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Man Hunt
John Cleese demonstrates three incorrect ways to interview job applicants, in this classic training film from Cleese's Video Arts company.
Overview
In one of the best known films produced by John Cleese and Sir Antony Jay's training company Video Arts, Cleese himself takes three roles, demonstrating three incorrect ways to interview job applicants.
Made just before Fawlty Towers, Man Hunt features two of Cleese's co-stars from the legendary series, Connie Booth and Andrew Sachs. Tony Robinson and Ian Ogilvy also appear as applicants on the receiving end of Cleese's dire interview techniques. The output of Video Arts is now preserved at the BFI National Archive.
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