"My bathmat means more to me than you!"
— Buddy Ackerman (KEVIN SPACEY), to Guy (FRANK WHALEY).
"What is it you really want?"
— Buddy Ackerman (KEVIN SPACEY), to Guy (FRANK WHALEY).
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.
Synopsis
Buddy Ackerman is a vicious, egomaniacal, tyrannical, back-stabbing movie mogul. Guy is the idealistic, easily intimidated, put-upon assistant who now works for Buddy. Their relationship could be described as sado-masochistic: Buddy treats his employee like a slave and constantly yells vitriolic insults at him. Guy, tail between his legs, always acquiesces. But Guy eventually becomes fed-up with his boss, so much so that he exacts revenge—in a rather violent, torturous way...
Premiere:
04/01/1995
"...Spacey's performance as the exec is devastating..."Sight and Sound:
04/01/1996
"...[Spacey delivers] a wonderfully poisonous performance....It is a sly and exceptionally well executed [turn]..."Entertainment Weekly:
05/19/1995
"...Spacey takes this archetypal jerk to new levels of tyrannical bravado in the exuberantly nasty SWIMMING WITH SHARKS..." — Rating: B+New York Times:
04/21/1995
"...Witty, score-settling....[A] savvy little film..."
CAST
| Kevin Spacey | American actor |
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| Matthew Flynt | |
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| Patrick Fischler | |
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| Michelle Forbes | American Actress |
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| Roy Doltrice | |
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| Frank Whaley | American Actor/"Doors" |
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| Jerry Levine | Actor/"Casual Sex" |
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| Benicio Del Toro | Actor, TRAFFIC (2000) |
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| T. E. Russell | Actor/"Trespass" |
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CREW
| Screenwriter | George Huang (Director/"Buddy Factor") |
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| Special Effects | Dennis Dion (Special Effects) |
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| Producer | Buzz Hays |
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| Production Designer | Veronika Merlin (Production Designer) |
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| Producer | Stephen Israel |
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| Costume Designer | Kirsten Everberg (Costume Designer) |
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| Editor | Ed Marx (Editor, IT'S ALL TRUE (1993)) |
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| Producer | Jay Cohen (Executive Producer) |
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| Production Designer | Cecil Gentry (Production Designer) |
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| Composer | Tom Heil (Score Composer) |
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| Producer | Steve Alexander (Producer/"Swim W/Sharks") |
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| Producer | Kevin Spacey (American actor) |
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| Producer | Joanne Moore (Producer, "Swimming With Sharks") |
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| Director of Photography | Steven Finestone (Cinematographer) |
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Video: Color, LetterBoxed
Audio: Stereo
Weight factor: 1 item(s)
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| Area |
Runtime |
Box |
| USA |
101 min |
(normal) |
| Rating |
R (MPAA)
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Catalog #: 2601996
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UPC: 031398174981 |
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Release Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Letterbox - 1.85
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Featurette:
1. "Let's Do Lunch"
2. "A Look Back at Swimming With Sharks - 10th Anniversary"
3. "Shark Tales: Real-Life Stories From Industry Assistants"
Audio Commentary:
1. George Huang - Director/Writer
2. Kevin Spacey - Actor
3. George Huang - Director/Writer - Cast & Crew
Title Notes
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.
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