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The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)

The Crimson Permanent Assurance poster
Directed by
Terry Gilliam
Genre
pirate film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
16 min
Rated
PG
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 123 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Elderly office workers rebel against their corporate overlords and turn their office building into a pirate ship. They sail it through the city to raid other businesses.

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What happens

The Crimson Permanent Assurance is a 1983 British swashbuckling comedy short film directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Sydney Arnold and Guy Bertrand. It plays as the prelude to the film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983). The film includes actor Matt Frewer's debut performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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