satire,advertising,nervous breakdown,advertising executive,advertising agency,advertisement

How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

Poster for How to Get Ahead in Advertising

The career where two heads are better than one.

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

Cast & Crew

Director
Bruce Robinson
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    Denis Dimbleby Bagley Richard E. Grant
  • Profile picture of Rachel Ward
    Julia Bagley Rachel Ward
  • Profile picture of Richard Wilson
    John Bristol Richard Wilson
  • Profile picture of Jacqueline Tong
    Penny Wheelstock Jacqueline Tong
  • Profile picture of Susan Wooldridge
    Monica Susan Wooldridge
  • Profile picture of John Shrapnel
    Psychiatrist John Shrapnel
  • Profile picture of Mick Ford
    Richard Mick Ford
  • Profile picture of Jacqueline Pearce
    Maud Jacqueline Pearce

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Keywords

  • satire
  • advertising
  • nervous breakdown
  • advertising executive
  • advertising agency
  • advertisement