How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Release date

1989-05-05

Country

United Kingdom

Production

HandMade Films, Virgin Films

Genre

Fantasy, Comedy, Drama

Budget

$0

Revenue

$418 053

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Director

Bruce Robinson

Actors

Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong, Susan Wooldridge, John Shrapnel, Hugh Armstrong, Mick Ford, Jacqueline Pearce, Christopher Simon
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Scenario

Bruce Robinson

Producer

David Wimbury, George Harrison, Denis O'Brien

Operator

Peter Hannan

Composer

David Dundas

Artist

Audition

Editing

Alan Strachan
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• The classic Aston Martin parked in Bagli’s garage belonged to screenwriter and director Bruce Robinson. Robinson owned the 1961 DB4 convertible, of which only seventy exist worldwide, for around 30 years and sold it at auction in 2008.
• During the anniversary party, the strap of Julia’s dress keeps slipping off one shoulder and then the other. There's also a feeling that the color of the dress is changing too.
• After Bagli has lunch with his wife, she drops him off near the advertising agency’s office, but that building differs from the one used for shooting interior scenes. That was a tall red building located further up the street (visible when they show their arriving car), near Lambeth Bridge. This can be noticed from the view out of Bagli and Bristol’s office windows.
• Dennis’s boil grows on his right shoulder, and after it finally bursts, the mark from it appears on both his left and right shoulder.