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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 299932" data-attributes="member: 33">It Couldn&#039;t Happen Here (1987)<img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc2MzBlOWQtOTNhZC00YTE1LTg2ZjctMGZkZTA4YzhkZGY5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzc5MjA3OA@@._V1_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 306px" />OK, this isn&#039;t Oscar winner material, the plot is almost non-existant and the Pet Shop Boys aren&#039;t exactly great actors but this film is a lot of fun. It&#039;s more of a collection of pop videos held together by a flimsy story of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe travelling across the country and they meet an assortment of eccentrics along the way. One of the people they encounter is played by Joss Ackland who is nothing short of brilliant in this film. He&#039;s not on screen for more than 10 minutes but he steals every scene he&#039;s in and is incredibly funny. Gareth Hunt is also very good in this too. The songs are great but it&#039;s not just a film for Pet Shop Boys fans because even those who aren&#039;t familiar with their music can still enjoy it. It has a feel of a film made by Ken Russell with a few elements of Derek Jarman and Peter Greenaway thrown in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 299932, member: 33"] [B]It Couldn't Happen Here (1987)[/B] [IMG width="306px"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc2MzBlOWQtOTNhZC00YTE1LTg2ZjctMGZkZTA4YzhkZGY5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzc5MjA3OA@@._V1_.jpg[/IMG] OK, this isn't Oscar winner material, the plot is almost non-existant and the Pet Shop Boys aren't exactly great actors but this film is a lot of fun. It's more of a collection of pop videos held together by a flimsy story of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe travelling across the country and they meet an assortment of eccentrics along the way. One of the people they encounter is played by Joss Ackland who is nothing short of brilliant in this film. He's not on screen for more than 10 minutes but he steals every scene he's in and is incredibly funny. Gareth Hunt is also very good in this too. The songs are great but it's not just a film for Pet Shop Boys fans because even those who aren't familiar with their music can still enjoy it. It has a feel of a film made by Ken Russell with a few elements of Derek Jarman and Peter Greenaway thrown in. [/QUOTE]

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