Office Party

1988 Canadian film
  • December 10, 1988 (1988-12-10) (Florence)
Running time
90 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

Office Party, also known as Hostile Takeover in some releases, is a Canadian thriller film directed by George Mihalka and released in 1988.[1] An adaptation of Michael A. Gilbert's 1981 crime novel Office Party, the film stars David Warner as Eugene Brackin, a repressed accountant who suddenly takes three of his coworkers hostage with no apparent motive or demands.[2]

The film also stars Michael Ironside, Kate Vernon and Jayne Eastwood as the hostages.

Billy Bryans and Aaron Davis received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 10th Genie Awards.[3]

Cast

  • David Warner - Eugene Brackin
  • Michael Ironside - Larry Gaylord
  • Kate Vernon - Sally
  • Jayne Eastwood - Joan Talmage
  • Will Lyman - Smolen
  • Graeme Campbell - Hollis
  • Anthony Sherwood - Garlas
  • John Vernon - Mayor
  • Patrick Patterson - Security Guard
  • Winston Gaddishaw - Marksman
  • Helen Beavis - Mrs. Hampton
  • Cindy Girling - Mrs. Gaylord
  • Kenneth McGregor - Cop #1 (as Ken McGregor)
  • François Klanfer - NY Boss
  • Rex Hagon - V.P. of Felton

References

  1. ^ "Silliness can't save this Party". Toronto Star, October 22, 1989.
  2. ^ "Valid drama beats at heart of movie". Calgary Herald, June 17, 1990.
  3. ^ "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations: Dead Ringers tops Genie list". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1989.

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Films directed by George Mihalka
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  • My Bloody Valentine (1981)
  • Scandale (1982)
  • The Blue Man (1985)
  • Shades of Love: Midnight Magic (1988)
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  • Le chemin de Damas (1988)
  • Crossbow: The Movie (1989)
  • Straight Line (1990)
  • Psychic (1991)
  • The Final Heist (1991)
  • La Florida (1993)
  • Relative Fear (1994)
  • Deceptions II: Edge of Deception (1995)
  • Bullet to Beijing (1995)
  • The Ideal Man (1996)
  • Windsor Protocol (1996)
  • Thunder Point (1998)
  • Dr Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story (2001)
  • Watchtower (2001)
  • Les Boys IV (2005)
  • Sticks and Stones (2008)
  • Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film (2009)
  • Faith, Fraud, & Minimum Wage (2011)
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