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Heavens Above!

  • 1963
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 58min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
6.7/10
1.8 k
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Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael, Irene Handl, Isabel Jeans, Bernard Miles, Cecil Parker, and Eric Sykes in Heavens Above! (1963)
ComediaSátira

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaA minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.

  • Dirección
    • John Boulting
    • Roy Boulting
  • Guionistas
    • Frank Harvey
    • John Boulting
    • Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Elenco
    • Peter Sellers
    • Cecil Parker
    • Isabel Jeans
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    6.7/10
    1.8 k
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    • Dirección
      • John Boulting
      • Roy Boulting
    • Guionistas
      • Frank Harvey
      • John Boulting
      • Malcolm Muggeridge
    • Elenco
      • Peter Sellers
      • Cecil Parker
      • Isabel Jeans
    • 31Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 18Opiniones de los críticos
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    • Nominada a1 premio BAFTA
      • 1 nominación en total

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    Peter Sellers
    Peter Sellers
    • The Reverend John Smallwood
    Cecil Parker
    Cecil Parker
    • Archdeacon Aspinall
    Isabel Jeans
    Isabel Jeans
    • Lady Despard
    Ian Carmichael
    Ian Carmichael
    • The Other Smallwood
    Bernard Miles
    Bernard Miles
    • Simpson
    Brock Peters
    Brock Peters
    • Matthew
    Eric Sykes
    Eric Sykes
    • Harry Smith
    Irene Handl
    Irene Handl
    • Rene Smith
    Miriam Karlin
    Miriam Karlin
    • Winnie Smith
    Joan Miller
    • Mrs. Smith-Gould
    Miles Malleson
    Miles Malleson
    • Rockeby
    Eric Barker
    Eric Barker
    • Bank Manager
    William Hartnell
    William Hartnell
    • Major Fowler
    Roy Kinnear
    Roy Kinnear
    • Fred Smith
    Joan Hickson
    Joan Hickson
    • Housewife
    Kenneth Griffith
    Kenneth Griffith
    • Rev. Owen Thomas
    Mark Eden
    Mark Eden
    • Sir Geoffrey Despard
    John Comer
    John Comer
    • Butcher
    • Dirección
      • John Boulting
      • Roy Boulting
    • Guionistas
      • Frank Harvey
      • John Boulting
      • Malcolm Muggeridge
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    8Stargazer59

    Great fun with an abundance of acting talent!

    This film is great fun, well written and well acted. While the ending is unexpected, if you haven't seen it before, it is difficult to know how all the issues could've been resolved in any other way except as unresolved as it is here! They did the same thing to John Steed in the very last episode of The Avengers, appropriately titled "Bizarre", some six years later! That episode featured Roy Kinnear as the marvellously named Bagpipes Happychap who also features here amongst a wealth of famous faces including the original Doctor Who, William Hartnell, in the year that he took that role. Again, considering the ending, that too seems appropriate now and brought a wry smile to this viewer's face especially as another of the film's cast, Mark Eden, also appeared, in the title role of "Marco Polo", opposite Hartnell in that series!!! Peter Sellars is on fine form as the hopelessly idealistic new vicar as is Eric Sykes as a chain smoking butcher! Best of all is the plethora of verbal and visual irony which should be enough to keep any discerning viewer entertained!!!
    daddytolman

    Gospel According to Sellers

    "Heaven's Above!" is a wonderful, well-crafted satire that mocks not Christianity but hypocritical and cold "religious" people. It is a British version of "In His Steps" turned on its head and inside-out: what if a sincere believer (Sellers) attempts to live out the gospel in the middle of a spiritually dead English parish? Unchristian attitudes range from the Bishop who complains that Rev. Smallwood (Sellers) "keeps bringing God into everything," to two women arguing over free food they have just (undeservedly) received as handouts telling a black man (Brock Peters) "You don't belong here" under a banner that reads "Love one another."

    The script is rife with topical political and social comments but the real focus is timeless: do people really believe what they say they believe? Is there a place for Christianity in a secular, materialistic society? The ending, which baffles some, gives the answer to this. All serious questions aside, "Heaven's above!" is a satirical, incisive look at human nature.
    8ella-48

    Flawed but lovely satire

    I shan't go on at any length, as others have already done the job for me. Instead I'll just drop in a couple of interesting factoids about this film.

    1) "Heavens Above!" was the third in a trio (a triptych??) of films satirising great pillars of the British establishment:

    The military;

    Industry/the trade unions;

    The church.

    The previous two in the series were "Private's Progress" (Ian Carmichael as Stanley Windrush - a fraightfully posh chinless wonder, drafted into the army for WWII and finding himself embroiled unwittingly in a grand scheme to steal great works of art) and "I'm Alright, Jack" (Carmichael as the same Stanley Windrush, now de-mobbed and dumped by his despairing family into the shop floor workforce at one of their factories, in the hope that he might learn the business). The Windrush family characters were dropped for Heavens Above, although Carmichael makes a small appearance as "the other Vicar called Smallwood".

    2) Fans of the Small Faces should keep their eyes peeled for 'Jack' - eldest son of the huge family of itinerant scroungers who take up residence in the vicarage. It's none other than cheeky cockney mudlark STEVE MARRIOTT, fresh from his West End stint as The Artful Dodger in Oliver !
    7blanche-2

    wonderful satire

    Peter Sellers plays a minister with a new assignment in "Heavens Above!" a 1963 film written by John Boulting and directed by John and Roy Boulting.

    Sellers is the Rev. John Smallwood, and he's assigned to a new parish from his current prison ministry by mistake when he's confused with another Rev. Smallwood. He gets to the parish and really shakes things up, so much so that he practically brings down the entire British economy.

    Smallwood is well-meaning, but not very practical. He convinces the wealthy woman in town, Lady Despard (Isabeal Jeans) to give away food. Naturally the grocers are upset.

    Then he trashes the product the big factory in town produces, and their stock crashes. While he's at it, he takes in a huge family that was forced off of their property.

    The film makes fun of religion with a straight face. Smallwood tells Lady Despard that she won't go to heaven because she hasn't given up her earthly belongings and followed Christ. He preaches God to such an extent that when the Despard butler tells him off, he does it with two different Bible quotes - for me, that was the funniest scene in the movie.

    The British economy suffered greatly after World War II, and there are many films about it. This is but one, taking its place with "The Man in the White Suit," "I'm All Right, Jack," and others.

    Peter Sellers is amazing as Smallwood, modeling the character on a former teacher of his. He's a gentle man, not given to temper outbursts, who stands by his principles, even though he's a complete airhead.

    Very good.
    8Dadge

    Funny film, silly ending

    Peter Sellers is great as the Brummie vicar whose gaucheness brings a small country town to its knees in this famous 60s satire. It's difficult to pin down the film's target; perhaps the film's so likeable because it seems to get a dig in at everybody at the same time. Among the targets are: religion, capitalism, communism, and British society and mores. The moral of the tale seems to be that no matter your efforts or intentions, you're unlikely to improve on the status quo (and could make things a lot worse). So in the last analysis maybe it's Conservative propaganda.

    The film stomps merrily through all the issues with fun effect and should've quit when it was ahead. The final segment is crass and takes off some of the shine.

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    • Trivia
      Steve Marriott, who played Harry Smith's son Jack, was later to become the lead singer and guitarist with influential English rock group, the Small Faces.
    • Errores
      When on the train at the 1:34:30 mark, the Godminster Gazette newspaper headline mentioning Orbiston Parva has left the R out of Parva spelling it Pava.
    • Citas

      Simpson: I remember Sir George used to say "Whenever you hears the Bible quoted, look out cos it's most likely the devil himself!"

    • Versiones alternativas
      Original British version runs 118 minutes.
    • Conexiones
      Features De aquí a la eternidad (1953)
    • Bandas sonoras
      From Here To Eternity
      (uncredited)

      Written by Fred Karger and Robert Wells

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 23 de mayo de 1963 (Reino Unido)
    • País de origen
      • Reino Unido
    • Idiomas
      • Inglés
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    • También se conoce como
      • Himmlische Freuden
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Claremont House, Esher, Surrey, Inglaterra, Reino Unido(Holcomb Manor - Lady Despard's mansion)
    • Productora
      • Charter Film Productions
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      1 hora 58 minutos
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.66 : 1

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