Clockwise (1986)

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John Cleese, at his harried best in this hilarious British comedy, plays a school headmaster obsessed with punctuality. His best laid plans to attend a headmasters' conference go wrong when he boards the wrong train. He turns back to find alternative means of transport, hijacking one of his pupils who is taking the afternoon off school in her father's car. As the journey descends into further chaos, the head begins to lose his schoolmasterly poise.

the hilarious antics of brian stimpson (john cleese), the hapless headmaster of thomas tompion comprehensive school. he is wanted by the police for kidnapping, trespass, car theft, vandalism and inpersonating a monk. and all because he went anti-clockwise and said "right" when he meant "left". poor mr stimpson ran his life with clockwork precision until one little slip scuppered his schedule and turned today into the worst day of his life!