The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
November 12, 1970Release Date
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
November 12, 1970Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Peter Cook
Michael Rimmer / Writer
Denholm Elliott
Peter NIss
Arthur Lowe
Ferret
John Cleese
Pumer / Writer
Vanessa Howard
Patricia Cartwright
Ronald Fraser
Tom Hutchinson
Graham Chapman
Fromage / Writer
Ann Beach
Receptionist
Desmond Walter-Ellis
Buffery
Dudley Foster
Federman
James Cossins
Crodder
Valerie Leon
Tanya
William Job
Waring
Elspeth March
Mrs. Ferret
Dennis Price
Fairburn
Monika Ringwald
Girl in Commercial
Diana Coupland
Mrs. Spimm
Michael Trubshawe
Mandeville
John Cameron
Composer
Harold Pinter
Steven Hench
Ronnie Corbett
Interviewer
Norman Bird
Alderman Poot
Graham Crowden
Bishop of Cowley
Richard Pearson
Wilting
Jerry Ram
Ranjit X
Roger Maxwell
Party Chairman
George A. Cooper
Blacket
Arthur Lovegrove
Studio Doorman
Roland Culver
Sir Eric Bentley
Jonathan Cecil
'Spot'
Ronald Baddiley
Freddie Daring
Frank Thornton
Tom Stoddart
Richard Caldicot
Bream
Nicholas Phipps
Snaggot
Guy Middleton
Potter
Julian Glover
Colonel Moffat
Robert Raglan
General Strike
Norman Rossington
Guide at Porton Down
Martin Boddey
Major Mathieson
Michael Barrington
Major Scott
Michael Bates
Mr. Spimm
Sinéad Cusack
Yvonne (Uncredited)
Kevin Billington
Writer / Director
Mike Fox
Camera Operator
Harry Fine
Producer
David Frost
Executive Producer
Alex Thomson
Director of Photography
Stan Hawkes
Editor
John Merrick
Casting
Carmen Dillon
Art Direction
Ken Lewington
Costume Design
Olga Angelinetta
Hairdresser
Eddie Knight
Makeup Artist
Ron Jackson
Production Manager
Michael Dryhurst
Assistant Director
Harry Arbour
Construction Manager
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer is a 1970 British satirical film starring Peter Cook, and co-written by Cook, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, and Kevin Billington, who directed the film. The film was devised and produced by David Frost under the pseudonym "David Paradine". Cleese and Chapman began writing the script following patronage from Frost. Cook and Billington were later called upon to complete the writing as, according to Cleese, he and Chapman "had no idea what they were doing".
The film satirised the growing influence of PR, spin and opinion polls in British politics, as well as parodying political figures of the time such as Harold Wilson and Enoch Powell. Cook admitted later that he had partly based his portrayal of the Rimmer character on David Frost, who provided funding for the film and took an executive producer credit.