Clockwise is a 1986 British comedy film starring John Cleese. It was directed by Christopher Morahan , written by Michael Fryan and produced by Michael Codron . The executive producers were Nat Cohen , Gregory Dark and Verity Lambert. The film was a co-production between Moment Films and Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment . For his performance in the film, Cleese won the 1987 Peter Sellers Award For Comedy at the Evening Standard British Film Awards.

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. A Morris 1100 car, similar to the one beaten with a stick by Cleese in Fawlty Towers epsiode 'Gourmet Night', plays a key role in the plot of this film as well.

Classic Moments

Brian Stimpson: "It's not the despair, I can cope with that - it's the hope I can't stand..."

External link

• Internet Movie Database entry