Clockwise (film)

Clockwise
theatrical release poster by Tom Jung
Directed byChristopher Morahan
Written byMichael Frayn
Produced byMichael Codron
Starring
CinematographyJohn Coquillon
Edited byPeter Boyle
Music byGeorge Fenton
Production
company
Moment Films
Distributed byThorn EMI Screen Entertainment
Release date
  • 14 March 1986 (1986-03-14)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ Hullabaloo: They are calling Hull's first film festival the Cannes of the North The Guardian 13 June 1985: 11
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Clockwise Locations' Archived 3 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Gloucestershire on Screen