Clockwise

Name: Clockwise
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1986-03-14
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: John Cleese, Penny Leatherbarrow, Howard Lloyd-Lewis

19861986
PGPG
1h 36min

An obsessively punctual comprehensive school headmaster sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters' Conference.An obsessively punctual comprehensive school headmaster sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters' Conference.An obsessively punctual comprehensive school headmaster sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters' Conference.

6.6/10

12K

Director
- Christopher Morahan
Writer
- Michael Frayn(original screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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John Cleese and John Bardon in Clockwise (1986)

John Cleese and Sharon Maiden in Clockwise (1986)

John Cleese and Penelope Wilton in Clockwise (1986)

John Cleese, Geoffrey Davion, and Richard Ridings in Clockwise (1986)

Director
- Christopher Morahan
Writer
- Michael Frayn(original screenplay)
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Brian Stimpson (John Cleese) is the headmaster of a comprehensive (high) school in England. He sets himself, his staff, and pupils very high standards. On the way to a conference at which he is to talk, all manner of disasters strike. —Rob Hartill

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Taglines
- If you've ever been late... you'll know what this film is all about!
Genre
- Comedy
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide

Trivia
The name of the school was Thomas Tompion Comprehensive School. Tompion (1639-1713), a famous clockmaker, is regarded as the father of English clockmaking. He constructed some of the first spring-balanced watches, and some of the timepieces he made are still operational.

Goofs
When Stimpson is informed the train for Norwich is on the adjacent platform, he could not have been on the Plymouth train, as that would leave from London Paddington, not London Liverpool Street which is where Norwich trains depart from.

Quotes
Brian Stimpson: It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Color of Money/Sid and Nancy/Down by Law/Clockwise (1986)

Soundtracks
This Is My Lovely Day
by A.P. Herbert (as Herbert) & Vivian Ellis (as Ellis)
Sung by Ann Way (uncredited)
Chappell Music Ltd

Top review

7/10

Amiable fun.

Clockwise is no classic comedy; make no mistake there. But it is a very watchable one, largely thanks to a fair plot and script often greatly elevated by the marvellous John Cleese. It never really loses as much steam as I thought it might, and contains a fine scene where Cleese attempts to deliver his speech - "Expatiate over weighty balls of matter!" Apart from that speech, nothing raised a huge guffaw; but much was gently amusing. Certainly worth watching, if lacking in real wit. There are just too many hapless onlookers' reactions shown to generate laughs, that is a mark of a less-than-inspired comedy, but Cleese gives a fine, Fawlty-esque performance, that will impress all. Rating:- *** 1/2 (out of *****)

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