The Temp (1993)

Regisseur:

Tom Holland

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Kevin Falls (story) &
Tom Engelman (story) ...

Premierendatum:

12. Februar 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Don't get mad. Get promoted.

Plot:

A cookie company takeover has employees scrambling to make a case for continued employment. An executive's...

Plot Keywords:

Suicide Message | Blood Splatter | Antique Knife | Lake | Tug Of War

Filmpreise:

1 win

Nutzerkommentare:

Where's my coffee?

Besetzung

Timothy Hutton	...	Peter Derns
Lara Flynn Boyle	...	Kris Bolin
Dwight Schultz	...	Roger Jasser
Oliver Platt	...	Jack Hartsell
Steven Weber	...	Brad Montroe
Colleen Flynn	...	Sara Meinhold
Faye Dunaway	...	Charlene Towne
Scott Coffey	...	Lance
Dakin Matthews	...	Dr. Feldman
Maura Tierney	...	Sharon Derns
Lin Shaye	...	Rosemary
Michael Winters	...	Mercer
Daniel C. Swanson	...	Nathan Derns
Demene E. Hall	...	Marla Higgins
Jesse Vint	...	Larry

Alternativ:

Aushilfe, Die (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

99 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (DeLuxe)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Argentina:13 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Australia:M | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Germany:12 | South Korea:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

North Coast, Oregon, USA

Firma:

Columbus Circle Films

Dies und das:

The role played by Faye Dunaway was first offered to Diane Ladd: Dunaway and Ladd had both appeared in the film Chinatown (1974) in which Ladd's character impersonates Dunaway's. Dunaway was given the role as she was agreeable to a lesser fee than that asked by Ladd and also did not wish the star billing which Ladd did.

Pannen:

Geographische Fehler: Though the movie takes place in Portland, Oregon, one of the characters is listening to a Seattle radio station, which would not transmit in Portland.

Dialogzitate:

Peter Derns: Where'd she get the picture?
Rosemary: It came with the frame. She bought a set-five for $9.99 from Thrifty's.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Enthält ausschnittsweise "The Arsenio Hall Show" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Wicked, Nasty & Mean

Where's my coffee?

THE TEMP is one of those glossy 90s office thrillers that you can watch with one eye closed, walk away from it for a few minutes, come back to it and not miss a thing. Michael Douglas made one of these as well, 1994's DISCLOSURE. Lara Flynn Boyle, the main reason for watching this, plays a nutjob temp who fills in for corporate exec Tim Hutton's regular secretary. Pretty soon, his in-office competitors and acquaintances are dropping like flies, and the very existence of the company is threatened -- all thanks to the evil machinations of the delectable and obsessed Ms. Boyle, who is lots of fun to watch as she slithers about and whispers dire warnings in her boss' ear. Hutton perhaps plays his part a little too straight, but old-timer Faye Dunaway as the beleaguered company head tears up the scenery in every one of her too-few scenes. Dunaway at least knows when she's working a turkey jerky. Try watching Boyle and not think of her in WAYNE'S WORLD, by the way. She played a similar nutjob in that comedy classic.