History Film / Clockwise

* TheVoiceless:
** Mr Wisely never speaks, even though his wife constantly refers to his alleged mad rages, which are never seen.

** Brian has a conversation with a monk, who only nods or shakes his head.
--->'''Brian''': (After a long one-sided conversation) I'd be happy to enter a monastery and never speak again.\\
'''Monk''': We speak. ''(Brian looks up sharply)''\\
'''Brian''': I'm sorry, I just assumed...\\
''(Monk smiles and shakes his head)''

--> '''Headmaster:''' Um, Gentlemen? Gentlemen, if I might have your attention for one moment... Thank you. And now the time is... exactly five o'clock, and I'm afraid I have some bad news for you. Our chairman, Mr Stimpson... ''(Stimpson loudly opens the doors to the hall and enters, all attendees turn to look at him)'' … is here.

''Clockwise'' is a 1986 British comedy film. It stars Creator/JohnCleese as Brian Stimpson, a headmaster obsessed with organization and punctuality who sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters' Conference and runs into all sorts of complications along the way. On his journey, he meets Laura, a pupil of his, and Pat, a former girlfriend of his, who both get involved in his mad journey.

* SurpriseCarCrash: Having berated Laura for driving without a licence, Brian Stimpson takes the wheel himself; he immediately crashes into a police car which had reversed to just in front of where they were parked. In a case of ObscuredSpecialEffects, the crash is heard before the result is seen.

---> '''Mr Jolly:''' Oh, I'm just... I'm merely... I'll fetch you a cup of..."

** The DominoEffect of Brian constantly saying "right".

* BigBrotherIsWatching: Although this film predates widespread CCTV indoors or outdoors, the opening scene gives this impression that the headmaster is all-seeing, with Brian's office in the school giving him panoramic views, where he spies on pupils with binoculars, and [[CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker gives them orders using a loudspeaker]].

** In the above crash, Brian accidentally breaks the wing off the car, and casually tosses it into a ditch. Laura yells "NO! That's part of our car." They then tie the wing of the car to the roof.

* DeadpanSnarker: One of the unnamed headmasters, played by Geoffrey Palmer, who has been given the task of shepherding Brian Stimpson's many followers and chasers away from the meeting.
--> "Stimpson supporters' club: in here!"

* LikesOlderMen: Laura's boyfriend is Mr Jolly, a teacher at the school; then when she runs into Brian, she promptly dumps Mr Jolly by telephone, and believes that Brian is now her boyfriend.

* SkippingSchool: Laura is skipping school "I've got a free", when Brian meets her.

** Brian has a conversation with a monk, which is mostly one-sided.
--->'''Brian''': I'd be happy to enter a monastery and never speak again.\\

* PhoneBooth: Brian stops at a telephone box to try to warn the conference he might be late; but when the telephone does not work properly, he smashes it in a fit of rage.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Dialogue between two headmasters:
--> "''Police'' looking for him now."
--> "Oh, no. Little boys?"

** "9:20". Said by Brain to any misbehaving pupil.

--> '''Mrs Trellis''' She goes on and on about those glasses, and never stops. Of course, I don't say a word, I'm not much of a talker.

''Clockwise'' is a 1986 British comedy film. It stars Creator/JohnCleese as Brian Stimpson, a headmaster obsessed with organization and punctuality who sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters' Conference and runs into all sorts of complications along the way.

On his journey, he meets Laura, a pupil of his, and Pat, a former girlfriend of his, who both get involved in his mad journey.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Just after using (and vandalising) a telephone box, Brian ''happens'' to meet his former girlfriend, who just ''happens'' to be visiting England from Australia.

-->'''Headmaster''': Can I help you?\\

** The various characters who are pursuing each other frequently pass very close to each other, without realising.

* ClocksOfControl: The main character Brian Stimpson embodies this trope, being obsessed with punctuality, running his school (named Thomas Tompion, after a famous clockmaker) to a precise schedule.
* EscalatingChase: Brian is going to a conference where he's to give a speech. Through the usual assortment of misadventures that happen in these kinds of movies, he ends up with quite a number of people chasing him. Being a comedy, they all manage to arrive at his destination before he does.

--> '''Headmaster''': Can I help you?
--> '''Mrs Stimpson''': I'm looking for Mr Stimpson.
--> '''Headmaster''': Oh, we're ''all'' looking for Mr Stimpson.

* InterruptedBath: After falling over in mud (see "Pratfall" below), Brian has a bath at the monastery, during which he [[SingingInTheShower sings]] "He Who Would Valiant Be", while a monk smiles outside. He is interrupted by Laura desperately calling for him.

---> '''Mrs Wisely''' (gesturing to her silent husband): He's going mad on one of his attacks.

---> '''Brian''': I'd be happy to enter a monastery and never speak again.
---> '''Monk''': We speak. (Brian looks up sharply)
---> '''Brian''': I'm sorry, I just assumed...
---> (Monk smiles and shakes his head)

* InterruptedBath: After falling over in mud (see "Pratfall" below), Brian has a bath at the monastery, during which he [SingingInTheShower sings] "He Who Would Valiant Be", while a monk smiles outside. He is interrupted by Laura desperately calling for him.

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''Clockwise'' is a 1986 British comedy film. It stars Creator/JohnCleese as Brian Stimpson, a headmaster who is obsessed with organization and punctuality.

* HopeIsScary: Creator/JohnCleese's endlessly beleaguered character expresses this sentiment at one point: "It's not the despair, Laura. I can stand the despair, it's the hope!"
* ThePratfall: Creator/JohnCleese (playing an uptight overstressed headmaster) gets a car stuck in the mud, and when he gets out, furious, he kicks it, slips, and ends up sitting in the mud himself.

* WrongTurnAtAlbuquerque: Creator/JohnCleese's role in ''Film/{{Clockwise}}'' turns this trope UpToEleven.