How to Get Ahead in Advertising
| How to Get Ahead in Advertising | |
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| Directed by | Bruce Robinson |
| Written by | Bruce Robinson |
| Produced by | David Wimbury |
| Starring | Richard E. Grant Rachel Ward |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates | May 5, 1989 |
Running time | 94 min |
| Language | English |
How to Get Ahead in Advertising is a 1989 British film written and directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Richard E. Grant and Rachel Ward.
The movie is a comedy farce about a mentally unstable superstar advertising executive, Denis Dimbleby Bagley (Grant), who suffers a nervous breakdown while working a campaign for pimple cream. Ward is his long-suffering but sympathetic wife. The central story of the movie revolves around Bagley's development of a boil on his shoulder that comes alive (as experienced by him) with a face and voice.
External links
- How to Get Ahead in Advertising at IMDb
- Film Sculptor Special Effects Sculptor who made the boil
- Stanley Kauffmann essay at criterionco.com
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