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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: John Cleese's knack for mining hilarity from the growing frustration of a dignified gentleman is fully exploited in the British comedy Clockwise. Cleese portrays Brian Stimpson, a perfectionist English headmaster who has been selected to make an important presentation before a group of his peers. When Stimpson sets out upon his journey, however, he finds himself facing a seemingly never-ending series of delays and inconveniences, which range from missing a train to becoming a fugitive from the police. The film goes no deeper than its farcical surface, but is nevertheless consistently entertaining, thanks to former Monty Python member Cleese's precisely tuned transitions from composure to complete collapse. ...Clockwise
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film makes me laugh as much today as it did in 1986! It's good old light-hearted farce from beginning to end.
Mr. Stimpson (Cleese) is Head Teacher of a comprehensive school and a stickler for time-keeping. When he's invited to address the annual Head Teachers' Conference in Norwich, he times his journey to the millisecond - then everything that can go wrong goes wrong! He boards the wrong train, loses the transcript of his speech, and even ends up having a bath in a monastery! In many ways, Stimpson resembles the notoriously accident prone Basil Faulty of the 1970s.
It's just a fun movie from start to finish!
Mr. Stimpson (Cleese) is Head Teacher of a comprehensive school and a stickler for time-keeping. When he's invited to address the annual Head Teachers' Conference in Norwich, he times his journey to the millisecond - then everything that can go wrong goes wrong! He boards the wrong train, loses the transcript of his speech, and even ends up having a bath in a monastery! In many ways, Stimpson resembles the notoriously accident prone Basil Faulty of the 1970s.
It's just a fun movie from start to finish!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Pitch perfect mid 1980's comedy, with Cleese keeping his manic side in check - just - as he tries to get to a conference.
One of the oddest things about watching the films now is how old it seems. We still tend to think of the 1980s as recent history, but when you watch this you realise how much has changed. The cars, the trains, the lack of traffic, no mobile phones. Who would have thought it - 1986 is suddenly starting to look like the good old days.
One of the oddest things about watching the films now is how old it seems. We still tend to think of the 1980s as recent history, but when you watch this you realise how much has changed. The cars, the trains, the lack of traffic, no mobile phones. Who would have thought it - 1986 is suddenly starting to look like the good old days.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a Very entertaining and funny British film with John Cleese playing the part of a time obsessed secondary school headmaster called Mr Stimpson. The script is both original and good humoured. It's a real good laugh to see what crazy situations Mr Stimpson gets himself into and the lengths he is prepared to go to along his desperate journey to Norwich in order to get to his school headmasters conference on time. This is all in aid of delivering his well thought out and prepared speech which incidentaly ends up left on a train going in the opposite direction. The climax of the film builds up to an hilarious ending leaving the poor exhausted Mr Stimpsom improvising on his original speech that becomes somewhat distorted from its original outline, all of this mounts up, leaving behind a trail of evidence to suggest that Mr Stimpson has gone COMPLETELY MAD!
Ha Ha Ha!
Ha Ha Ha!
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Not extremely funny. But perhaps the sense of humour was different those days. If you look for a decent (but slightly twisted) comedy movie - 'what's new pussycat' with P. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Luke
The sherry glasses!!
As my grandchildren were coming to visit in a few days, I ordered Clockwise, hoping it would be delivered in time. It certainly was! Well done, Amazon. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Wise owl
Clockwise
Love that scene with the cheeky farmer on his (disclosed) tractor behind the hedge advising Mr Stimson that if he could find a tractor to "stay on thing all way 't Norwich.."
Published 6 months ago by Mark Gaffney
John Cleese as his best !!
If you didn't catch this on Video, watch it now - it is absolutely hilarious - excellent performances from just about everyone. Brilliant. John Cleese is masterful as ever !!
Published 14 months ago by J. A. Kershaw
DVD Cut???
Just watched this DVD tonight, and a fantastic funny film.
I saw this film many years ago either on Sky TV or the old VHS release, but I am sure there is a line of... Read more
I saw this film many years ago either on Sky TV or the old VHS release, but I am sure there is a line of... Read more
Published 16 months ago by MARK C. BALE
Great british comedy
john cleese is the king of disasters, if anyone suits the part of a man who has the worst luck its john cleese, he provides a sterling performance of this part with his over... Read more
Published 16 months ago by C. Palmer
wonderful, fab, really worth watching will make you laugh so much
Excellent, really fun movie, delivery time excellent, will watch over and over again, my sister drove 150 miles to watch it at my place was really a fun day thank you.
Published 18 months ago by Merlin
Wicked!
Being a retired headteacher, I can appreciate the full humour of this story. John Cleese plays the lead very convincingly.Alison Steadman is excellent as always.
Published on 19 May 2010 by Stuart G. Robinson
A True Classic
Clockwise [DVD] [1985]
If you like comedy you must have this. It is a true classic. I watched this film many timed over the years and it still makes me laugh. Read more
If you like comedy you must have this. It is a true classic. I watched this film many timed over the years and it still makes me laugh. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2010 by C'est Moi
Not my cup of tea but...
My husband loves this movie so I'm giving it four stars. I can't stand to look at the 80's hair, and the plot seems too predictable for my taste, but there you go.
Published on 9 Feb 2010 by French girl
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