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Title: The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
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Sydney Arnold | ... | Crimson Permanent Assurance Pirate |
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Guy Bertrand | ||
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Ross Davidson | ... | Very Big Corporation of America Executive |
| Myrtle Devenish | ... | Crimson Permanent Assurance Pirate | |
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Eric Francis | ... | Crimson Permanent Assurance Pirate |
| Matt Frewer | ... | Very Big Corporation of America Yuppie | |
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Peter Mantle | ||
| Len Marten | ... | Crimson Permanent Assurance Pirate | |
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Peter Merrill | ||
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Cameron Miller | ||
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Gareth Milne | ... | Crimson Permanent Assurance Pirate |
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In the bleak days of 1983, the Crimson Permanent Assurance, an accountancy staffed by elderly workers much like a slave ship, has been taken over by efficiency-minded corporate types. When they sack an employee, there's an uprising, and the building is unleashed from its moorings to sail across the (dry) ocean and take on the financial centers of the world, starting with an all-out attack on the large skyscraper housing The Very Big Corporation of America, complete with filing-cabinet cannons, ceiling-fan broadswords, and paper-spindle short-swords. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
May 1983 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
A Seguradora Permanente Crimson See more »Filming Locations:
EMI Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UKCompany Credits
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A satrical look at the way the business environment was changing after downsizing became the latest American import into the U.K. The central theme of men pushed beyond their limits is explored in an extremely entertaining, surrealistic, typically Gilliam fashion. The use of totally inapt equipment, filing cabinets as ship's cannon, is somewhat reminiscent of the use of musical instruments in the Square World episode which won the Golden Rose of Montreux. All in all a sidesplitter!