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Pennies from Heaven

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Pennies from Heaven
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R,1hr 47min
Genres:
Musical,Drama
Release:
1981
Director:
Herbert Ross
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken  ...more
Synopsis: Adapted from Dennis Potter's landmark British TV miniseries and relocated to the United States during the Depression, Pennies from Heaven dramatizes how popular songs both shaped and reflected the thoughts of people living through economic (and emotional) hardship. Arthur Parker (Steve Martin) is a sheet music salesman who believes that he can spot a hit a mile away and wants to open his own store. But he can't get a bank loan and his wife Joan (Jessica Harper), who has savings left to her by her ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
A dazzling downer of a musical and one of the more interesting works to emerge from the last gasps of '70s-era critical Hollywood, the film version of Dennis Potter's remarkable BBC series Pennies From Heaven (1981) provocatively dissects the power of movie-made fantasy. Contrasting bleak, Edward Hopper-esque Depression era reality with sumptuous Art Deco illusions, Potter and director Herbert Ross ... Full Review
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