How to Get Ahead in Advertising

The career where two heads are better than one.

Categories: Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1989-05-05
Run time: 95 minute / 1:35
Revenue: $418,053
Director: Bruce Robinson
Production Companies : Virgin Films, Handmade Films
Production Country: United Kingdom

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Richard E. Grant
as Denis Dimbleby Bagley
Rachel Ward
as Julia Bagley
Richard Wilson
as John Bristol
Jacqueline Tong
as Penny Wheelstock
Susan Wooldridge
as Monica
John Shrapnel
as Psychiatrist
Hugh Armstrong
as Harry Wax
Mick Ford
as Richard
Jacqueline Pearce
as Maud
Christopher Simon
as Waiter
Gino Melvazzi
as Waiter
Victor Lucas
as Tweedy Man
Dawn Keeler
as Tweedy Woman
Kerryann White
as Girl in Elevator
Vivienne McKone
as Receptionist
Donald Hoath
as Businessman on train
John Levitt
as Businessman
Gordon Gostelow
as Priest
Pip Torrens
as Jonathan
Tony Slattery
as Basil
Rachel Fielding
as Jennifer
Pauline Melville
as Sylvia Wallace
Roddy Maude-Roxby
as Dr Gatty
Francesca Longrigg
as Nurse
Tanveer Ghani
as Hospital Doctor
Joanna Mays
as Phillis Blokey
Sean Bean
as Larry Frisk
Bruce Robinson
as The Boil (voice)
Eric Idle
as Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Directing
Bruce Robinson Director

Production
David Wimbury Producer

Sound
David Dundas Original Music Composer
Rick Wentworth Original Music Composer

Art
Michael Pickwoad Production Design

Camera
Bob Smith Camera Operator

Production
Ray Cooper Co-Producer
George Harrison Executive Producer
Denis O'Brien Executive Producer

Writing
Bruce Robinson Writer

Editing
Alan Strachan Editor

Production
Kathy Sykes Production Manager

Directing
Peter Kohn Assistant Director

Production
Bobby Blues Production Accountant

Costume & Make-Up
Andrea Galer Costume Design

Sound
Clive Winter Sound Mixer

Art
Henry Harris Art Direction

Production
Lucy Boulting Casting Director
Valerie Craig Production Coordinator

Directing
Sally Jones Script Supervisor

Camera
Stefan Stankowski Focus Puller
Adam Cooper Camera Loader
Luke Quigley Grip

Sound
Trevor Rutherford Boom Operator

Production
Gill Case Location Manager

Directing
Melvin Lind Assistant Director

Art
Alan Chesters Construction Manager
Robyn Hamilton-Doney Set Decoration
Dennis Maddison Property Buyer
Bruce Bigg Property Master

Costume & Make-Up
Heather Williams Wardrobe Master
Sue Love Hairdresser

Sound
Alan Paley Sound Editor
Paul Smith Dialogue Editor

Editing
Pat Brennan Assistant Editor
Paula Connor Assistant Editor
Kevin Lane Assistant Editor

Production
Stephanie Clark Production Secretary
Lynn Hoey Production Runner

Lighting
Reg Parsons Gaffer
Brian Martin Best Boy Electric
Alan Grosch Electrician
John Turner Electrician
Ronnie Rampton Electrician
Andrew McDade Electrician

Camera
Sophie Baker Still Photographer

Crew
Libby Shearon Unit Publicist

Costume & Make-Up
Peter Frampton Makeup Designer

Art
John Blakely Sculptor

Camera
Peter Hannan Director of Photography





















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