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Title: Office Space
Post by: Susan on March 12, 2005, 08:26:27 PM
Does anyone know where this movie was filmed? I live in dallas and much of the scenes look alot like dallas, or at least austin. The weird thing is one of the apartment kitchens looks exactly like mine so i got to wondering if they filmed it in my complex..lol  Probably not but nonetheless amusing

Title: Re: Office Space
Post by: Ash on March 12, 2005, 08:47:07 PM
They sure did film it in Texas.

Go HERE (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/locations) to see.

Most films on the IMDB have the text that says, "filming locations" in small print along the left hand side of the screen.



Post Edited (03-12-05 19:58)
Title: Re: Office Space
Post by: Susan on March 13, 2005, 09:38:13 PM
Thanks Ash, i didn't think to check there. Some of those locations looked familiar so I wish there was a way to know exactly where in Dallas.  Because the area of town i live in is really, or was at that time anyhow, very IT companies. I'm right near EDS where there's basically alot of corporate offices and a slew of apartments.

I think the whole feel of it, perhaps because of location and the similiarity in apartments as well as my job makes me relate to it more. Sad but true!



Post Edited (03-13-05 20:41)
Title: Re: Office Space
Post by: Ash on March 14, 2005, 12:00:12 AM
Plus you gotta remember that director Mike Judge sets and films most of his stuff in Texas.
Take King of the Hill for example.

Richard Linklater also films pretty much exclusively in Texas.
Title: Re: Office Space
Post by: dean on March 14, 2005, 05:04:18 AM

If you liked Office Space, then check this site out:

http://www.idiotwork.com/pages/idiotvideos.html

check out the TPS clip.

Its a great clip, using audio from Office Space and footage from the Justice League, quite funny

Title: Re: Office Space
Post by: Susan on March 14, 2005, 09:46:57 PM
Ash - right, i have a theory King of the Kill is based in garland..lol  Have they ever said where they live on that show?

Title: Re: Office Space-KOTH
Post by: LH-C on March 14, 2005, 10:37:48 PM
On King Of The Hill, they say they live in Arlen, which I'm fairly sure is fictional.
Title: Re: Office Space
Post by: blkrider on March 15, 2005, 12:49:20 AM
I think Belton, one of the teams they play in football, is a real town though.  It's in or around the Waco area if I remember correctly.  

I think just about every place in the Mike Judge universe is set just outside Dallas, though I heard him say once that Boomhauer was based on some guy in Oklahoma City.
Title: Office space apartment
Post by: ben on March 18, 2005, 01:03:50 AM
I was just thinking about this today and I found this page on Google:

http://www.heathallyn.com/gallery/Office-Space/aptB


It seems that it was filmed at an apartment complex (AMLI) in Great Hills, just north of downtown austin. Flip through the pictures to see more filming locations in Austin... I like the one of BankOne -> Chotchkies.

Title: Re: Office Space
Post by: Susan on March 18, 2005, 10:08:57 AM
Ben,

Thanks that was interesting. I'd be interested to know which scenes were filmed in Dallas as well. I wonder if the inside of all apartments shown in the movie (as there were distinctly two) were austin apts. The kitchen layout doesn't seem typically AMLI style. My brother lives in austin and might enjoy some of these references!