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HEAVENS ABOVE!
U.K., 1963
Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Starring Peter Sellers, Eric Sykes, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans
Approx. 113 min. DCP 4K Restoration.
“There aren’t enough decent Christians about to feed one decent lion.” Accidentally made vicar through a clerical (in both senses) error, Peter’s Rev. John Smallwood embarks on the spiritual turn-around of a factory town dominated by the family who makes sedative/stimulant/laxative “Tranquilax.”
Reviews
“Sellers gives a guileful portrayal of genuine simplicity.”
– Variety
“Sharp commentary on human meanness.”
– Bosley Crowther, The New York Times
“Sharp biting satire, with an intelligent and subtle performance from the master Peter Sellers.”
– Kim Newman, Empire Magazine