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Clockwise is a 1986 British comedy film starring John Cleese. It was directed by Christopher Morahan, written by Michael Frayn and produced by Michael Codron. The film was co-produced by Moment Films and Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment. The music in the film was composed by George Fenton.

The film centres on the successful but obsessive headmaster of a comprehensive school Brian Stimpson played by Cleese. His school runs 'like clockwork'. On the way to a headmasters' conference at which he is a speaker many misfortunes befall him and his ordered world begins to unwind in a way reminiscent of Greek tragedy. A Morris 1100 car, similar to the one beaten with a stick by Cleese in Fawlty Towers episode 'Gourmet Night', plays a key role in the plot of this film as well.

Michael Frayn's screenplay has a different opening, involving illuminated digits on a clock radio, Cleese waking up when the alarm goes off and Cleese seen naked and wet in the shower ("a sight few of us expected to see in our lifetime").

For his performance in the film, Cleese won the 1987 Peter Sellers Award For Comedy at the Evening Standard British Film Awards.

King Edward's School, a private boys' day school in Edgbaston, Birmingham, was used as a filming location, as was Hull railway station.

Classic Moments

Brian Stimpson: "It's not the despair, I can stand the despair - it's the hope"

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