How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

May 5, 1989 (GB) • Fantasy, Comedy, Drama • 95m

Overview

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

Director

Bruce Robinson

Writer

Bruce Robinson

Top Billed

Richard E. Grant

Keywords

satire advertising nervous breakdown advertising executive advertising agency advertisement

Where to watch

Free / Included

Criterion Channel

Top Billed Cast

Richard E. Grant

Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Rachel Ward

Julia Bagley

Richard Wilson

John Bristol

Jacqueline Tong

Penny Wheelstock

Susan Wooldridge

Monica

John Shrapnel

Psychiatrist

Hugh Armstrong

Harry Wax

Mick Ford

Richard

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

Jonathan

Tony Slattery

Basil

Rachel Fielding

Jennifer

Pauline Melville

Sylvia Wallace

Roddy Maude-Roxby

Dr Gatty

Francesca Longrigg

Nurse

Tanveer Ghani

Hospital Doctor

Joanna Mays

Phillis Blokey

Sean Bean

Larry Frisk

Bruce Robinson

The Boil (voice)

Eric Idle

Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Bruce Robinson

Director

David Dundas

Original Music Composer

David Wimbury

Producer

Rick Wentworth

Original Music Composer

Michael Pickwoad

Production Design

George Harrison

Executive Producer

Bob Smith

Camera Operator

Ray Cooper

Co-Producer

Denis O'Brien

Executive Producer

Bruce Robinson

Writer

Alan Strachan

Editor

Trevor Rutherford

Boom Operator

Henry Harris

Art Direction

Peter Kohn

Assistant Director

Bobby Blues

Production Accountant

Andrea Galer

Costume Design

Luke Quigley

Grip

Bruce Bigg

Property Master

Kevin Lane

Assistant Editor

Kathy Sykes

Production Manager

Dennis Maddison

Property Buyer

Sally Jones

Script Supervisor

Gill Case

Location Manager

Alan Chesters

Construction Manager

Alan Paley

Sound Editor

Lucy Boulting

Casting Director

Melvin Lind

Assistant Director

Heather Williams

Wardrobe Master

Paul Smith

Dialogue Editor

Adam Cooper

Camera Loader

Stephanie Clark

Production Secretary

Valerie Craig

Production Coordinator

Clive Winter

Sound Mixer

Sue Love

Hairdresser

Robyn Hamilton-Doney

Set Decoration

Reg Parsons

Gaffer

Stefan Stankowski

Focus Puller

Paula Connor

Assistant Editor

Pat Brennan

Assistant Editor

Lynn Hoey

Production Runner

John Blakely

Sculptor

Sophie Baker

Still Photographer

Brian Martin

Best Boy Electric

Peter Hannan

Director of Photography

Ronnie Rampton

Electrician

Andrew McDade

Electrician

Libby Shearon

Unit Publicist

Peter Frampton

Makeup Designer

John Turner

Electrician

Alan Grosch

Electrician

Reviews

No reviews available.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

—

Revenue

$418,053

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How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

Where to watch

Top Billed Cast

Crew

Reviews

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Ghost in the Cell

I Want Your Sex

The Substance

Despicable Me

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