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Clockwise on DVD (1985)
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In this madcap comedy, John Cleese plays a headmaster with a mania for punctuality who has to travel to Norwich for a conference. Unfortunately, he boards the wrong train, resulting in an increasingly frenzied cross-country dash with a schoolgirl and a former girlfriend in tow. Cleese finds it difficult to be unfunny, and he unravels here much like Basil Fawlty, from a simmering starting point to a climax of epic proportions. Perhaps because of Cleese's background in TV comedy, the picture, written by Michael Frayn, is less a narrative than a series of sketches, plus some rather awkwardly placed propaganda about public and private education in that far-off land called Mrs Thatcher's Britain. Cleese refined his cinema technique two years later with A Fish Called Wanda and this film doesn't stand comparison, but it still makes for entertaining late-night fare. Time Out Clock-watching comprehensive headmaster Mr Stimpson (Cleese) momentarily boards the wrong train when he sets out for a... Read more on www.timeout.com Variety "...Witty....[Cleese's performance is] reminiscent of the best Monty Python television sketches..." Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most HelpfulMost Recent Reviews |
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