Bartleby
Drama
Release Date: TBA 2001
Studio:
Parker Film Company
Director: Jonathan Parker
Screenwriter: Jonathan Parker, Catherine DiNapoli
Starring: Crispin Glover, David Paymer, Glenne Headly, Joe Piscopo
MPAA Rating: Not available
Official Website: Bartlebythemovie.com
Plot Summary:
Follows the boss of a public records company (Paymer), whose life slowly begins to unravel when he hires a new employee. The quiet and reserved clerk, Bartleby (Glover), is at first a welcome addition to the office. But when the boss's requests for Bartleby to perform any tasks other than filing, his enigmatic replies of, "I would prefer not to," begin to test everyone's patience. The situation becomes more troubling when the boss learns that Bartleby has, in fact, begun to sleep in the office. Fed up with his inability to perform the simplest of tasks, he fires Bartleby, who remains in the office nonetheless. Finally, the boss moves locations in order to break free from the mysterious void of a man, who has formed a strange attachment to the building. This doesn't provide a refuge from Bartleby's presence, however, which continues to haunt him at every waking moment.
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