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How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

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Average Rating:5.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: 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.... 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. [More]

Starring: Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong

Starring: Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong

Director: Bruce Robinson

Director: Bruce Robinson
Screenwriter: Bruce Robinson
Producer: George Harrison, Denis O'Brien, David Wimbury
Composer: Rick Wentworth, David Dundas

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