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Perhaps more widely known Stateside as a 1981 film starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters, Dennis Potter's bittersweet yarn set during the Great Depression was best staged as this eight-hour miniseries broadcast by the BBC in 1978. It made a star of Bob Hoskins , perfectly cast as Arthur Parker, an unsuccessful sheet-music salesman who blots out his dreary life with imaginative daydreams that take the form of lavish production numbers using the lyrics of his favorite songs. Arthur isn't happy...

Member Rating: In his only visit to Columbia Pictures, Paramount's resident crooner Bing Crosby stars in a sentimental musical drama. In jail on a trumped-up charge, Crosby meets a condemned prisoner, and promises the doomed man to look after his little girl (Edith Fellows) when he gets out. The girl's grandfather (Donald Meek) is also part of the "deal," and soon the footloose Crosby finds himself with more responsibilities than he cares to handle. Along the way, Bing sings the title song to the...

Dennis Potter's masterpiece mini-series follows the adventures, mishaps, and yearnings of a traveling song sheet peddler on a tight commission as he tries to make dreams fit the promises of the lyrics he carries.Running Time: 450 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION Rating: NR Age: 794051196323 UPC: 794051196323 Manufacturer No: E1963

Pennies From Heaven Widescreen DVD Retail Price: $19.97 Buy now for $13.48 and FREE SHIPPING on each additional item you buy after the first. The more you buy the more you save! You Save: $6.49 Starring: Steve Martin Genre: Musicals and Performing Arts Rated: NR (MPAA) Runtime: 108 Minutes Features: Video: Color; Closed Captioned; Widescreen Audio: Languages and Subtitles: English Soundtrack; English Subtitles; Spanish Subtitles; French Subtitles Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO DVD Release Date: 7/...

Laserdisc cover signed "Bob/Mackie", "Steve/Martin", "Christopher Walken", "Bernadette Peters" and "Jessica Harper", all in blue ink. Color, 12¼x12¼. Disc not included. © 1982 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co., © 1989 Turner Entertainment Co. Pennies from Heaven (1981), based on the 1978 British miniseries by Dennis Potter, is a musical that highlighted the differences between the optimism of pop music, the grimness of real life and how people can get lost in one when trying to escape...

Part everyman drama, part Busby Berkley spectacle, Pennies from Heaven follows the amorous and financial struggles of a sheet-music salesman, Arthur Parker (Bob Hoskins), during the Depression in England. Despite the misfortunes he encounters, Arthur still believes that life can be like a song. By juxtaposing the life-affirming qualities of big band music with the degrading realities enveloping Arthur - rape, prostitution, bankruptcy and homicide - Dennis Potter examines the resilience of the human...

Entrails of a Virgin New [DVD] Horror 655000000000

Arthur, a salesman dealing in sheet music who falls in love with a school teacher called Eileen (Cheryl Campbell). When Eileen discovers that she is pregnant and that Arthur is already married to Joan (Gemma Craven) she runs away. Arthur is determined to give up everything to find her again... he believes in happy endings, just like in the songs he loves so much. Written by Dennis Potter.

In 1981, Steve Martin was known primarily for his "wild and crazy guy" persona, thanks to his live performances, platinum-selling comedy albums, and such early movie vehicles as The Jerk . This Americanized version of Dennis Potter ’s highly praised BBC-TV miniseries represented a risky departure for Martin, and while the film was not terribly successful in its theatrical run, it has found an appreciative audience in the years since, thanks to video and cable-TV exposure. This new DVD edition should...

Closed Caption; Digitally mastered audio & video; Remastered in high definition; Full screen presentation; Audio: English; Subtitles: English, French, Japanese; Bonus trailers; Interactive menus; Scene selections