''Haiku Tunnel'' is a 2001 office comedy film about the struggle between temporary and permanent employment.

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

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, 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:

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ing seventeen important letters.

Cast

* Josh Kornbluth as himself * Warren Keith as Bob 'Bob' Shelby * Amy Resnick as Mindy *

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as Orientation Instructor * Leah Alperin as Temp #1 * Jacob Kornbluth as Temp #2 * Stephen Muller as Temp #3 * Linda Norton as Temp #4 * Helen Shumaker as Marlina D'Amore * Sarah Overman as Julie Faustino * Brian Thorstenson as Clifford * June Lomena as DaVonne * Joanne Evangelista as Caryl * Jennifer Laske as Helen the Ex-Girlfriend * Patricia Scanlon as Helen the Ex-Secretary * Joe Bellan as Jimmy the Mail Clerk * Michael X. Sommers as Crack Attorney

Meaning of the title

The Haiku Tunnel Project (part of

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) is a huge document containing lists of all the products needed for a tunnel in

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. Josh was working in a

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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.

External links

Official site for ''Haiku Tunnel''
* 2001 films 2001 comedy films Sony Pictures Classics films Workplace comedies Films set in San Francisco Films set in the San Francisco Bay Area Films shot in San Francisco 2000s English-language films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub