This is a panorama shot of the Initech building on 4120 Freidrich street... it's about 5 minutes away from the AUS airport. The street and the buildings across from Initech are the actual spots where they film Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) during the 'fire' scene.
My crappy orange rental car is parked in Lumberg's space. Damn it feels good to be a gangsta!
In the movie, there is a blue truss between the buildings, as well as a 'percent' sign sculpture. A tree is there now, and I'm pretty sure that both the truss and sculpture were done with CGI for the movie.
Here's the ditch where Tom Smykowski nearly passed out while ranting about consultants. It's in the southwest corner of the 'Initech' parking lot.
I handed the camera to some tatoo'd dude sitting on the hood of his car smoking cigarettes and drinking Coors light in the parking lot. He was a bit apprehensive at first, but then I explained the significance of the ditch and that it was from Office Space. He said, "cool", and gladly shot the picture.
This is from 2005. We ate dinner at the Old Alligator Grill, which is where the interior shots of 'Chotchkies' were filmed. The hostess had no clue what I was talking about until I pointed to the 8x10 shots right in front of her, adjacent to the entrance. A missed marketing opportunity...
Here is the corner where the infamous 'flair' speech took place between Mike Judge and Jennifer Aniston. Everyone in the real restaurant just wears polo shirts. They did not have pizza shooters, shrimp poppers, or extreme fajitas on the menu... mostly cajun cuisine.
The restaurant has been expanded since making the movie, but the original wing where they filmed Office Space is still intact. The bar has some flair of its own.
The Old Alligator Grill (exterior). Located at 3003 S Lamar Blvd in Austin.The Chotchkies building exterior is shown here in the Arboretum. It's on my list of Office Space places I have yet to see.
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