It Couldn't Happen Here

It Couldn't Happen Here

86 mins | Drama, Adventure, Music | June 8, 1988

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.

It Couldn't Happen Here

86 mins | Drama, Adventure, Music | June 8, 1988

It Couldn't Happen Here
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers
Original title It Couldn't Happen Here
Directors Jack Bond
Writers James Dillon, Jack Bond

Cast

Barbara Windsor

as Seaside landlady / Neil's mother

Joss Ackland

as Priest / murderer

Neil Dickson

as Pilot / car salesman

Neil Tennant

as himself

Chris Lowe

as himself

Gareth Hunt

as Uncle Dredge / postcard seller / ventriloquist