In the bleak days of 1983, the Crimson Permanent Assurance, an accountancy staffed by elderly workers much like a slave ship, has been taken over by efficiency-minded corporate types. When they sack an employee, there's an uprising, and the building is unleashed from its moorings to sail across the (dry) ocean and take on the financial centers of the world, starting with an all-out attack on the large skyscraper housing The Very Big Corporation of America, complete with filin... (Full plot summary below)
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In the bleak days of 1983, the Crimson Permanent Assurance, an accountancy staffed by elderly workers much like a slave ship, has been taken over by efficiency-minded corporate types. When they sack an employee, there's an uprising, and the building is unleashed from its moorings to sail across the (dry) ocean and take on the financial centers of the world, starting with an all-out attack on the large skyscraper housing The Very Big Corporation of America, complete with filing-cabinet cannons, ceiling-fan broadswords, and paper-spindle short-swords.
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| User ReviewBill TAnd so, they sailed off into the ledgers of history, one by one, the financial capitals of the world crumbling under the might of their business acumen,... or so it would have been... if certain modern theories concerning the shape of the world had not proved to be... disastrously wrong. |
| User ReviewDimitris SAn excellent send-up of our modern self-obsessed practices in American business. |
| User ReviewMartin TAbsolutely inspired! Surpasses the film it was meant to introduce, giliam at his purest, if only we could see more of this. |
| User ReviewRalph Rmy favorite of all of Terry Gilliam's works, except maybe Brazil |
| User ReviewL JWonderful short "supporting feature" to Python's Meaning Of Life. It's just pure, distilled Gilliam (who was, unbeknownst to the other Pythons, spending most of the main film's budget on this!). Contains more invention in its miniscule running-time than in Roland Emmerich's entire filmography. And the Accountancy Shanty is just the icing on the cake. Perfect, for what it is. |
| User ReviewIan BTerry Gilliam - one of the best directors around |
| User ReviewMatthew WBetter known as the beginning segment in Monty Python and the Meaning of Life, The Crimson Permanent Assurance quite ably stands alone as a great short film. This film is great for people sick of corporatism and/or traditional pirate movies. |
| User ReviewPrivate UBrilliant, much better than the film its attached to. |
| User ReviewRob LThe best part of Meaning of Life. Pure Gilliam insanity/awesomeness. |
| User Reviewc rThis is one of the best short films on the face of the planet. |
