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THE RISE AND RISE OF MICHAEL RIMMER - Starring Peter Cook The mysterious Michael Rimmer (Peter Cook) appears at a small advertising agency and soon takes over from the hapless employees, including the bumbling Pumer (John Cleese,) skiving boss Ferrett (Arthur Lowe, Dad’s Army) and sexy secretary Tanya (Valerie Leon, Carry On). Rimmer rises through the ranks of the agency, creating saucy marketing campaigns for Graham Chapman, before turning the firm into a successful polling company and moving into politics. With chicanery, manipulation, and relentless opinion polls, the Machiavellian Rimmer becomes MP for Budleigh Moor and acquires a trophy wife before rapidly working his way up, with charismatic deception, to even greater heights. The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer Written by: Peter Cook John Cleese Graham Chapman Kevin Billington "The timing could hardly be better. In the week that Tony Blair steps down, after 10 years in 10 Downing Street, the film that foresaw his PR-friendly style of government is finally released on DVD. The story of a slick and soulless spin doctor who becomes the people's prime minister, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer is a cinematic rarity - an intelligent and though-provoking satire." - William Cook, The Guardian Guide BONUS Director's Commentary Picture Gallery Original Film Poster dvd information
Cast: Peter Cook, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Harold Pinter, Ronnie Corbett, Arthur Lowe, Valerie Leon, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser Customer Reviews
From Polls To Politics! - Sandra Cummings
Underrated British comedy that chillingly foresaw the David Cameron era. Cook is wonderfully Machiavellian. Arthur Lowe is on top form too. Fancy a pint of Forsale?
Plan B - Admin DigitalClassics
“.............An undoubted curiousity...............”
DVD Savant - Admin DigitalClassics
“Intriguing and interesting… thoroughly compelling and a real treat… Demands repeated viewing”
The List - Admin DigitalClassics
“Startlingly prophetic, Cook was never more charismatic than as Rimmer…delicious”
DVD Reviewer - Admin DigitalClassics
“A veritable who’s who of British comedy. A classic”
Word magazine - Admin DigitalClassics
“A political spin comedy that’s years ahead of its time…Rimmer is wittier and subtler than its 60s counterparts and stands up frighteningly well 37 years later”
Uncut - Admin DigitalClassics
“Rimmer’s soullessness may presciently glimpse the Mandelsons to come”
Guardian Guide - Admin DigitalClassics
“A cinematic rarity-an intelligent and thought provoking satire. Most astonishing is its extraordinary powers of prophecy, the inevitable triumph of style over substance as politicians learnt to control TV”
Time out - Admin DigitalClassics
“A broad 1970 satire of just about everything up to and including democracy itself. Denholm Elliott steals the show by puncturing the mood with his usual weary insouciance”
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