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How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) — OmList

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Virgin Films & Handmade Films present

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

directed by Bruce Robinson

“The career where two heads are better than one.”

19891h 35mRFantasy

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Virgin Films & Handmade Films present

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

directed by Bruce Robinson

“The career where two heads are better than one.”

19891h 35mR

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§ Synopsis

Fantasy · Comedy · Drama

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

§ Keywords

what it's about

satire advertising nervous breakdown advertising executive advertising agency advertisement

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§ Cast

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Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

as Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Rachel Ward

as Julia Bagley

Richard Wilson

as John Bristol

Jacqueline Tong

Jacqueline Tong

as Penny Wheelstock

Susan Wooldridge

Susan Wooldridge

John Shrapnel

as Psychiatrist

Mick Ford

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