How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
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Directors
Bruce Robinson
Cast
Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong
The story
A mentally unstable advertising executive, Denis Dimbleby Bagley, suffers a nervous breakdown while making an advert for pimple cream. He has a crisis of conscience about the ethics of advertising, which leads to mania. He then develops a boil on his right shoulder that comes to life with a face and voice.
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Satire, Silly Movie, comedy film
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