HOW TO GET AHEAD IN ADVERTISING

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• Release Year: 1989
• Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
• Plot: Two heads are not necessarily better than one in this 'highly entertaining' (The Hollywood Reporter), 'blistering' (Los Angeles Times) satire about a man brought to the edge of insanity by a rival out for control of his career...and his body!; ; To hotshot ad exec Dennis Bagley (Richard E. Grant), people are pathetic sheep to whom he can sell anything...except a brand-new pimple cream. Creatively blocked, Dennis becomes so stressed that he sprouts a pimple of his own...a pimple that eventually grows into a huge head...with a mind and a voice! Before long, the sassy carbuncle takes over Dennis' life, revealing to him a diabolical plan to control the masses. Now Dennis must find courage deep within himself to save society - and himself - from the beastly blemish!
• Cast: Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong, John Shrapnel, Susan Wooldridge, Hugh Armstrong, Mick Ford, Jacqueline Pearce, Christopher Simon, Gino Melvazzi, Victor Lucas, Dawn Keeler, Kerryann White, Vivienne McKone, Donald Hoath, John Levitt, Gordon Gostelow, Pip Torrens, Tony Slattery, Rachel Fielding, Pauline Melville, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Francesca Longrigg, Tanveer Ghani, Joanna Mays, Sean Bean, Terry Jones, Bruce Robinson
• Director: Bruce Robinson
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: MGM, Hand Made Films
• Media Format: Movie