"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 film's music was composed by George Fenton. For his performance Cleese won the 1987 Peter Sellers Award For Comedy at the Evening Standard British Film Awards. Most urban scenes were shot in the West Midlands, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, while rural scenes were largely shot in Shropshire. Brian Stimpson (Cleese), headmaster of Thomas Tompion Comprehensive School, has been elected to chair the annual Headmasters' Conference. Extremely disorganised as a young man, Stimpson is now obsessively"
"school, the great desk of the Chief Master, with 'Sapientia' inscribed over it"" survives from Barry's New Street school, and is still in daily use in Big School. This too is generally thought to be the work of Pugin. The school buildings have been used in several film and television productions. They were used in the 1986 film ""Clockwise"", starring John Cleese, supposedly as the University of East Anglia. The school featured briefly in the 2006 Ray Winstone Channel 4 TV film ""All in the Game."" The school has also been used in several episodes of the BBC medical drama"
"of a secondary modern school, emerges as a frustrated and rather pathetic character. One critic has described Bowes' portrayal of him as ""comically vicious...a twentieth-century update of Wackford Squeers, the appalling Yorkshire headmaster of Dotheboys Hall in Nicholas Nickleby"", and in subsequent performances of the play actors playing Gryce have tended to remain close to presentation of the character by Bowes. Bob Bowes' employment on the film ""Kes"" reflected Ken Loach's tendency to utilize ordinary people in roles to which they were suited, rather than relying solely upon professional actors. It is not clear as to whether Bowes was an"
"were used as one of the filming locations for the 1986 film ""Clockwise"", starring John Cleese. Manor High School opened in 1968 on the Friar Park estate, but exam results attained by school leavers were constantly low, and demand for places was falling by the 1990s as many pupils living in the catchment area chose to attend other schools. The two schools merged in September 2010 to form The Phoenix Collegiate, although the new school operates from both sites for two years until the Manor High buildings were closed in July 2012. The Phoenix Collegiate The Phoenix Collegiate is a"
"include the horror film ""The Curiosity"" directed by Travis Beacham (""Pacific Rim"", ""Clash of the Titans""), Paul Morris's film ""Siamese Cop"" (1996), ""The Creeping"" (2015), and in ""Reaper"" (2016), directed by Nicholas Galligan. In his spare time he is also a writer. His work includes the plays ""Nell"", ""Adelaide"", and ""The Angel Being"", and the science fiction novel ""The Glimmering Time"". Andrew Novell Andrew Novell (born 1968) is an English actor, born in Redhill, Surrey, who has worked in theatre and film in both the UK and the USA. A graduate of The Poor School (two-year acting course, 1995), he"
"Everyman Theatre, Liverpool in 1983. The film centres on a school trip to Conwy Castle in North Wales. Mrs. Kay teaches a remedial class for illiterate children, called the ""Progress Class"". The whole class - along with Digga and Reilly, the slightly older class bullies who used to be in the Progress Class - are taken on a coach trip. In the original version, the headmaster, Mr Briggs makes the decision to go on the trip as an extra member of staff, emphasising his mistrust of the liberal values of Mrs Kay. However, in the shorter stage version the Headteacher"
"film, though he did work with Peter Cook in his one-off TV special ""Peter Cook and Co."" in 1980. In the same year, Cleese played Petruchio, in Shakespeare's ""The Taming of the Shrew"" in the BBC Television Shakespeare series. In 1981 he starred with Sean Connery and Michael Palin in the Terry Gilliam-directed ""Time Bandits"" as Robin Hood. He also participated in ""Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl"" (1982) and starred in ""The Secret Policeman's Ball"" for Amnesty International. In 1985, Cleese had a small dramatic role as a sheriff in ""Silverado"", which had an all-star cast that included"
"a world-famous composer and conductor. When Mr. Poppy decides St Bernadette's should enter the National 'Song for Christmas' competition, he persuades Donald to sign the entry forms, later kidnapping him for an impromptu road trip to Castell Llawen (""Merry Castle"", not a real place) in Wales, where the competition is being held. However, Roderick is also competing in the competition, mentoring the choir of posh St Cuthbert's College. Mr. Shakespeare (Jason Watkins) from Oakmoor School, rivals of St Bernadette's, has also entered his class. Donald takes his class through the wilds of Wales where they get past obstacles, such as"
"supported the sport, on the field and in his writing. Colin Welland Colin Welland (4 July 1934 – 2 November 2015), born Colin Edward Williams, was a British actor and screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his script for ""Chariots of Fire"" (1981). He won a BAFTA Award for his performance as the empathetic teacher Mr Farthing in the 1969 film ""Kes"". Born in 1934 in Liverpool, Welland grew up in the Kensington area of Liverpool before moving to Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, while still a young child. His parents were John Arthur (Jack) and Norah Williams."
"English teacher, while Latin and Greek instructor Jerome Malley is feared and hated by his students for his strict disciplinary methods. Malley is caring for his dying mother, and his stress is exacerbated by a series of threatening phone calls and written notes he receives. He is certain Dobbs is the source, but his caustic personality prevents him from winning any sympathy or support. Into the fray comes Paul Reese, a former student who has been hired to teach PE, and he soon finds his loyalty torn between the friendly Dobbs and Malley, as he becomes increasingly aware of the"
"have moved with their baby daughter to a new home in Cos Cob, a village in the affluent commuter city of Greenwich, CT, which sits on the New Haven Line. Having never learned to drive, Pete commutes by rail to the city. By July 1966, he has enrolled in a driver education course in order to gain a license. Living in Greenwich has a negative effect on the Manhattan-raised Pete, who begins to feel restless in his marriage, homelife, and career. He begins an affair with Beth Dawes (portrayed by actress Alexis Bledel), the unhappy wife of a co-commuter, which"
"Stewardess School Stewardess School is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Ken Blancato and starring Brett Cullen and Don Most. It is also known for being one of voice veteran Rob Paulsen's very few onscreen roles, and up until the early 2000s, one of the most played films on the American cable channel Comedy Central. Pilots Philo and George are about to land a plane, only for Philo to accidentally knock out his contact lenses, causing the plane to malfunction and crash into a skyscraper. The destruction is then revealed to be a simulator and the duo was taking"
"in the comedy ""Carry On Teacher"". John Saunders (Bygraves), a supply teacher with progressive anti-corporal punishment views, arrives to take up a post at Worrell Street School in a socially deprived area of East London. He is assigned a class of pupils in their last year before leaving school and finds himself in charge of a group of rebellious, badly-behaved teenagers from poor home backgrounds, with no interest in education, who register their defiance of authority by fighting, throwing classroom furniture around, whistling and laughing during bible readings and smoking in class. The school's headmaster Jenkins (Pleasence) is well-meaning but"
"his mother, and his younger sister, Kate, venture to London to seek help from their wealthy, cold-hearted uncle Ralph, an investor who arranges for Nicholas to be hired as a tutor at Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire and finds Kate work as a seamstress. Nicholas is horrified to discover his employers, the sadistic Mr and Mrs Squeers, run their boarding school like a prison and physically, verbally, and emotionally abuse their young charges on a regular basis. He eventually rebels and escapes, taking with him the crippled young servant boy Smike. As they journey to London, they stumble upon a theatrical"
"Colin Welland Colin Welland (4 July 1934 – 2 November 2015), born Colin Edward Williams, was a British actor and screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his script for ""Chariots of Fire"" (1981). He won a BAFTA Award for his performance as the empathetic teacher Mr Farthing in the 1969 film ""Kes"". Born in 1934 in Liverpool, Welland grew up in the Kensington area of Liverpool before moving to Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, while still a young child. His parents were John Arthur (Jack) and Norah Williams. He attended Newton-le-Willows Grammar School and after National Service he"
"having an affair and plotting Henry's murder. Brian Blain plays John, Grahame Bond plays Kleptoman, Peter Reynolds plays Henry, and Pamela Stephenson plays the wife. This film is all about a man named Stanley Evans who decides to move from his home-town of Wales after deciding there was no chance of love for him there. He moves once he sees a poster for NSW Department of Education, offering people to teach in a nice, sunny place. When Stanley gets there, everything is hot, the flies are awful, and the kids he is assigned to teach are mean. Stanley becomes friends"
"tests the patience of his parents Nicola (Keeley Hawes) and Rob (Ben Miles). Nicola believes that the symptoms of Kyle's autism can be made less severe over time by attempting to integrate him with the world around him. Rob, however, believes that the best solution is to send Kyle to a specialist boarding school run by the charismatic and caring headteacher John Havers (Clive Mantle). Rob, who has not had sex with his wife for years, becomes more torn when family friend Rachel (Lorraine Pilkington) offers him casual sex. Nicola’s only respite is the unwavering support of her mother Pat"
"John Cleese John Marwood Cleese (; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on ""The Frost Report"". In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" and the four Monty Python films: ""And Now for Something Completely Different"", ""Monty Python and the Holy Grail"", ""Life of Brian"" and ""The Meaning of Life"". In the mid-1970s, Cleese and his first wife, Connie Booth, co-wrote and starred in the British"
"the elementary school scenes, were filmed in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. By 1987, the once successful Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey, has deteriorated due to drugs and crime. The majority of students cannot pass basic skills testing, and even the teachers are not safe from gang violence. Mayor Bottman (Alan North) learns that the school will be turned over to state administration unless 75% of the students can pass the minimum basic skills test. He consults with school superintendent Dr. Frank Napier (Robert Guillaume), who suggests the school hire elementary school principal Joe Clark, aka ""Crazy Joe"" (Morgan"
"the pilot, then to the cargo hold to place his bomb, then jumping out into the sky. Things go from bad to worse as one of the blind men, in an attempt to find the restroom, accidentally lets himself into the captain's cabin and hits the instrument panel with his white cane. Stewardess School Stewardess School is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Ken Blancato and starring Brett Cullen and Don Most. It is also known for being one of voice veteran Rob Paulsen's very few onscreen roles, and up until the early 2000s, one of the most played"
"Boston and Chicago. The movie grossed $5,290 in its opening weekend. Upon arriving in Concord, New Hampshire in January 1986 to cover the hometown hooplah for the looming Space Shuttle ""Challenger"" launch where Concord teacher Christa McAuliffe is among the mission's crew, reporter Campbell Babbitt (Steve Coogan) decides to call an old college friend, only to discover an apparent suicide. Babbitt, who has his own ethical baggage, gravitates toward his friend's high-school students in hopes of finding an unsung hero story about a teacher who made a permanent impact on the social misfits of the school. Instead, he discovers a"
"film, this time as a teacher. Bosley Crowther wrote in ""The New York Times"", ""what is important and delightful is that the spirit of knockabout farce, evolved in ""The Belles of St. Trinian's,"" is retained uninhibited in this film...it is wild but generally funny—explosively funny in spots, especially when that fellow Terry-Thomas, who was the mustachioed major in ""Private's Progress,"" is dragooned as a bus driver to transport the girls to Rome. And since he has toothy Joyce Grenfell to accompany him on the trip—she's ""a crazy, mixed-up police-woman,"" as she dubs herself—the fun is as much in their behavior"
"to become a teacher. Four songs from the film's soundtrack entered the record charts in the United States: ""Crying"" by Roy Orbison (re-recorded as a duet with k.d. lang); ""Live My Life"" by Boy George; ""Catch Me (I'm Falling)"" by Pretty Poison, which went top ten in the US and also topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in September 1987; and the top-20 U.S. hit ""You Don't Know"" by Scarlett and Black. The UK hit ""Seattle"" by Public Image Ltd. was also recorded in 1987 and featured in the film. Roger Ebert compared the film to ""Like Father,"
"Phil Gills (Robin Thomas) informs several underachieving students, including easily distracted Pam (Courtney Thorne-Smith); ""nocturnal"" Larry, a male stripper (Ken Olandt); football jock Kevin (Patrick Labyorteaux); pregnant Rhonda (Shawnee Smith); geeky Alan (Richard Steven Horvitz); dyslexic Denise (Kelly Jo Minter); intimidating Jerome (Duane Davis), and two horror-film-obsessed underachievers, Dave (Gary Riley) and Francis, a.k.a. ""Chainsaw"" (Dean Cameron), that they must attend summer school for remedial English. After the teacher scheduled to teach the class (Carl Reiner) wins the lottery and immediately quits work, Gills searches for a replacement among the teachers still on school grounds, but each manages to evade"
"as a species until 11 November 2005. John Cleese John Marwood Cleese (; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on ""The Frost Report"". In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" and the four Monty Python films: ""And Now for Something Completely Different"", ""Monty Python and the Holy Grail"", ""Life of Brian"" and ""The Meaning of Life"". In the mid-1970s, Cleese and his first wife, Connie"
"After discussing his situation with a stranger, he applies for a teaching position and is assigned to Greenslade School, a secondary school in London's East End. Most of the pupils in his class are unmotivated to learn, and are only semi-literate and semi-articulate. He persists despite their unresponsiveness to his approach. Students attempt to discourage and demoralise him by disruptive noises, constant use of the adjective """" in the classroom and, finally, the burning of a used sanitary towel in the fireplace. This last causes Braithwaite to lose his temper and reprimand all the girls. Braithwaite decides to try a"
"Fay is nervous and keeps forgetting her lines. Her teacher, John (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) advises her to look at Roman Polanski's 1971 version of ""Macbeth"" for inspiration. Fay goes to the school library to pick up a copy and, while there, is terrified as lights begin to flicker on and off. She hears the sound of someone chasing her. Shortly after she runs off, she is found by a group of her friends who have seen and heard nothing. Fay begins to see a girl who looks similar to her, passing by the street. When her mother goes out, telling"
"her mother. Nora takes Nancy to see a nature healer named John Xerxes Archley (Grant Mitchell), which prompts Kildare to admit that he is a doctor and dispute Archley's diagnosis of a ""brain tumor"" but alienates him from the family. With the help of ambulance driver Joe Wayman (Nat Pendleton) and his trusty monkey wrench, Kildare gets access to Nancy, who now has hysterical blindness. Kildare tries to consult with the vacationing Gillespie over the girl's symptoms but is rebuffed. Gillespie returns to Blair ostensibly to give a lecture to the interns on treating psychosomatic symptoms. Following Gillespie's advice, Kildare"
"a trip to Cornwall. Joe (Ethan Lawrence) is concerned his overbearing mother Susan will not let him go on the trip, but Alfie creates a fake trip itinerary to fool the parents into thinking the trip is academical. Alfie also informs his class that his best friend from school, Atticus Hoye (Jeremy Irvine), is hosting a house party in Cornwall. Susan, concerned about what the trip will involve, comes with the group to Cornwall,and implements Alfie's fake itinerary, starting with a trip to the Eden Project. While at the Eden Project, Mitchell picks a plant known as 'nature's laxative' which"
"Blessed Edith's elevation to sainthood. Downplaying the idea of miracles, a Vatican official sends the ""little father"" back to Scotland. Undeterred, Father Cobb continues to lead the school in prayer, invoking Blessed Edith's intercession to heal the sick, including little Alice McKenzie who is crippled. Remedial teacher Vic Mathews (Tom Conti) is not a believer in miracles, placing his faith instead in his students and in their ability to learn. He is attracted to the new music teacher, Ruth Chancellor (Helen Mirren), who appears unimpressed with his awkward advances. After fainting at a bus stop, Vic is rushed to the"
"play is part of the curriculum for GCSE and Standard Grade English coursework in the United Kingdom and is frequently performed in public schools. Cooper himself attended Lancing College in Sussex from 1932 to 1936. A feature film version, directed by John Mackenzie, was released in 1971 with a screenplay by Simon Raven which stayed true to the basic plot, but added sexual scenes and changed Ebony's wife's name from Nadia to Sylvia. The 1971 film featured actors including David Hemmings and a young Michael Kitchen, and is also currently used for educational purposes in the UK. A reference to"
"Education Movie"" and was released on 21 August 2015 in the UK. The film saw ineffectual teacher Alfie Wickers travelling to Cornwall with his students. Entertainment Film Distributors, who also handled the release of the box-office 2011 hit ""The Inbetweeners Movie"" dealt with the release of the ""Bad Education Movie"". The series received mixed reviews from the British press. ""The Guardian"" called it ""in poor taste"" and accused Whitehall of ""phoning it in"". ""The Daily Telegraph"" gave the show a rating of 2 out of 5, claiming that the show ""uses too many stereotypes"" and that Whitehall ""tends to repeat"
"Big Adventure"" (both re-recordings made in London) on CD. Original film recordings were issued in 2010 on ""The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box"". Back to School Back to School is a 1986 American comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Terry Farrell, William Zabka, Ned Beatty, Sam Kinison, Paxton Whitehead and Robert Downey Jr. It was directed by Alan Metter. The plot centers on a wealthy but uneducated father (Dangerfield) who goes to college to show solidarity with his discouraged son Jason (Gordon) and learns that he cannot buy an education or"