| Clockwise | |
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| Directed by | Christopher Morahan |
| Written by | Michael Frayn |
| Produced by | Michael Codron |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | John Coquillon |
| Edited by | Peter Boyle |
| Music by | George Fenton |
Production company | Moment Films |
| Distributed by | Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £4 million[1] |
| Box office | £4,823,000[2] |
Clockwise is an absurdist 1986 British comedy road 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.[3] Menzies High School in West Bromwich was used to portray the fictional school within the film.
- ^ Hullabaloo: They are calling Hull's first film festival the Cannes of the North The Guardian 13 June 1985: 11
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 19.
- ^ Clockwise Locations' Archived 3 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Gloucestershire on Screen