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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 158 reviews)
Sales Rank: 58
Category: DVD
Directors: Bryan Gordon, Ken Kwapis
Publisher: Universal Studios
Studio: Universal Studios
Brand: Universal Studios
Label: Universal Studios
Format: Box Set, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 135 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1417070471
UPC: 025192850622
EAN: 0025192850622
ASIN: B0009VBTP0
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: March 24, 2005
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Editorial Reviews:
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The British sitcom The Office has the most devoted following this side of Monty Python, so an American remake seemed doomed. Amazingly, the remake actually finds its own enjoyable version of the original's uncanny comedy of embarrassment. Office manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell, The Daily Show, The 40 Year-Old Virgin) believes he's the beloved leader of the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of a paper products company--but his relentless and painfully forced efforts at comedy creep out everyone around him, including paranoid Dwight (Rainn Wilson, who had a memorable recurring role on Six Feet Under), nervous receptionist Pam (Jenna Fischer, LolliLove), and aimless salesman Jim (John Krasinski, A New Wave), who's smitten with the already engaged Pam. The pilot episode suffers from closely replicating the British pilot, but after that The Office finds its own footing, turning diversity training, an office birthday party, and a basketball game into excruciating yet hypnotically funny rituals of humiliation. Carell, though clearly talented, can't match Ricky Gervais' unique performance as the aggressively needy British manager (it's hard to imagine that anyone could); as a result, the supporting roles become more prominent, and Wilson, Fischer, and Krasinski quickly create a rapport that matches and may even exceed that of their British counterparts. Be sure to watch the deleted scenes; remarkably, they're as good as the material that made it on the air in this six-episode season. --Bret Fetzer
Description
In this hilarious and faster-paced adaptation of the popular British comedy series, Steve Carell is Michael Scott, the egotistical, insensitive and almost supernaturally incompetent regional manager of the Dunder Mifflin paper supply company. Michael sees himself as the office funnyman, a fount of business wisdom and his employees' cool friend. He has no clue that his staff merely tolerates his inappropriate behavior because he signs their paychecks. Michael acts as the obnoxious tour guide for an omni-present documentary crew who unflinchingly capture his many shortcomings along with Dunder Mifflin's petty workplace politics, simmering romances and side-splittingly awkward moments.
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Customer Reviews: Read 153 more reviews...
The Less British, The Better June 28, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The pilot is a virtual copy of the British version from which this derives. But survive it and be rewarded.
My son bought this and gave it to me a few days ago. Since I did not like the British version at all (way too much like real life to be funny), I was prepared to dislike this one also.
And I really disliked the first episode. I absolutely hate the scene where the receptionist is told that she's going to be downsized, and then that it revealed as a joke. I cannot conceive of anyone in their right mind laughing at this.
Ready to toss it in the garbage.
But my son says, "watch the one about diversity." And I start to "get it." This episode, like the others in the collection, is not derivative and is very, very funny.
One last thing: if you are a "boss" and watch this show, remember well the things you see in our Regional Manager. If you're honest, you'll see exactly how you've exhibited many of these traits yourself.
Whether you realize it or not. Keep laughing...
 Abraham Lincoln once said, "If you are a racist, I will attack you with the north." June 11, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Ok, so episode one sucks and is a total rip off of the britsh version. Ignore that. Totally. Then watch the next episodes. After the mistake of the pilot, this show completely becomes its own thing. And it is now the funniest show on television. Michael (Steve Carell) is perfect as the boss who is most of the time a total jackass, but has those moments where you feel bad that he is what he is. Dwight (Rainn Wilson) is SO great and wonderfully played with his little offside glances at the camera. He is a different version of Gareth that works (and in a less perverted manner). Jim (Jon Krasanski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) are perfectly cast as the wish-we-were-a-couple with sexual tension so tight you could snap it like a rubberband. Jim is really my favorite (I'm actually kind of in love with him) and does well as the guy who wishes he could get his life together and have a dream so he wouldn't work a paper company, but doesn't know how. The "minor" characters are hardly minor and sport tons of their own great moments. I could just go on forever. There are also great quotes, such as:
"I have been Michael's number two guy for about five years, and we make a great team. We're like one of those classic famous teams. He's like Mozart and I'm like . . . Mozart's friend. No, I'm like Butch Cassidy and Michael is like Mozart. You try and hurt Mozart, you're gonna get a bullet in your head, courtesy of Butch Cassidy."
--Dwight
It really doesn't get better than that.
Outstanding June 9, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am so glad I watched this series from show number one. For a while I was afraid that I was alone and that it would be quickly cancelled. Luckily it is now starting to get a good following mainly to the rising of Steve Carell(40 Year Old Virgin). Though he is hysterical as Michael Scott, the rest of the cast deserves a lot of credit. This is a top notch cast, and the stories are interesting and funny. Anyone who has ever worked in an office can relate to a lot of this show. Whether it is the off beat Dwight, or the underlying Jim and Pam romance that may or may not surface. Great dvd, with some nice deleted and extended scenes. Pick this up and get watching a great show.
 a different kind of funny June 5, 2006
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
My favorite thing about the humor on this show is how real it is. The awkward moments are painfully humorous. I don't know if everyone will enjoy it, but I expect most people planning on buying this dvd have been watching the show on tv already.
Three stars b/c there are only a few episodes on the dvd and it has questionable mass appeal. The case on this dvd is of good quality, so that made me happy, too.
Great show but... May 16, 2006
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
So, contrary to the ecstatic reviews surrounding this one, I'm not going to rave about this particular dvd. The Office has become a wonderful show, but it didn't exactly start out that way. The first couple of episodes copied the British ones, almost word-for-word, and didn't really work (hence the departure from similar plot lines in the second season). I'm happy with how the show has progressed, but I'll wait until the next season comes out on dvd, and I'm disappointed the first two weren't packaged together. Usually when the first "season" is only a handful of episodes we're not expected to pay the same price for it as a whole 23-episode dvd. No thanks.
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