How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989, 1h 35min -

Writer-director Bruce Robinson and star Richard E. Grant, the cracked comic geniuses behind the cult favorite WITHNAIL AND I, reteamed for this diabolically dark satire of runaway capitalism in Margaret Thatcher–era England. Grant gives a virtuosically crazed performance as an ambitious advertising exec whose latest assignment—devising a campaign for a pimple cream—has him on the edge of a nervous breakdown. When he sprouts an enormous boil on his shoulder—one that not only talks but has evil ambitions of its own—a twisted battle of wills ensues. With fantastically fleshy body-horror effects and flourishes of gonzo surrealism, this tour de force of verbal jousting and physical comedy is a caustic Jekyll-and-Hyde tale for the greed-is-good 1980s. Show more

"How to Get Ahead in Advertising" — movie produced in UK and released in 1989. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.8 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 35min. "How to Get Ahead in Advertising" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!