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"How to Get Ahead in Advertising" quotes

How to Get Ahead in Advertising poster
A cynical advertising exec has a block at work leading to a meltdown. He's hilariously out of control. Getting a big, talking boil on his shoulder doesn't help.

Director: Bruce Robinson
Writer: Bruce Robinson
Production: N/A
Genre: comedy, fantasy
Year: 1989
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 6.8
BoxOffice: $418,053
Released: 29 Mar 1990
Awards: 1 nomination

24 video clips

Businessman On TrainDenis Dimbleby BagleyBagleyPsychiatristLarry FriskJulia BagleyPenny WheelstockJohn BristolBasilMale Love BirdCity WorkerMonica
I see the police have made another lightning raid - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 07:28 I see the police have made another lightning raid My grandfather was caught molesting a wallaby in a private zoo in 1919 - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:13 My grandfather was caught molesting a wallaby in a private... I'd be decapitating it and that could be dangerous - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:24 I'd be decapitating it and that could be dangerous And that is that I could be awake to see you lanced - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:36 And that is that I could be awake to see you lanced Do you have trouble in getting an erection - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:15 Do you have trouble in getting an erection Insanity You still want to sell 'em boils - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:34 Insanity You still want to sell 'em boils Don't pretend you haven't noticed my cardboard box Julia - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:06 Don't pretend you haven't noticed my cardboard box... Really It is the reason I'm resigning - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:20 Really It is the reason I'm resigning Women I might inform you take that primitive device called the pill - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:18 Women I might inform you take that primitive device called... Nobody in advertising wants to get rid of boils Julia - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:10 Nobody in advertising wants to get rid of boils Julia OK old chap why don't you take some time off - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:26 OK old chap why don't you take some time off 15 years ago I was out there on the floor where you are now - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:33 15 years ago I was out there on the floor where you are now They're cutting down jungles to breed hamburgers - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:22 They're cutting down jungles to breed hamburgers You dislike me because I'm not one of those starved little tarts you exploit - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:29 You dislike me because I'm not one of those starved... I'll be frank with you Bagley I'm running out of bullshit - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:05 I'll be frank with you Bagley I'm running out of... Because I'm the man who's taken the stench out of everything but shit - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:06 Because I'm the man who's taken the stench out of... Who are we trying to sell this to - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 01:09 Who are we trying to sell this to Hiya handsome - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:09 Hiya handsome Goodness gracious no - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:12 Goodness gracious no All we gotta do is tell him to throw a rock through their window - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:12 All we gotta do is tell him to throw a rock through their... I think men should bleed - How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:19 I think men should bleed

Cast

Bagley - Richard E. Grant
Julia - Rachel Ward
Bristol - Richard Wilson
Penny Wheelstock - Jacqueline Tong
Psychiatrist - John Shrapnel
All Cast