The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Infobox Film
name = The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
director = Kevin Billington
producer = Tommy Thompson
writer = Peter Cook & John Cleese
starring = Peter Cook
Vanessa Howard
John Cleese
Harold Pinter
Arthur Lowe
Ronnie Corbett
Valerie Leon
distributor = Warner Brothers (Film), Digital Classics DVD (UK DVD)
released = 12 November1970Cinema
25 June 2007 DVD
runtime = 100 Min
language = English
website = http://www.digitalclassicsdvd.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=44
imdb_id = 0066302
"The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer" is a British 1970 cult satire film written by and starring Peter Cook.
ynopsis
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) and sexy secretary Tanya (Valerie Leon). Rimmer rises through the ranks of the agency and soon moves into politics, acting as a 'spin doctor' (though the term was unknown in Britain then) for the leader of the Tory opposition.
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.
Cast
*Peter Cook Michael Rimmer
*Denholm Elliott Peter Niss
*Ronald Fraser Tom Hutchinson
*Vanessa Howard Patricia Cartwright
*Arthur Lowe Ferret
*George A. Cooper Blacket
*Harold Pinter Steven Hench
*Dennis Price Fairburn
*John Cleese Pumer
*Ronnie Corbett Interviewer
Miscellanea
This was the last film distributed through the Warner Brothers subsidiary known as Seven Arts.
It was released for the first time on DVD in June 2007 through Digital Classics DVD.
External links
*" [http://www.digitalclassicsdvd.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=44/ The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer] " at Digital Classics– Official site (with trailer).
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* [http://www.britmovie.co.uk/genres/comedy/filmography01/058.html Britmovie.co.uk review.]
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