Haiku Tunnel
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| Haiku Tunnel | |
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| Directed by | Jacob Kornbluth, Josh Kornbluth |
| Written by | Jacob Kornbluth, Josh Kornbluth |
| Starring | Josh Kornbluth, Warren Keith |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) | 2001 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Haiku Tunnel is an office comedy about the struggle between tempness and permness (temporary and permanent employment) made by Sony Pictures Classics.
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[edit] Plot
Josh is the consummate temp employee, avoiding all long-term connections and responsibilities, both at work and in his personal life. However, by the time his agency places him at the Schuyler & Mitchell law firm, Josh is tired of his temporary life and agrees to take a permanent position at the firm. Josh has difficulty adapting to his new lifestyle, which manifests in his inability to complete his simple initial task: mailing seventeen important letters.
[edit] Meaning of the title
The Haiku Tunnel Project is a huge document containing lists of all the products needed for a tunnel in Hawaii. Josh was working in a word processing job when he was given the project. At the time he was "totally-temp" and as he was going through copying this project, he found himself inside the Haiku Tunnel. And now that he finally had what he always wanted (no strings attached) he found himself unhappy.
[edit] Cast
- Josh Kornbluth .... Josh Kornbluth
- Warren Keith .... Bob 'Bob' Shelby
- Amy Resnick .... Mindy
- Harry Shearer .... Orientation Instructor
- Leah Alperin .... Temp #1
- Jacob Kornbluth .... Temp #2
- Stephen Muller .... Temp #3
- Linda Norton .... Temp #4
- Helen Shumaker .... Marlina D'Amore
- Sarah Overman .... Julie Faustino
- Brian Thorstenson .... Clifford
- June Lomena .... DaVonne
- Joanne Evangelista .... Caryl
- Jennifer Laske .... Helen the Ex-Girlfriend
- Patricia Scanlon .... Helen the Ex-Secretary
- Joe Bellan .... Jimmy the Mail Clerk
- Michael X. Sommers .... Crack Attorney
