Clockwise

Clockwise

1986 · 96 min · EN · PG · 6.2 (225 votes)
Dir. Christopher Morahan · Starring John Cleese, Penelope Wilton, Alison Steadman, Stephen Moore, Joan Hickson, Benjamin Whitrow · Music George Fenton

“Mr. Stimpson ran his life and everyone else's by the clock. Then one day at 2:09 and 43 seconds... The clock decided to strike back.”

Comedy

School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.

VIBE

A hilariously escalating spiral of misfortune. It's a frantic, anxiety-fueled race against the clock where every attempt at order only breeds more chaos. Pure, unadulterated British comedic mayhem.

chaoticfranticslapstickanxiousabsurdistfreneticBritish comedyfarcephysical comedyorder vs. chaostimebureaucracyabsurdity
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