Operator is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by Logan Kibens from a screenplay by Sharon Greene and Logan Kibens. It stars Martin Starr as Joe, a programmer and obsessive self-quantifier, and Mae Whitman as Emily, a budding comedy performer, who are a happily married couple until they decide to use one another in their work. Nat Faxon , Cameron Esposito , Retta , and Christine Lahti co-star. The film had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival on March 12, 2016 and was released by The Orchard on November 8, 2016.
20-519: For technical reasons , "Operator #5" redirects here. For the pulp hero magazine, see Operator No. 5 . [REDACTED] Look up operator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Operator may refer to: Mathematics [ edit ] A symbol indicating a mathematical operation Logical operator or logical connective in mathematical logic Operator (mathematics) , mapping that acts on elements of
40-649: A 2000 film The Operator ( Marble Hornets ), an entity that stalks the main characters in Marble Hornets . It is also known as the Slender Man. Operator (play) , a 2005 play by David Williamson Duties [ edit ] Operator (profession) , a professional designation used in various industries, e.g.: Switchboard operator , a occupation at a company offering telephone services Heavy equipment operator , operates heavy equipment used in engineering and construction projects Operator (military) ,
60-586: A 2008 song by Shiloh "Operator", a 1970 song by the Grateful Dead from American Beauty "Operator", a 1975 song by the Manhattan Transfer from The Manhattan Transfer "Operator", a 1986 song by Little Richard from Lifetime Friend "Operator", a 1993 song by Blue System from Backstreet Dreams "Operator", a 1995 song by Real McCoy from Another Night "Operator", a 1998 song by Miss Papaya from Pink "Operator" (Floy Joy song) ,
80-492: A comedy group at the Neo-Futurists ). After years of being happily married, the pressures of work, family, and personal growth have strained their relationship. Emily sees this as an opportunity to reinvigorate their marriage and agrees to participate. What begins as a collaboration to strengthen their relationship quickly spirals out of control. Terrified of the uncertainty in their relationship, Joe becomes obsessed with creating
100-410: A grammar for formal languages The Operators (disambiguation) Oper (disambiguation) Cooperator (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Operator Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Operator . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
120-477: A provisioning automation and auto-scaling strategy for Kubernetes Ableton Operator , a software synthesizer developed by Ableton Science [ edit ] Operator (biology) , a segment of DNA regulating the activity of genes Operator (linguistics) , a special category including wh- interrogatives Operator (physics) , mathematical operators in quantum physics Music [ edit ] Operator (band) , an American hard rock band Operators,
140-576: A soldier in a special operations force Operator (law enforcement) , a law enforcement officer who has been trained and certified as an operator to serve on a SWAT team Other uses [ edit ] Operator (sternwheeler) , a 1909 ship on the Skeena River Network operator , a phone carrier System operator , commonly abbreviated as sysop Operator grammar , a theory of human language See also [ edit ] Operation (disambiguation) Operator-precedence grammar ,
160-552: A song by British group Floy Joy Fiction [ edit ] Operator No. 5 , a pulp fiction hero from the 1930s Operator, a fictional group in the Ghost in the Shell series Operator (2015 film) , a 2015 American action thriller drama film starring Luke Goss Operator (2016 film) , a 2016 American comedy-drama film starring Martin Starr and Mae Whitman The Operator (film),
180-481: A space to produce elements of another space, e.g.: Linear operator Differential operator Integral operator (disambiguation) Operational calculus Computers [ edit ] Computer operator , an occupation Operator (computer programming) , a type of computer program function Operator (extension) , an extension for the Firefox web browser, for reading microformats Operator pattern ,
200-460: A synth pop band led by Dan Boeckner Operator (album) , a 2016 album by Mstrkrft "Operator" (Motown song) , a 1965 song recorded by Mary Wells and Brenda Holloway "Operator" (That's Not the Way It Feels) , a 1972 song by Jim Croce from You Don't Mess Around with Jim "Operator" (Midnight Star song) (1984), a 1984 #1 R&B/electronic dance single "Operator" (A Girl Like Me) ,
220-434: Is a programmer with a crippling anxiety problem who is unable to deal with uncertainty. At work he is tasked with creating an interactive call center answering machine that can convey empathy. Joe recruits his wife Emily ( Mae Whitman ) who has the perfect voice for the system. Emily works at the front desk of a swanky hotel during the day and has an uncanny ability to soothe even the most irate guests (at night she performs with
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#1732844660277240-418: The greatest pulp heroes found in the pages behind the gaudy covers that attracted so many". editor was Rogers Terrill. The publisher was Popular Publications of New York; the editor was Rogers Terrill . It began as a monthly; April 1936 was followed by June/July 1936, inaugurating a bimonthly period that ran to the last issue, November/December 1939, except for a brief monthly period: October/November 1936
260-443: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operator&oldid=1246984252 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Operator No. 5 Operator #5 was a pulp magazine published between 1934 and 1939. In 1931 Street & Smith , one of
280-596: The ionosphere, and future war scenarios. Both Tepperman and Rogers embedded their novels in longer story arcs that went on for many issues, involving the invasion of America. In Tepperman's case the invading force was the Purple Empire; in Rogers' case it was the Japanese, and the sequence was unresolved when the magazine was cancelled in 1939, with the Japanese dropping atom bombs on American cities. The short stories that accompanied
300-545: The lead novel were often spy stories, and included series with repeating characters such as Red Finger and John Vedders, Secret Service Agents whose adventures were chronicled by Arthur Leo Zagat and Frank Gruber , respectively. Pulp historian Robert Weinberg regards Operator #5 as "the perfect blend of the single-character pulp and the science fiction magazine", praising the early stories by Frederick C. Davis in particular. Pulp historian Wooda Nicholas Carr agrees: " Operator #5 was, and continues to be, regarded as one of
320-415: The major pulp magazine publishers, launched The Shadow , the first of the hero pulps . It was an immediate success, and other publications quickly copied the format. Henry Steeger , the owner of pulp publisher Popular Publications , launched two hero pulps in 1933 in response: one was G-8 and His Battle Aces , an air-war pulp, and the other was The Spider , about a crime fighter. The Spider
340-529: The “perfect” version of his wife, becoming detached from the real Emily as he spends sleepless nights programming his automated Emily to fulfill his needs for sex and companionship. While Joe is losing touch with reality, Emily is losing faith in their future together. Joe will have to relinquish control and face the uncertainties of life if he wants to save their marriage. Operator began filming in Chicago on June 29, 2015. The film premiered to positive reviews at
360-482: Was Jimmy Christopher of the Secret Service. The novels were written by Frederick C. Davis until November 1935, then by Emile C. Tepperman until March 1938, and then Wayne Rogers for the remainder of the run; all three used the house name "Curtis Steele" on all their work for Operator #5 . The plots always involved science fictional ideas such as revival of the dead, sonic rays that could cause panic, rays that damaged
380-520: Was followed by December 1936, January and February 1937, and then by March/April 1937. There were 48 issues, in twelve volumes of four issues; the September/October 1938 issue was mislabelled 11/5 instead of 11/1. The page count began at 128 pages, and dropped to 112 pages with the October 1935 issue. The price was 10 cents through the magazine's run. Operator (2016 film) Joe ( Martin Starr )
400-487: Was successful, and Steeger decided to add another hero pulp. Steeger's idea, which he had been mulling over for while, was for a hero who would "single-handedly, or almost, save the nation from complete destruction regularly every month". Popular engaged Frederick C. Davis to write the lead novels; Davis was "one of the most competent writers we had", in Steeger's words. The lead novels featured Operator #5 , whose real name
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