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It Couldn't Happen Here(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-06-08
58%
14 Votes
Time: 1h 26m
Overview:
Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across England - but which England? Is it the half-remembered England of their childhoods, or the brutal reality of Mrs Thatcher's late-eighties England? Along the way they come across many familiar (and sinister) faces. The movie also features some of the Pet Shop Boys' most popular records.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Budget: $4,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Picture Music International
Movie: It Couldn't Happen Here
Top 10 Billed Cast
Neil Tennant
Self
Barbara Windsor
Seaside Landlady/Neil's mother
Joss Ackland
Priest/Murderer
Neil Dickson
Pilot/Car Salesman/Coachman
Gareth Hunt
Uncle Dredge/Postcard Seller/Ventriloquist
Carmen du Sautoy
Cafe Waitress
Stephanie Buttle
Dancer
Heavon Grant
Dancer
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Neil Tennant on It Couldn't Happen Here and Battleship Potemkin | BFI Q&A
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