Office - Season 2

Based on the popular British comedy of the same name THE OFFICE takes place in and around the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company in Scranton Pennsylvania. Using the same mockumentary style as the original the series succeeds in capturing the quiet desperation of the poor souls working in this socially stifling environment under the direction of delusional boss regional manager Michael Scott. Comic actor Steve Carell beautifully inhabits the role playing a man so eager to be liked he completely alienates people with one stupid antic after another. Blindly believing himself beloved by his employees for his laid-back nature Michael fails to see that with the exception of nerdy and bizarre Dwight Rainn Wilson he is resented and despised by all. Carell perfectly walks the line between despicable and pathetic enlisting his audience's sympathies just moments before doing or saying something horribly inappropriate. The second season is even better than the first with several romantic storylines getting into full swing in e

Release Date: 2006-09-12, Rating Unrated,

Product DetailsOriginal Title:The Office - Season Two (Boxset)Actors: B.J. Novak - Jenna Fischer - John Krasinski - Rainn Wilson - Steve CarellCondition: NEWFormat: DVDDirector: n/aRuntime: 477 minsLanguage: EnglishDiscs/Cass ettes: 4Genre: Comedy

MOVIE DVD - Daily Show alumnus Steve Carell, a master of deadpan comedy, was the ideal choice to play clueless, obnoxious office manager Michael Scott in this Americanized version of the popular BBC mockumentary, and his comedic gifts are readily apparent in the 22 half-hour episodes of the 2005-6 season. The Office, shot documentary- style with no laugh track, takes place in the Scranton facility of Dunder-Mifflin, a supplier of paper products. Michael's employees include nerdy know-it-all and shameless suck-up Dwight (Rainn Wilson), easily cowed receptionist Pam (Jenna Fischer), and capable but restrained Jim (John Krasinski), who not-so-secretly lusts after the engaged receptionist. Season 2 includes occasional guest turns by David Koechner, playing Michael's best friend Todd Packer, and Melora Hardin, as Dunder-Mifflin executive Jan Levinson. Although many of the laughs still come from the efforts of Carell's character to be seen as hip and easy to work for, The Office is definitely an ensemble show, and t

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