| Clockwise |  | Artists: John Cleese, Penelope Wilton, Alison Steadman, Stephen Moore, Sharon Maiden
Label: LIONSGATE
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Sales Rank: 119,600
Format: NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Running Time: 1 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 001313115719
EAN: 0013131157192
ASIN: B00005R249
Release Date: January 6, 2012
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Product Description
In this classic slice of British comedy, John Cleese plays clock-watching headmaster Brian Stimpson, whose fanaticism for time-keeping knows no bounds. But his obsessive punctuality is put to the test when he boards the wrong train on his way to an education converence in Norwhich. What follows is a nightmarish journey involving a catalogue of misunderstandings, ex-girlfriends, unruly Sixth Formers and even the police. With a razor-sharp screenplay by acclaimed author and playwright Michael Frayn (Noises Off, Copenhagen) and great supporting turns from Alison Steadman and Joan Hickson, Clockwise is a lesson in the art of comic timing, with a bravura performance from Cleese at its centre.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. This product is expected to play back in DVD Video "play only" devices, and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives.
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Monty Python's John Cleese makes this lighthearted farce work as a tightly wound, punctilious public school headmaster whose well-organized life unravels in a series of disasters on his journey to a conference. Cleese is a master of fussy, fastidious characters in exasperating situations, bottling up his frustration under good manners and sardonic comments until he finally blows, but he's also startlingly vulnerable as he systematically loses all sense of himself. Dressed in monk's robes and stranded on a lonely country road, he looks down at his naked wrist and sighs, "I've even lost the time." Michael Fryan (the playwright of Noises Off) doesn't really have much of a story behind the situations, but he provides plenty of complications, and Cleese holds the film together with his brittle manner, single-minded drive, and hilarious headmaster's condescending haughtiness. While it will seem slight to many, Cleese fans will love it. --Sean Axmaker
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