Employee of the Month (2006 film)

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Employee of the Month
Directed by	Greg Coolidge
Produced by	Peter Abrams
Written by	Screenplay Don Calame Chris Conroy Greg Coolidge Story Don Calame Chris Conroy
Starring	Dane Cook Jessica Simpson Dax Shepard Andy Dick Tim Bagley Efren Ramirez and Harland Williams
Music by	John Swihart
Cinematography	Tony Richmond
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films
Release date(s)	October 6, 2006
Language	English
IMDb profile

Employee of the Month is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Greg Coolidge and starring Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson. It focuses on two shop employees who compete for the affection of their newest co-worker. The film was shot at a Costco in New Mexico.^[1]

[edit] Taglines

• Get your shift together.
• Shift happens.
• You can't succeed at life and love till you can get your shift together.

[edit] Plot outline

Zack Bradley (Dane Cook) has been working at the local "Super Club" for years. After discovering new cashier Amy (Jessica Simpson) is willing to date the next guy that becomes "Employee of the Month." Zack takes on current titleholder Vince (Dax Shepard) to see who will win. He goes through many challenges and tasks to win her heart.

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[edit] Box office

Following its release, the film became the #1 most requested movie on AOL[1]. Despite the poor critical response, the film managed open to nearly $12 million in its opening weekend, debuting at #4 just behind Open Season. The movie was made on a $12 million budget, and has earned a little over $28 million in the United States.

In the United Kingdom the movie debuted at #4 opening with over £1,000,000 in returns. The film has grossed $34 million worldwide.

Cook posted the following on his official website in regard to the film's box office success:

[edit] Promotion

The movie received heavy promotion from not only TV stations such as MTV, which aired sneak peeks of the movie every night after the "10 Spot", but a variety of websites including sites such as Perez Hilton, Myspace, and YouTube promoted the movie.

Jessica Simpson also appeared on many TV shows such as The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and MTV's Total Request Live, where she was joined by Dane Cook to promote the movie release.

Dane Cook appeared as the host of the 2006 season opener of Saturday Night Live to promote the movie, though no mention of the film was made during his opening monologue or the subsequent sketches.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] DVD

The 2007 region one DVD release of the movie contains two commentaries: one featuring the director (Greg Coolidge) on his own, giving more technical information about the film; the second commentary features the director and star Dane Cook, who spends more time pointing out the origins of gags and actors throughout the movie. The disc also contains extra improv scenes by actors Andy Dick and Harland Williams, an alternate opening with Eva Longoria showing Vince and Zack's first day on the job watching a video tape for new employees, an "At Work with Lon" feature showing Dick in character attempting to help to customers at Super Club, plus trailers for other Lionsgate films.

The film is also available in Blu-Ray format.

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[edit] External links

• Employee of the Month Official Page
• Employee of the Month MySpace
• Employee of the Month at the Internet Movie Database
• Employee of the Month Reviews at Metacritic.com
• Employee of the Month at Rotten Tomatoes
• Employee of the Month MovieFiller
• Employee of the Month - About the Filmmakers