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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. The title is a pun and can be literally taken as "How to Get a Head in Advertising."
Mar 29, 1990 · A cynical advertising exec has a block at work and grows a talking boil on his shoulder. This film is a hilarious satire of adverising, humanity, and personality, starring Richard E. Grant and directed by Bruce Robinson.
- (6.6K)
- Comedy, Fantasy
- Bruce Robinson
- 1990-03-29
141. 19K views 4 years ago. Dennis Dimbleby Bagley is a brilliant young advertising executive who can't come up with a slogan to sell a revolutionary new pimple cream. His obsessive...
- 2 min
- 21.7K
- Handmade Films
A satire on advertising and consumer society, starring Richard E. Grant as a cynical London executive who develops a talking boil. The film is praised for its venomous wit and Grant's performance, but criticized for its excessive dialogue.
How to get Ahead in Advertising. Denis Dimbleby Bagley (Richard E Grant) is a brilliant young advertising executive who can't come up with a slogan to sell a revolutionary new spot cream.
Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Pressure from his boss (Richard Wilson) and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's (Richard E. Grant) neck.
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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.