How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising is a 1989 British black comedy fantasy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and starring Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward and Richard Wilson. In the film, an advertising executive (Grant) has a nervous breakdown and finds himself concerned with the ethics of his profession. As a result, a talking boil grows on his shoulder, a manifestation of the cynical and unscrupulous side of his personality. The film was produced by HandMade Films, and was released in the UK by Virgin Vision on 28 July 1989.