Clockwise (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 96 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Christopher Morahan
Stars: John Cleese, Penelope Wilton and Alison Steadman
IMDb score:
6,6 (14.701)
Releasedate: 1 March 1986
Clockwise plot
"Mr. Stimpson ran his life and everyone else's by the clock. Then one day at 2:09 and 43 seconds... The clock decided to strike back."
Brian Stimpson is the principal of a school and extremely punctual. He has now been selected to attend a major teaching conference and is well prepared. Due to a misunderstanding, he misses his train and does everything he can to still be on time, but on the way more and more people give chase.
Actors and actresses
Brian Stimpson
Gwenda Stimpson
Pat Garden
Mr. John Jolly
Headmaster
Headmaster
Clint
Ivan with the tractor
Headmaster
Mrs. Ellie Trellis
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 13430 messages
- 11265 votes
Nice film in which an extremely punctual school director misses the train with major consequences. Reasonably entertaining, but it doesn't want to be really hilarious (despite the fact that the set-up lends itself well to this). John Cleese also holds back a bit too much (especially compared to his other roles). Nevertheless, it does look easy.
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blurp194
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- 5681 messages
- 4306 votes
More fun than I remembered.
In the 80's you were pretty much thrown to death with Cleese, and also with a limited number of characters that he played in it. Whether I was influenced by that at the time, or whether there was something else I didn't like about this film, I'm not so clear anymore. Now I think it's a fairly enjoyable movie - although the jokes about left/right are a bit meager and Cleese is usually very close to irritation. But now I find the singing quite hilarious "follow the Master". Perhaps those details escaped me at the time.
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borghesia
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- 8 messages
- 28 votes
Wasn't expecting much from it but it turned out to be a surprisingly fun movie and we had fun with it from start to finish. Cleese is really here again Cleese luckily he can't be otherwise. With a great cast, this film is highly recommended.
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