With only five words, "I would prefer not to," Herman Melville created the greatest cipher in American literature,…

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Cast
David Paymer (The Boss)Crispin Glover (Bartleby)Glenne Headly (Vivian)Maury Chaykin (Ernest)Joe Piscopo (Rocky)Seymour Cassel (Frank Waxman)Carrie Snodgress (Book Publisher)Dick Martin (The Mayor)Greta Danielle Newgren (Boss's Date)Ken Murakami (Landlord)Josh Kornbluth (Property Manager)Nick Scoggin (Street Philosopher)Stoney Burke (Soup Kitchen Server)Terry Allen Jones (New Tenant)Stu Klitsner (Professor Bum)Pete Marvel (Repairman)Catherine DiNapoli (Rocky's Girlfriend)Louis Landman (Police Officer)
Director
Jonathan Parker
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Synopsis
A clueless boss has no idea what to do with his mundane office worker whose refusal of duties only gets worse each passing minute.
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