How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 6,782 VOTES · DIR. Bruce Robinson

How to Get Ahead in Advertising poster

Overview

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,401 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:16 Let me try and clarify some of this for you.
00:03:15 I'll be frank with you, Bagley. I'm running out of bullshit.
00:06:48 celebrate my breakthrough.
00:10:21 - Really? - Said you went over the top.
00:13:42 More likely than what you say.
00:16:56 You dislike me because I'm not one of those starved little tarts you exploit.
00:20:31 Get out of the bloody bath!
00:24:08 And when I've done it, I intend to encourage others to do it.
00:28:01 Come on. He needs some help.
00:34:15 It might be a relative. His mother.
00:37:56 I'll buy a couple of polo necks, and we could hop on a plane.
00:40:58 I wanted to tell the world about advertising.
00:45:05 In my opinion, it should be lanced instantly.
00:48:25 Come on. Sir. You've had your say. Now I'll have mine.
00:52:17 - You hungry? - No.
00:55:32 ruin everything we've got?
00:59:56 Gotta go, Bagley.
01:03:56 Don't!
01:06:53 Dignity? You're corrupt. Julia! Julia!
01:10:08 We put an added ingredient into bombs these days.
01:14:51 - Sorry. - Monica?
01:21:01 Are you there? I pray you're there.
01:24:15 I want something better now that can't be bought.
01:27:33 on England's green and pleasant land!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,401
Dialogue density14.7 lines / min
First line00:00:16
Final line01:27:33

Production Record

DirectorBruce Robinson
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$418,053
IMDb votes6,782