive, reasonable worker/person, to no avail. Crispin Glover is a rather ghostly looking Bartleby, in a performance that demands withholding, a difficult task, but one he meets quite well.

This is good entertainment and food for thought...not often the case in movies these days.