How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

Released: 1989-05-05 Duration: 1hr 35min
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Rating 6.3
The career where two heads are better than one.

Overview

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

Production Companies

Virgin Films
Handmade Films
Handmade Films

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $418,053.00
Original Language en
Popularity 5.969

Directed By

Bruce Robinson

Crew

Director
Bruce Robinson
Original Music Composer
David Dundas
Producer
David Wimbury
Original Music Composer
Rick Wentworth
Production Design
Michael Pickwoad
Executive Producer
George Harrison
Camera Operator
Bob Smith
Co-Producer
Ray Cooper
Executive Producer
Denis O'Brien
Boom Operator
Trevor Rutherford
Art Direction
Henry Harris
Assistant Director
Peter Kohn
Production Accountant
Bobby Blues
Costume Design
Andrea Galer
Property Master
Bruce Bigg
Assistant Editor
Kevin Lane
Production Manager
Kathy Sykes
Property Buyer
Dennis Maddison
Script Supervisor
Sally Jones
Location Manager
Gill Case
Construction Manager
Alan Chesters
Sound Editor
Alan Paley
Casting Director
Lucy Boulting
Assistant Director
Melvin Lind
Wardrobe Master
Heather Williams
Dialogue Editor
Paul Smith
Camera Loader
Adam Cooper
Production Secretary
Stephanie Clark
Production Coordinator
Valerie Craig
Sound Mixer
Clive Winter
Hairdresser
Sue Love
Set Decoration
Robyn Hamilton-Doney
Gaffer
Reg Parsons
Focus Puller
Stefan Stankowski
Assistant Editor
Paula Connor
Assistant Editor
Pat Brennan
Production Runner
Lynn Hoey
Sculptor
John Blakely
Still Photographer
Sophie Baker
Best Boy Electric
Brian Martin
Director of Photography
Peter Hannan
Electrician
Ronnie Rampton
Electrician
Andrew McDade
Unit Publicist
Libby Shearon
Makeup Designer
Peter Frampton
Electrician
John Turner
Electrician
Alan Grosch

TOP 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

John Shrapnel
John Shrapnel

Psychiatrist

Hugh Armstrong
Hugh Armstrong

Harry Wax

Mick Ford
Mick Ford

Richard

Victor Lucas
Victor Lucas

Tweedy Man

Dawn Keeler
Dawn Keeler

Tweedy Woman

Kerryann White
Kerryann White

Girl in Elevator

Vivienne McKone
Vivienne McKone

Receptionist

Donald Hoath
Donald Hoath

Businessman on train

John Levitt
John Levitt

Businessman

Pip Torrens
Pip Torrens

Jonathan

Pauline Melville
Pauline Melville

Sylvia Wallace

Tanveer Ghani
Tanveer Ghani

Hospital Doctor

Joanna Mays
Joanna Mays

Phillis Blokey

Sean Bean
Sean Bean

Larry Frisk

Bruce Robinson
Bruce Robinson

The Boil (Voice Only)

Eric Idle
Eric Idle

Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)

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