| Derek and Clive Get the Horn | |
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| Directed by | Russell Mulcahy |
| Written by | Peter Cook Dudley Moore |
| Produced by | Dudley Moore |
| Starring | Peter Cook Dudley Moore |
| Cinematography | Mike Dodds Nicholas D. Knowland Bryan Loftus |
| Edited by | Russell Mulcahy |
| Distributed by | GTO |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Derek and Clive Get the Horn is a 1979 Britishdocumentarycomedy film that chronicles the recording ofPeter Cook andDudley Moore's 1978 comedy albumDerek and Clive Ad Nauseam, their third and final outing featuring their controversial alter-egosDerek and Clive, two foul-mouthed lavatory attendants who banter at length about their surreal day-to-day existences. The footage was shot in early September 1978. The film was thefeature film directorial debut ofRussell Mulcahy, who would go on to directHighlander.
The film was intended for a theatrical release, but in October 1980, theBritish Board of Film Classification rejected it outright[2] on the grounds of its sustained and excessive use ofvery strong language (the uses of "fuck" and "cunt"), andblasphemy.
Cook instead chose to release the filmstraight to video, a format that was at the time unregulated, but this plan also ran into trouble when several hundred copies were impounded byJames Anderton of theGreater Manchester Police, bankrupting the small company behind the release.[citation needed]Derek and Clive Get the Horn was finally granted an uncut 18 certificate in 1993[1] and was released as a sell-through video byPolyGram.