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| Directed by | Christopher Morahan |
| Produced by | Michael Codron |
| Written by | Michael Frayn |
| Starring | John Cleese Penelope Wilton Stephen Moore |
| Music by | George Fenton |
| Cinematography | John Coquillon |
| Editing by | Peter Boyle |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 11 July 1986 |
| Running time | 96 min. Christopher Morahan (born 9 July 1929 in London) is an English stage and television director and a producing manager the son of Thomas Hugo Morahan and Michael Frayn (born 8 September 1933 is an English playwright and novelist John Marwood Cleese (ˈkliːz born 27 October, 1939) is a British Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film producer Penelope A Wilton OBE (born 3 June 1946) is an English actress. Stephen Moore (born 11 December 1937) is an English Actor, known for his work on British television in the 80s and 2000s George Fenton (born 19 October John Coquillon (1933 – 1987 was a Canadian Cinematographer. Peter Boyle (born 27 May, 1946, in Formby) is an English Film editor. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) |
| Language | English |
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Clockwise is a 1986 British comedy film starring John Cleese. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located John Marwood Cleese (ˈkliːz born 27 October, 1939) is a British Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film producer It was directed by Christopher Morahan, written by Michael Frayn and produced by Michael Codron. Christopher Morahan (born 9 July 1929 in London) is an English stage and television director and a producing manager the son of Thomas Hugo Morahan and Michael Frayn (born 8 September 1933 is an English playwright and novelist The film was co-produced by Moment Films and Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment. EMI Films is a British Film and Television production company and Distributor. The music in the film was composed by George Fenton.
Overview
The film centres on Brian Stimpson (played by Cleese), the successful but obsessive headmaster of Thomas Tompion comprehensive school. Thomas Tompion (1639&ndash1713 was an English master clockmaker and watchmaker known today as the father of English watchmaking. A comprehensive school is a Secondary school and State school for children from the age of 11 to at least 16 that does not select children on the basis of academic Having been habitually late and disorganised as a young man, he has grown up to become famously punctual, and his school runs 'like clockwork'. On the way to a headmasters' conference at which he is a speaker many misfortunes befall him and his ordered world begins to unwind in a way reminiscent of Greek tragedy. A Morris 1100 car, similar to the Austin 1300 beaten with a stick by Cleese in Fawlty Towers episode 'Gourmet Night', plays a key role in the plot of this film. ADO16 is the codename for the development of what became the Morris 1100, a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation (BMC and later ADO16 is the codename for the development of what became the Morris 1100, a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation (BMC and later Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 "Gourmet Night" is the fifth episode in the first series of the BBC TV Sitcom Fawlty Towers.
Michael Frayn's screenplay has a different opening, involving illuminated digits on a clock radio, Cleese waking up when the alarm goes off and Cleese seen naked and wet in the shower ("a sight few of us expected to see in our lifetime").
For his performance in the film, Cleese won the 1987 Peter Sellers Award For Comedy at the Evening Standard British Film Awards. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, commonly known as Peter Sellers ( 8 September 1925 &ndash 24 July 1980) was a British The London Evening Standard is an English Tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast
The school used in the beginning of the film (where Cleese was Headmaster) was Menzies High School, in West Bromwich (West Midlands). West Bromwich ( is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England King Edward's School, a private boys' day school and the east entrance to the University of Birmingham, both in Edgbaston, Birmingham, were also used as filming locations, as were Hull railway station and Grimsby's Scartho Road Hospital (now called Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital). King Edward's School (KES ( is an independent Secondary school in Birmingham, England, founded by King Edward VI The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a British red brick University located in the city of Birmingham Edgbaston is an area in the city of Birmingham in England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own District committee. Grimsby (or archaically Great Grimsby) is a Seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. Diana Princess of Wales Hospital is situated off Scartho Road Grimsby. The entrance to the on-screen hospital (in which the car Cleese and others are seen driving out of) is actually the entrance to the Scartho Road Cemetery in Grimsby. The character of Mr Stimpson, played by Cleese, was based on a real headmaster at his daughter's school.
Notable cast
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External links
- Clockwise at the Internet Movie Database
- Clockwise at Allmovie
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