Movie Description 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.
| Credits | | Producer: | Buzz Hays, Jay Cohen, Joanne Moore, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Israel, Steve Alexander | | Cast: | Jerry Levine |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Widescreen 1.85 Pan & Scan 1.33 Single Side - Single Layer Additional Release Material: Trailers - 1.Original Theatrical Trailer Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus Text/Photo Galleries: Cast & Crew Biographies, Released theatrically in New York City April 21, 1995.
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association voted Kevin Spacey runner-up for the best supporting actor prize for his body of work in 1995.
Produced by Cineville, in association with Neofight Film and Mama'z Boy Entertainment.
Additional cast: Matthew Flynt (Manny) and Patrick Fischler (Moe).
Additional credit: Buzz Hays (co-producer).
Writer-director George Huang was a Lucasfilm intern and an assistant to a Columbia Pictures executive.
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Editorial Reviews "...[Spacey delivers] a wonderfully poisonous performance....It is a sly and exceptionally well executed [turn]..." Sight and Sound - p.55 - Lizzie Francke (04/01/1996)
"...Spacey's performance as the exec is devastating..." Premiere - p.25 - Kitty Bowe Hearty (04/01/1995)
"...Spacey takes this archetypal jerk to new levels of tyrannical bravado in the exuberantly nasty SWIMMING WITH SHARKS..." -- Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly - p.45 - Owen Gleiberman (05/19/1995)
"...Witty, score-settling....[A] savvy little film..." New York Times - p.C16 - Janet Maslin (04/21/1995)
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