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Pennies from Heaven (1981) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 27, 2004
• R2: 31 May 2004
Budget $22,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes
Country USA
Studio MGM, United Artists
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Other Titles
• Pennies from Heaven
• Tanz in den Wolken (1981)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy, Musical, Surreal, Fantasy, Black Comedy, Satire, Showbiz, Infidelity, Prostitution, Period Piece, Love
Tagline: There's a world on both sides of the rainbow where songs come true and every time it rains, it rains...
Plot: Herbert Ross's PENNIES FROM HEAVEN is a lavish adaptation of the BBC series of the same name; it's a contemplative avant-garde musical in which drab everyday surroundings magically become movie sets and everyday speech suddenly turns into song. Steve Martin stars as Arthur, who sells sheet music--and the dreams promised in their lyrics--in 1930s depression-era Chicago. He's not always the most pleasant of fellows: He cheats on his wife, lies to his lovers, and seduces an innocent schoolteacher, Eileen (Bernadette Peters). But his spirit still has a sweetness and innocence--the sweetness of the Tin Pan Alley tunes he hawks and the innocence of the fantasy-filled Hollywood musicals he sees. When Arthur and Eileen set out on a series of misadventures, their bleak world turns to song and dance in a series of lavish Busby Berkeley-style musical numbers. The film features stunningly versatile performances by Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters.
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| Directed by |
Herbert Ross
Steel Magnolias, Footloose, The Secret of My Succe$s |
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| Cast |
Steve Martin
Bowfinger, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, The Prince of Egypt |
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Sideways, Con Air |
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