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Robinson's scathing critique of mindless consumerism begins with one of the funniest monologues ever written, and Grant instantly claims his role with manic perfection. A time bomb of repressed anxiety, Dennis blossoms in righteous protest against his profession, only to find his evil boil growing dominant, worrying his wife (Ward's performance is charmingly sympathetic), and inevitably seizing control. The movie's message is obvious and heavy-handed, and Robinson's blazing wit grows increasingly bilious and urgent, but you can't blame him for sniping at easy targets. As corporate synergy and rampant commercialism reach insane proportions, How to Get Ahead in Advertising grows more relevant than ever, holding a mirror to the grotesqueries of capitalism in extremis. --Jeff Shannon
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Bruce Robinson |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1989 |
| MANUFACTURER: | MGM (Video & DVD) |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Comedies & Family Ent., Comedy, Comedy Video, Feature Film-comedy, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616884442 |
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Customer Reviews of How to Get Ahead In Advertising
Important to watch Bill Hicks said "if you're in marketing, do us all a favor and shoot yourself". If you've seen How to get ahead in advertising, you'd know exactly what he meant. This movie is a great take on showing the warped mindset of someone who works in the industry.
Its a talking boil
Its a movie about a talking boil....what more do you need to know?
Very funny but also weird.
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.
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> "How to Get Ahead in Advertising" in one of the most original comedies I have seen. The humor ranges from the shocking, to the surrealistic, to slapstick.
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> The film is about Dennis Bagley, an advertising agent trying to come up with a slogan for a skin ointment that removes boils.
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> He is so stressed from time pressure that he grows a boil on his right shoulder. Then one day when he is asleep two talking cartoon birds fly put of his chimney and into his TV set. This marks when fantasy becomes reality. The boil begins growing a face and begins talking! Things get realy bad after this but I do not want to ruin the surprise.
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> The acting in this film is better and is well-rehearsed. The film does have much strong language earning it an R rating. Watch the movie yourself before deciding to let your teenage children watch it.
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> The only special feature on the DVD is a theatrical trailer.
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> It is currently out of print and ususally sells for more than twice it's original retail price. The DVD was taken out of print more recently so more copies were made of this release than other out of print Criterion DVD's. Bootlegs of this are more rare and the film has been re-released on a non-criterion edition by MGM home video.