Bartleby (2001 film)

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Bartleby
DVD cover
Directed by	Jonathan Parker
Written by	Herman Melville Jonathan Parker Catherine DiNapoli
Based on	Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Produced by	Debbie Brubaker Catherine DiNapoli
Starring	David Paymer Crispin Glover Glenne Headly Maury Chaykin Joe Piscopo
Cinematography	Wah Ho Chan
Edited by	Rick LeCompte
Music by	Seth Asarnow Jonathan Parker
Release date	March 10, 2001 (2001-03-10) (SXSW)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bartleby is a 2001 American comedy-drama film adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener". The film was directed by Jonathan Parker, and stars Crispin Glover as Bartleby, and David Paymer as his boss. The film diverges from Melville's story, setting it in a modern office and adding sitcom-style humor, but maintaining an element of surrealism.^[1][2]