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Kevin Spacey stars as Buddy Ackerman, corporate cutthroat who reigns over an entry level job anyone would kill for. The catch is, Buddy is the "Boss from Hell". Ask poor Guy, (Frank Whaley), Buddy's personal assistant, eager to climb the corporate ladder. On his first day, Guy quickly learns that no opportunity this promising comes without a cost. He soon finds himself ducking everything from insults to paperweights as he tries to satisfy Buddy's needs. But when those "needs" involve Guy's girlfriend, he snaps. In a wicked twist of personnel payback, Guy gladly takes Buddy as his "personal hostage" for a hilarious executive suite revenge that is every abused employees dream come true...and any boss from Hell's worst nightmare.
Editor's Note
A motion picture executive's assistant puts up with his abusive boss up to a point and then completely snaps in this ultra-dark comedy from first-time director (and former Hollywood assistant) George Huang.
Plot Summary
Buddy Ackerman is a vicious, egomaniacal, tyrannical, back-stabbing movie mogul. Guy is the idealistic, easily intimidated, put-upon assistant who now works for Buddy. Their relationship could be described as sado-masochistic: Buddy treats his employee like a slave and constantly yells vitriolic insults at him. Guy, tail between his legs, always acquiesces. But Guy eventually becomes fed-up with his boss, so much so that he exacts revenge--in a rather violent, torturous way...
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Single Side - Single Layer | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Letterbox - 1.85 | | Widescreen - 1.85 | | Additional Release Material:
| Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Features:
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Trimark |
| Release Date: 8/12/1998 |
| Running Time: 93 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 6837-D | | UPC: 00031398683735 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "My bathmat means more to me than you!" ---- Buddy Ackerman (KEVIN SPACEY), to Guy (FRANK WHALEY). | | "What is it you really want?" ---- Buddy Ackerman (KEVIN SPACEY), to Guy (FRANK WHALEY). |
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| | Professional Reviews | Premiere
"...Spacey's performance as the exec is devastating..." 04/01/1995 p.25Sight and Sound
"...[Spacey delivers] a wonderfully poisonous performance....It is a sly and exceptionally well executed [turn]..." 04/01/1996 p.55 Entertainment Weekly
"...Spacey takes this archetypal jerk to new levels of tyrannical bravado in the exuberantly nasty SWIMMING WITH SHARKS..." -- Rating: B 05/19/1995 p.45 New York Times
"...Witty, score-settling....[A] savvy little film..." 04/21/1995 p.C16 |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  4.5 | | Plot |  5 | | Acting | 4.5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 5 |
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5 of 5 a profitable sales lesson Thursday, November 25, 1999
fidgty07 from branford, CT
Kevin Spacey is everything you want your manager NOT to be. This is a must see for every sales/marketing professional. In this case, the harder you work, the more UNLUCKY you get! Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 A must see Tuesday, August 10, 1999
Bob D. Great from Alexandria, VA
It's Kevin Spacey at his best. If you like him, you'll love this movie. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 One of the best movies you have never seen. Tuesday, June 15, 1999
blatmachine from Rogers Arkansas
Swimming With Sharks is a very well thought out picture about what you must do to get ahead. What would you endure until it was too much and you snaped. What can you get away with and in the end you will be asking yourself...he was right in what he did. Was this review helpful?
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