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Clockwise (1986)
Directed by Christopher Morahan
“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.”
Comedy · 1h 36m
School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.
Cast
John Cleese
Brian Stimpson
Penelope Wilton
Pat Garden
Alison Steadman
Gwenda Stimpson
Stephen Moore
Mr. John Jolly
Joan Hickson
Mrs. Ellie Trellis
Benjamin Whitrow
Headmaster
Geoffrey Palmer
Headmaster
Michael Aldridge
Prior
Sharon Maiden
Laura Wisely
P
Penny Leatherbarrow
Woman Teacher
H
Howard Lloyd-Lewis
Ted
J
Jonathan Bowater
Clint
Crew
- Director
- Christopher Morahan
- Screenplay
- Michael Frayn
- Director of Photography
- John Coquillon
- Original Music Composer
- George Fenton
- Editor
- Peter Boyle
- Producer
- Michael Codron
Details
- Release date
- 1986-03-01
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
- Box office
- $1,476,356