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It started with Pinkberry: The Movie, and then Yom Kippur At WME and Staff Meeting: The Movie. When WME holds its all-company meeting, departments contribute in-house spoofs for the amusement of their colleagues. And Deadline has had fun airing them when we get them. The latest, directed by the team called Walter Robot, is called The Transfer. Generated by the motion picture lit department for last week’s gathering, this one adds a new wrinkle to the usual spoofery. Sure they’ve got Aaron Sorkin and Pauly Shore, but past films had dealmakers and talent playing themselves. The innovation this time is VFX, as a mailroom trainee tries to step up.
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So happy WME is busy making movies instead of, you know, helping me–A CLIENT–get work and do this for a living.
Yep… that was one big Circle Jerk.
Didn’t you hear? Agents and studio execs are the new talent! Yeah, who needs writers, directors, producers and actors?? Suits are doin’ it for themselves, baby!
hilarious! It made me not-at-all nostalgic for my days as an assistant! at first I thought it started it a tad slow, but then it totally ramped up. the Pauly Shore cameo (didn’t know he was still acting), the fax machines (people still use those?), the human explosions–all very funny. but best part…Aaron Sorkin polishing his Oscar.
Nice SFX. My favorite part was when WME blew up.
Not sure why these in house shorts get posted. They’re hardly ever funny and this is no exception. Imagine setting the bar high… I mean to the point where it actually needed to amuse you before you actually posted it. Sounds insane, right? Try it next time. This stunk.
This one REALLY was not funny. I thought I was missing some inside industry jokes until I read the comments.
The others were corny. This one is awful and a complete waste of time.
Aaron Sorkin may have guest starred…but, it is doubtful he wrote this.
I am a big fan of humor in the workplace and applaud companies which encourage this type of culture.
On the other hand, after watching this ‘spoof’ I have come to the realization that WME and other agencies should be mentioned when discussing “why Hollywood cannot make good movies anymore …for the mot part.’
Perhaps, their clients would be better served if the efforts to make this film were spent developing far better projects for their clients.
Just a thought…
I bet that was funny to people at WME.
Tasteless. Juvenile. Offensive. And not even clever.
Wait, offensive? WTF? It was nothing more than a vfx reel with no dialog.
LAME
haha, pretty clever. Good for them
Hey client: Instead of wasting your time leaving comments here why not use your time to go out and find your own work.
One of the best ways for a client to know what is going on and “go out and find their own work” is to pay attention to this website. Jerk.
Pauly Shore’s still got it!! In all seriousness, this is the BEST of these silly videos that has EVER been made. Thanks for putting it up. Now, don’t ever put up any more!! Ha! JK. We all love you, WME.
Would say it was a waste of my time to watch – but then WME blows up! VFX weren’t anything special. But really – this was pretty bad. Stick with agenting and not creative.
You are so entitled! They should slave for you! God forbid they have lives of their own…
Kinda loved this one. Everyone’s been there.
Juvenile, offensive – and not even clever. And btw, did any of my 10 percent go to this? I sure hope not.
And the annual WME video gives way to…
MY ANNUAL CRITICISM OF THE POOR EDITING OF THE ANNUAL WME VIDEO.
Seriously, guys, you need over two minutes to set up a FIVE MINUTE video? Get to the joke! Day One in any sketch writing class teaches you this. Hell, watching ANY amateur web video shows you how too much setup absolutely kills a short film.
And while we’re at it, what is the joke? The Pinkberry video was a satire on studios making franchises out of silly brands with a nice jab at how dealmakers spin these projects. It poked fun at the industry and the agents themselves. Witty, relevant, absurd.
This video satirizes…interns not knowing how to transfer calls? How one wrong transfer can blow up an agency?
I know this was made for in-house use, but it’s leaked here so I for one cannot miss an opportunity to pile on with my armchair directing.
I thought the acting in this film was just amazing!
best WME vid yet. love me some Walter Robot!
Great comment, Walter.
Slightly confused about the message…
WME: unexperienced people in charge working in a company they can bring it down to its knees at any moment…
Please, WME take this down and delete this…
this is just an in-house video that some assistants/agents in the department take the time out of their insane work week to do over one Saturday every three months. It’s a cute thing to do when they review the accomplishments every quarter. I agree it’s weird for people outside the company to view this without being an employee or knowing everything else that is talked about at the all-company meetings, but of course it’s not going to be well-done because it’s not a big priority. And it’s not supposed to be an accurate reflection of anything nor is it supposed to have any direct message. I will never really understand that kind of criticism these videos get on here…take it easy!
I know this is all fun and all but is this part of a WME marketing scheme? I mean they promote themselves at every turn. Every day they try to litter the press with who they’ve signed, what deals they’ve made, what videos they’ve made, what parties they’ve thrown, where they’ve eaten for lunch, i kind of tune it out now.
An unfunny, tedious, poorly conceived and written, grating rip off. It is also a cloying, putrid, bland, tepid, sanctimonious, stale mess. Other than that, I liked it.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CARES
this may be the lamest short film i’ve ever seen… not one solitary laugh.
Look, they’ve obviously got an amazing list, but they just kinda come off douchey. These videos are part of the reason why. Is that their goal?
Should’ve been about two minutes shorter, but somewhat funny. Pauly Shore is criminally underused. There should’ve been a scene where Aaron Sorkin and Pauly accidentally end up on the same line, and Sorkin pitches him a movie idea. That would’ve been way funnier.
I wanted to like it…really. But, this short shows that it’s easy to pretend to be creative, (all the bells and whistles and the Special Effects are quite good) but not so easy to actually pull off…especially comedy. If this is considered funny, then the comedy bar has not only been lowered, but literally dropped on the ground. Sorry. Take this same energy and make a straight up VFX thriller, you’d kill it!