It Couldn't Happen Here

It Couldn't Happen Here

1988•1h 26m•5.8/10

MusicDramaAdventure

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(14)

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.

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Production

EMI Films, Picture Music International

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Neil Tennant

Neil Tennant

Self

Chris Lowe

Self

Barbara Windsor

Barbara Windsor

Seaside Landlady/Neil's mother

Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland

Priest/Murderer

Neil Dickson

Neil Dickson

Pilot/Car Salesman/Coachman

Gareth Hunt

Gareth Hunt

Uncle Dredge/Postcard Seller/Ventriloquist

Dominique Barnes

Girl at the Beach/Girl Hitchhiker/Girl on the Bicycle

Carmen du Sautoy

Carmen du Sautoy

Cafe Waitress

Stephanie Buttle

Stephanie Buttle

Dancer

Heavon Grant

Heavon Grant

Dancer

Natalie Roles

Natalie Roles

Dancer

Chris Tudor

Dancer

Tom Searle

Dancer

Clair Becker

Dancer

Nicholas Haley

Schoolboy

Jonathan Haley

Schoolboy

Lisa Hendry

Dancer

Emma Hendry

Dancer

Lyndsey Cole

Dancer

Christopher Hall

Dancer

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