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How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) — Ligoscope

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

Film · 1989

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

95 min · Directed by Bruce Robinson · R

Fantasy Comedy Drama

6.3107
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The career where two heads are better than one.

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

Cast

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Rachel Ward

Rachel Ward

Julia Bagley

Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson

John Bristol

Jacqueline Tong

Jacqueline Tong

Penny Wheelstock

Susan Wooldridge

Susan Wooldridge

Monica

John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Psychiatrist

Hugh Armstrong

Harry Wax

Mick Ford

Mick Ford

Richard

Jacqueline Pearce

Jacqueline Pearce

Maud

Christopher Simon

Waiter

Gino Melvazzi

Waiter

Victor Lucas

Tweedy Man

Dawn Keeler

Tweedy Woman

Kerryann White

Girl in Elevator

Vivienne McKone

Receptionist

Donald Hoath

Businessman on train

John Levitt

Businessman

Gordon Gostelow

Priest

Pip Torrens

Pip Torrens

Jonathan

Tony Slattery

Tony Slattery

Basil

Rachel Fielding

Rachel Fielding

Jennifer

Pauline Melville

Pauline Melville

Sylvia Wallace

Roddy Maude-Roxby

Roddy Maude-Roxby

Dr Gatty

Francesca Longrigg

Francesca Longrigg

Nurse

Crew

Director: Bruce Robinson
Producer: David Wimbury, George Harrison, Ray Cooper, Denis O'Brien
Writer: Bruce Robinson
Editor: Alan Strachan
Cinematography: Peter Hannan
Production Design: Michael Pickwoad
Art Direction: Henry Harris
Composer: David Dundas, Rick Wentworth
Costume: Andrea Galer

Details

Studios: Virgin Films, Handmade Films
Countries: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Certification: R
Release: May 5, 1989

Themes

satireadvertisingnervous breakdownadvertising executiveadvertising agencyadvertisement

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