How to Get Ahead in Advertising

"The career where two heads are better than one."

Jul 28 1989 R 1h 30m
Comedy, Fantasy

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

Plot

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 worrying affects not only his relationship with his wife, his friends and his boss, but also his own body - graphically demonstrated when he grows a large stress-related boil on his shoulder. But when the boil grows eyes and a mouth and starts talking, Bagley really begins to think he's lost his mind. But has he?

Written by

Bruce Robinson

Directed by

Bruce Robinson

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

HandMade Films, Virgin Films

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
6,782
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA