Much Wenlock Festival
http://www.muchwenlockfestival.co.uk/events/clcokwise.shtmlFestival Film: Clockwise (PG)
John Cleese during filming of Clockwise
| Date: | Monday 16th June |
| Time: | 7.30pm |
| Venue: | The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock |
| Admission: | £4.50, Conc. £3.50 |
| Sponsor: | Mr and Mrs Hugh Trevor-Jones |
Event Details
Directed by Christopher Morahan
Written by Michael Frayn
Filmed in and around Much Wenlock
John Cleese plays Brian Stimpson, the successful but obsessive headmaster of Thomas Tompion comprehensive school.
Having been habitually late and disorganised as a young man, he has grown up to become famously punctual, and 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 Austin 1300 beaten with a stick by Cleese in Fawlty Towers, plays a key role in the plot of this film.
For his performance in the film, Cleese won the 1987 Peter Sellers Award For Comedy at the Evening Standard British Film Awards.