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How To Get Ahead In Advertising
Starring: Richard E. Grant & Rachel Ward Director: Bruce Robinson  Rated: Restricted

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Format: DVD

Genre: Comedy

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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Stereo Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - 06/01/1989

"...[A] vigorous, cheerfully outrageous British satire....The provocative ADVERTISING adds up to frightful good fun..."

New York Times - 03/30/1989

"...[Robinson] goes off on a new lunatic tangent....An engaging...combination of satire, science-fiction, Freud and domestic farce..."

Los Angeles Times - 05/05/1989

"...It's cruel, funny, knowing, never less than biting and occasionally brilliant....There is an awful power to Robinson's rhetoric and an irrefutable logic..."

Product Description:

A top-notch advertising executive becomes (Richard E. Grant) fed up in the midst of trying to come up with a pitch for a new pimple cream, chucking his job and rebelling against society at large. The cream ultimately may have come in handy, as a boil develops on his neck--and begins to talk! An inventive, bizarre satire.

Plot Synopsis:

A brilliant ad executive goes berserk trying to think of a clever campaign to sell a new, unglamorous pimple cream, to the extent that his subconscious sprouts a boil, which develops a face, alongside his head.

Plot Keywords:

Big Business | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Satire | Self-Discovery | Surreal | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

  • Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Censors.
  • Shot in Fujicolor. Began shooting June 6, 1987. Filmed at Lee International Film Studios in Shepperton, England, UK.
  • Budget estimate $5 million.

    Released in New York City and Los Angeles May 5, 1989 and London July 28, 1989. Released on video December 6, 1989.
  • Reviewed the New York Times 3/30/1989 and Monthly Film Bulletin 8/1989.

Cast and Crew:

Starring Richard E. Grant & Rachel Ward
Directed by Bruce Robinson

DVD Details:

  • Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
  • Originally Released in: 1989
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Rated: Restricted
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
  • Release Date: April 1, 2003
  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 35,679
  • Item UPC: 027616884442
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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