Richard E. Grant
Denis Dimbleby Bagley
Search results
Mar 29, 1990 · How to Get Ahead in Advertising: Directed by Bruce Robinson. With Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong. A cynical advertising exec has a block at work leading to a meltdown. He's hilariously out of control. Getting a big, talking boil on his shoulder doesn't help.
- (6.4K)
- Comedy, Fantasy
- Bruce Robinson
- 1990-03-29
Running time. 94 minutes. Country. United Kingdom. Languages. English, German. Box office. $418,053. How to Get Ahead in Advertising is a 1989 British black comedy fantasy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and starring Richard E. Grant and Rachel Ward.
- $418,053
- 5 May 1989 (U.S.)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising. Pressure from his boss (Richard Wilson) and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's (Richard E. Grant) neck.
- (270)
- Bruce Robinson
- R
- Richard E. Grant
People also ask
Is 'how to get ahead in advertising' a good movie?
How long is 'how to get ahead in advertising'?
What is the best way to advertise a movie?
What's wrong with 'how to get ahead in advertising'?
Roger Ebert May 12, 1989. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. “How to Get Ahead in Advertising” is a sour, mean-spirited attack on advertising, starring an actor who can be repulsive and hateful without even trying. Those are the good things about it. The film's weakness is that it hates advertising so much it can't shut up about it.
Dennis Bagley can sell shampoo to a bald man, but mounting pressures at work begin to push him over the edge. Teetering hilariously between a nervous breakdown and a bizarre metamorphosis, can Dennis save himself before it's too late? 140 IMDb 6.8 1 h 47 min. R. Comedy · Fantasy · Fantastic · Outlandish.
How to Get Ahead in Advertising. Richard E. Grant is the endlessly suave Dennis Bagley, a high-strung advertising executive whose shoulder sprouts an evil, talking boil. The boil speaks only to Bagley, is silent to the rest of the world, and seems to be growing. This caustic satire reunites the talented team behind the cult classic Withnail and ...
