Clockwise (film)

Clockwise is a 1986 British comedy film starring John Cleese, directed by Christopher Morahan, written by Michael Frayn and produced by Michael Codron. The films music was composed by George Fenton.

Brian Stimpson Cleese, headmaster of Thomas Tompion Comprehensive School, has been elected to chair the annual Headmasters Conference. Habitually disorganised as a young man, Stimpson is now fastidiously organized and punctual, and his school runs like clockwork. He is the first headmaster of a comprehensive school to chair the Headmasters Conference, that honour usually being reserved for heads of the more prestigious private schools.Despite meticulous rehearsal of his speech and preparations for the journey to the conference, his ordered world unwinds as a series of misfortunes befalls him en route. His troubles begin as he inadvertently misses his train and loses the text of his speech. As he cannot find any other transportation, he commandeers the car of one of his pupils, Laura Wisely Maiden, to make the rest of the journey. As further unfortunate events unfold, Stimpson and Wisely severely damage and ultimately lose the car. Now desperate to reach the conference on time, they resort to stealing the sports car being driven by a used car salesman, belonging to a client. ........

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