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John Cleese (Actor), Penelope Wilton (Actor), Christopher Morahan (Director) Rated:

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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.

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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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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Yes
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.5 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Christopher Morahan
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Anamorphic, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ January 6, 2012
Actors ‏ : ‎ John Cleese, Penelope Wilton, Alison Steadman, Stephen Moore, Sharon Maiden
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Producers ‏ : ‎ Michael Cordon
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Studio ‏ : ‎ LIONSGATE
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005R249
Writers ‏ : ‎ Michael Frayn
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Had high expectations with John Cleese as star but isn't funny at all

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2021

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John Cleese plays an absent minded but control freak headmaster at a school. He’s invited to a conference but nothing goes right. Then everyone misinterprets what’s happening. The problem is the movie never gets funny.

The movie tries to use misunderstandings throughout to drive the story. For example Cleese is supposed to get on a train. The station agent tells him his train is on the left. Cleese says right and the agent replies right so Cleese gets on the train on the right. Humorous? Not quite and that’s what happens from start to finish.
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ABS123

A Comedy Masterpiece

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2021

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John Cleese is perhaps the best comedy actor in English-speaking world and IMO, this is one of his best movies. I am a fan of clean comedies from Marx Brothers to Groundhog Day but there is something special about Clockwise that sets it way above any of the past comedies I have watched. The one important factor for me was the lack of vulgarity and profanity in this film. I never find the innuendos and slapstick actions that revolve around profanity, obscenity and sex to be funny but rather cheap shots for filling the space where the plot runs out of humorous substance.

The Movie's plot centers around a schoolmaster in UK who has been selected to be the Chairman of Headmasters' conference. The trip to the location is filled with events and mishaps of sidesplitting comedic effects. Simple sentences such as "we need a tractor quickly" have such comedic effect that, for hours after watching the film, it cracks me up by merely reminiscing it.

This is a great funny movie for all ages; preferably older than 12. I consider it the best comedy I have watched in the last 50 years and recommend it to anyone who appreciates clean comedies.

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Zdzislaw Meglicki

John Cleese at his best

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2019

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It's a marvellous movie, one of the best ever. It is everything that you might expect from John Cleese, everything that leads to his follow up masterpieces, "A Fish Called Wanda" and "Fierce Creatures." To fully appreciate the movie, you should read and ponder the lyrics of "He who would valiant be" by John Bunyan (written in 1684--you will find the text in Wikipedia under "To Be a Pilgrim") because the hymn frames the story and comments upon it at the same time.

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trlamb

Not enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2020

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I usually like John Cleese, but this film has not aged well. I was grinding my teeth at the improbabilities and I quit watching it.

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The new edition doesn't make the film great, but it makes it better.

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2020

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I am an old guy who first watched Cleese in Python and Fawlty Towers...back when they were new. Like I said, old guy. This is an excellent look at Cleese's sense of humor- although a bit slow. The previous disc has been in my collection for years, but this version has a commentary track which sucks me in again every time. Good transfer as well - the film looks terrific for it's age.

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Funny but not hilarious or uproarious.

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2021

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Although I did not laugh my socks off, I did occasionally laugh aloud (more of a guffaw or sputter really).
Judging by the allotted stars, some reviewers thought this was funnier than I did, others found it less funny.
There were also some reviews that agreed with the number of stars that I selected. I find this pattern tends to occur with most items I review and do expect it to continue.
Also there was the time I saw a big bumble bee. It flew around and around and never landed on any of the flowers of the tree I was standing under. Then it started to rain and the bee suddenly flew off away from the tree into the open meadow. It probably got soaking wet, though I never saw it again (not that I'd necessarily recognize it later after it had dried out).
I think about that bee that never landed every now and again. Sometimes I even write about it in reviews like this one I'm writing Right now.
Well I guess there's nothing Left to say.

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Live by the clock. Die by the clock.

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2021

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The nuances of British humor. I’ve never been a fan of John Cleese (nor Monty Python’s Flying Circus) but the comedic timing of this film was faultless, as I witnessed the protagonist’s fanciful misadventures enroute to Norwich. By all accounts, the script is boilerplate, at times ridiculously over-the-top; but John Cleese’s brilliant performance made this comedy of improbable travel situations believable, thusly making the film clever and laugh-out-loud funny.

Starting with the opening credits, I got a Pink Floyd earworm: “Another Brick In the Wall” and/or “Time”. I was half expecting the tunes to come up at some point in the film. They did not.

“We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought-control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom.” :-)

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John Cleese is hilarious as the bumbling schoolmaster.

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2018

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This is a classic John Cleese movie. If you enjoy Fawlty Towers, you'll love this show. Cleese plays a distracted school master at a British high school who is supposed to give a speech and accept an award at a teachers' conference. However, things don't quite go as planned and the schoolmaster ends up steeling a car, kidnapping a student, destroying said car, and steeling a monk's robe. Along the way he meets some interesting characters and discovers some things about himself. It's a hilarious caper film and Cleese is at the top of his game in this one.

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Emily H.

Hilarious, John Cleese at his best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2017

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A brilliant film. I bought it for my son because he has been enjoying Fawlty Towers. This is John Cleese, doing what he does best. Silly, funny, slapstick and exasperated comedy - hysterically funny.

The clothing and the cars look very 1980s, but I don't care. It's Cleese doing his thing, and it's brilliant.

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A nicely complicated comedy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 12, 2016

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A nicely complicated comedy. It really made me laugh out loud while enjoyed many a quiet chuckle. Beautifully and appropriately: John Cleese, superb in a part he brought to life (we've all met people a bit like that!). Alison Steadman was perfect in her role as were all the supporting cast. After well over seventy years of watching films 'Clockwise' was a highlight. Perhaps I should have given it five stars?

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Rosie C

John Cleese comedy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2019

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A good film for its time, John Cleese in the 'Fawlty Towers' mode, great comedy along with Alison Steadman as his long suffering wife, it does get a little silly half way through but overall worth watching and alls well that ends well!

MARK C. BALE

DVD Cut???

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2011

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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 dialogue missing from the DVD which I seem to remember: Alison Steadman telling chatterbox Joan Hickson to either shut up or belt up during the film, which is not present on the DVD. Is my memory playing tricks, or was there such a scene/line of dialogue in a previous version of the film? Anyone have a previous version of this (TV broadcast, VHS, US release ?) or someone who also recalls this scene.

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Paul John Speer

Good film, no subtitles

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 4, 2020

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Good film, shame theres no subtitles

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