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Features: DVD, Widescreen
Kevin Spacey stars as Buddy Ackerman, "the boss from hell" who reigns over an entry-level corporate job anyone would kill for. The ambitious Guy (Frank Whaley), Buddy's personal assistant, 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 takes Buddy as his "personal hostage" for a hilarious executive-suite revenge that is every abused employee's dream come true!
"Incredibly Funny." John Roberdeau, DVD Future
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 | "Let's Do Lunch" Featurette | | A Look Back at Swimming With Sharks - 10th Anniversary | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Deleted Scenes | | Director Commentary | | Kevin Spacey Commentary | | Scene Selection | | Shark Tales: Real-Life Stories From Industry Assistants |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Lions Gate |
| Release Date: 2/14/2006 |
| Running Time: 101 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 17498 | | UPC: 00031398174981 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | 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 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 6 of 10
Somewhere along the way, Swimming with Sharks loses its direction. What starts as a biting, a - James Berardinelli
San Francisco Chronicle 5 of 10
Swimming With Sharks, despite its attempt to be wicked and hiply fun, is ultimately just tiri - Peter Stack
Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
Swimming With Sharks was written and directed by George Huang, who was himself a personal ass - Roger Ebert
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