120 How to Get Ahead in Advertising
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120 How to Get Ahead in Advertising
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Richard E. Grant is the endlessly suave Dennis Bagley, a high-strung advertising executive whose shoulder sprouts an evil, talking boil. The boil speaks only to Bagley, is silent to the rest of the world, and seems to be growing. This caustic satire reunites the talented team behind the cult classic Withnail and I to create a tour de force of verbal jousting and physical comedy.
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• Exclusive widescreen version, supervised by director of photography Peter Hannan
• Original theatrical trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
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Richard E. Grant is the endlessly suave Dennis Bagley, a high-strung advertising executive whose shoulder sprouts an evil, talking boil. The boil speaks only to Bagley, is silent to the rest of the world, and seems to be growing. This caustic satire reunites the talented team behind the cult classic Withnail and I to create a tour de force of verbal jousting and physical comedy.
Special Features
• Exclusive widescreen version, supervised by director of photography Peter Hannan
• Original theatrical trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
Criterionforum.org user rating averages
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I'd seriously recommend renting the MGM disc first - I adore Withnail too, but Advertising is just terrible; shrill, obnoxious, virtually incoherent and generally half-baked. Although if you do want to buy it, at least the Criterion should keep its resale value.downrightindie wrote:so i've found a used, mint, allegedly non-bootleg version for about 50 bucks. i've not seen this yet but i have always wanted to(i loved withnail). the seller is 99% positive. should i go through with it?
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If you only care about the movie, I'd just check out the MGM release, the image is good and it's anamorphic. I think it's better than the Criterion, since neither have extras.
As for the film, I really enjoyed it, and it's really great until the end, it kinda loses itself, or I got lost.
As for the film, I really enjoyed it, and it's really great until the end, it kinda loses itself, or I got lost.
yeahCinephrenic wrote:Got a link?
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Re: 120 How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Today I saw a copy at a pawn shop, but didn't get it since the word violation on the back bottom right of the cover was spelled viloation. I checked out my copy at home, which I had purchased some time back from a forum member sealed w/ Borders price tag on the wrapping and it was spelled the same way. Either it is spelled wrong on the legit copy, or someone faked a borders tag. Can anyone with a legit copy confirm?
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Re: 120 How to Get Ahead in Advertising
I got mine from Amazon when it first came out and it's also spelled incorrectly: "viloation"
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Re: 120 How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Great. Hopefully it is there tomorrow then. I'll pick it up for trade fodder.
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Re: 120 How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Well, it was still there today and is in great shape. I'll be posting it in the trade forum with some pictures later. Hoping to use it to get another OOP that I'm missing.tholly wrote:Great. Hopefully it is there tomorrow then. I'll pick it up for trade fodder.
Thanks for confirming it for me.
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Re: 120 How to Get Ahead in Advertising
I got hold of a used copy of this through the Amazon sellers. One thing struck me as odd, it had an orange translucent case.
Is this as it should? The packaging shots on this site has a black case like most other Criterions. Artwork, disc and insert seems to be 100% legit. (including the misspelling)
Is this as it should? The packaging shots on this site has a black case like most other Criterions. Artwork, disc and insert seems to be 100% legit. (including the misspelling)
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Re: 120 How to Get Ahead in Advertising
No, that's definitely not the original case.