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Pennies from Heaven

  • Miniserie de TV
  • 1978–1979
  • 1h 15min
PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
8,3/10
1,3 mil
TU PUNTUACIÓN
Pennies from Heaven (1978)
DramaMusicalRomance

Añade un argumento en tu idiomaA travelling sheet music salesman with an uptight wife throws everything away for the love of an innocent school teacher in the romantic spirit of the music he loves, that bursts into his li... Leer todoA travelling sheet music salesman with an uptight wife throws everything away for the love of an innocent school teacher in the romantic spirit of the music he loves, that bursts into his life in full song-and-dance numbers.A travelling sheet music salesman with an uptight wife throws everything away for the love of an innocent school teacher in the romantic spirit of the music he loves, that bursts into his life in full song-and-dance numbers.

  • Reparto principal
    • Cheryl Campbell
    • Bob Hoskins
    • Gemma Craven
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  • PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
    8,3/10
    1,3 mil
    TU PUNTUACIÓN
    • Reparto principal
      • Cheryl Campbell
      • Bob Hoskins
      • Gemma Craven
    • 20Reseñas de usuarios
    • 9Reseñas de críticos
  • Ver la información de la producción en IMDbPro
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    • Ganó 1 premio BAFTA
      • 2 premios y 9 nominaciones en total

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    Cheryl Campbell
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    • Eileen
    • 1978
    Bob Hoskins
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    • Arthur Parker
    • 1978
    Gemma Craven
    Gemma Craven
    • Joan Parker
    • 1978
    Kenneth Colley
    Kenneth Colley
    • Accordion Man…
    • 1978
    Jenny Logan
    • Irene
    • 1978
    Dave King
    Dave King
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    • 1978
    Freddie Jones
    Freddie Jones
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    • 1978
    Arnold Peters
    • Barrett
    • 1978
    Sam Avent
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    • 1978
    Philip Jackson
    Philip Jackson
    • Dave
    • 1978
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    • 1978
    Michael Bilton
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    • 1978
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    • 1978
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    • 1978
    Children From the Forest of Dean
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    • 1978
    Yolande Palfrey
    • Blind Girl
    • 1978
    Tony Caunter
    Tony Caunter
    • Cafe Proprietor
    • 1978
    Peter Cellier
    Peter Cellier
    • Bank Manager
    • 1978
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    10RJV

    Brilliantly evokes the hopes and despairs of humanity

    Dennis Potter's PENNIES FROM HEAVEN is a masterpiece of both style and substance. It is a masterpiece of style in that it vividly conjures the look and atmosphere of mid 1930s England. This setting perfectly complements the original recordings of Depression era songs that emerge from the characters' mouths when they try to express themselves. It is a masterpiece of substance in that it is a riveting drama, sometimes exhilarating, sometimes poignant, sometimes both simultaneously.

    PENNIES FROM HEAVEN dramatizes the trials and tribulations of Arthur Parker (Bob Hoskins), a song sheet salesman who unceasingly hopes the lyrics of the music he tries to peddle will become reality. It is a compelling story not only because of the novel use of lip synching to illustrate Parker's and the other characters' fantasies, but because of Potter's stark contrast between the songs' cheery lyrics and the characters' troubled lives. PENNIES also benefits from the cast's persuasive performances, especially Hoskins, Gemma Craven as his repressed wife Joan and Cheryl Campbell as a shy schoolteacher Arthur's infatuated with. One feels great empathy for the characters, even though they are flawed, because one can easily identify with their wishes and frustrations.

    On one level, PENNIES FROM HEAVEN is a chilling cautionary tale- a warning that dreams of paradise are folly because life is cruel and hard. On another level, it is an inspiring story of hope- that even when life is at its most grim, we can always lift our spirits with those same dreams. Whatever message one may perceive, PENNIES FROM HEAVEN is thoroughly moving and absorbing, a testimony to the late Dennis Potter's genius.
    10james362001

    Bob Hoskins Is Perfect in the Lead Role!

    Thanks to the PBS Network, KCET 28 Los Angeles, I was able to see "Pennies From Heaven" years ago during a tribute to writer, Dennis Potter. I throughly enjoyed this tv mini-series. To be honest in this review, I did not get to see the last episodes of "Pennies From Heaven" because my VHS video tape cut off after six hours of recording. The last scene I saw was when Bob Hoskins and the blonde lady were eating at a ritzy restaurant and had just tasted the wine. But I throughly enjoyed all that I had seen. The drama, the comedy and the good ole music is fantastic. Bob Hoskins is a young 36 in this film. Handsome and dashing. He is perfect in the lead role. It is fun to watch him lip-syncing. Bob Hoskins acting is the best and the top. His clarity of emotions that he brings forth (to the camera, to the viewer) is impeccable. Oh, how I wish this fine production were available on VHS video or DVD. I guess the only chance of seeing this tv mini-series again is if the PBS network in Los Angeles broadcasts it again. The 25th Anniversary of this "Pennies From Heaven" tv-mini-series is on March 7, 2003.
    de_niro_2001

    Enough to Put Anyone Off 1930s Music

    As a teenager I was a great fan of the music of the 1920s and the 1930s. I didn't see this series when it was first shown in the 1970s but I saw it when it was repeated in 1990. I know you shouldn't speak evil of the dead but Dennis Potter was one weird and scary guy. The music is very pleasant. It may be dated but it is still nice to listen to in the same way comedy films of the same era like those of the Marx Brothers, Will Hay and Laurel and Hardy are still fun to watch. Many things in the series are morbid and ghoulish and a bit inconsistent with the music. These scenes where you had men moving their lips to female singers (eg Bob Hoskins mouthing to Elsie Carlisle and in another scene his friends mouthing to the Carlyle Cousins) and vice versa (eg Gemma Craven mouthing to Dan Donovan) annoyed me greatly. As a teenager I built up a collection of 400 78s from that era including some that were featured in the programme like Jack Hylton's "Painting The Clouds With Sunshine" recorded 25/10/29, four days before the Wall Street Crash. I also corresponded with a few old men who had been musicians in these bands including Tiny Winters, the bass player with the Lew Stone band. Tiny played bass on a few of the records that were featured in the series. He said, agreeing with my views, that he didn't like it. Mary Lee, one of the singers with Roy Fox's band, told me she was surprised to see Cheryl Campbell in the series moving her lips to her voice. This series did not gain the approval of the musicians on the 1930s records featured in it or of people who were fans of these bands in the 1930s or of modern day enthusiasts. This was just a depressing play written by a sad lecherous oddball who aimed more at upsetting people than entertaining them.
    10TMMVDS

    An unforgettable memory from my youth.

    I was 14 when Pennies From Heaven came out on our TV. The year was 1989. I didn't see it from the start and I was very fortunate indeed than I managed to see it at all. I always remember that magical moment when I saw three women dancing and singing "You Rascal You". From that moment I was totally hooked. I hardly could wait the next week episodes, and after them I was floating somewhere in the sky for sometime.

    After that TV-series I have never seen anything else which has affected me as it did. There was some magical aura about it, something which you can hardly explain. The actors were great, especially Sherilyn Campbell were adorable. Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters in that movie version were nothing compared to these original 'lovebirds'. And of course those songs, those wonderful partly forgotten old dance numbers were the salt and soul in Pennies From Heaven.

    I think it goes without saying that the Brits are geniuses of making great TV-drama. And that TV-series is an unique example of their craftsmanship in that area.
    10danielwill

    Truly original

    I remember seeing this on TV when it first came out. I was changing channels, and here were these woman, tap dancing on a coffin, lip syncing, "I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you." I was hooked.

    It was the first time I ever saw Bob Hoskins, who managed to make a character who was truly awful somehow loveable.

    It's a depression-era story, and while the story itself is grim, somehow the telling is joyful, with the cast breaking into "song." The songs are wonderful old songs, and they just mouth to them, and it creates a surreal feeling, but one that works, because it's as if this is what they are feeling (and could have felt at the time in the vernacular of the old songs).

    The whole telling of this story is so original and vivid that you must watch it when you can.

    ==> Don't confuse this with the movie version, directed by Herbert Ross, with Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters has spectacular production values (unfortunately, the biggest production number was actually cut), but Steve Martin, great as he is, just doesn't make you like and feel for him the way Hoskins does. Bernadette is sufficiently waif-like, but she lacks Gemma Craven's grittiness.

    Christopher Walken is the highlight of the film, doing an incredible song/dance/striptease on a bar that shows what a great dancer he is.

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      This was the last of Dennis Potter's television dramas to be filmed in the 'hybrid' format of studio videotape and location 16mm film.
    • Citas

      Arthur: I'd rather be a Yank.

      Eileen: Pardon?

      Arthur: They got the best songs.

      Eileen: What's that got to do with it!

      Arthur: I want to... I know it sounds daft Eileen, but I want to live in a world where the songs is...

      Eileen: Where the songs come true.

      Arthur: Yes.

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 7 de marzo de 1978 (Reino Unido)
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      • Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
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