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The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

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R,1hr 34min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1970
Director:
Kevin Billington
Starring:
Peter Cook, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser  ...more
Synopsis: Like Socrates of ancient Athens, Michael Rimmer (Peter Cook) of modern England believes the key to success is to ask the right questions. Lots of questions. So he gets a job with an advertising agency that conducts polls, rises swiftly through the ranks, and eventually runs the agency. Then he bombards England with questions. His ingenious system enables him to predict the outcome of a general election. (Every voter in England had received a questionnaire.) So accomplished is Rimmer at asking questions ... Full Synopsis
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Mike Cummings, AMG Review
Although The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer fell and fell at the box office after it was released in 1969, it earned cult status among moviegoers who appreciate wildly imaginative films. Through preposterous hyperbole, the kind that crowns a mouse king of an elephant herd, it satirizes the use of opinion polls to plumb the electorate and shape a country's future. In doing so, the film correctly prophesies ... Full Review
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Peter Cook
Michael Rimmer
Denholm Elliott
Peter Niss
Ronald Fraser
Tom Hutchinson
Arthur Lowe
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