Pennies from Heaven R

All-star musical follows Steve Martin as a womanizing sheet-music salesman who's married to hapless Jessica Harper but carries on an affair with a schoolteacher.
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  • ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.85:1
  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 39 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: May 6, 2014
  • Originally Released: 1981
  • Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)

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Total Count: 26

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 3,691
Rating: 4/4 -- Not for everyone, but those who respond to it will find it unforgettable. Full Review
TV Guide
May 20, 2008
Rating: 2/5 -- The movie, though, is not easy to respond to. It's chilly without being provocative in any intellectual way.
New York Times
Aug 31, 2004
Potter adapted his immensely successful British TV series into a Hollywood script that maintained most of its intelligence as well as the musical numbers. Full Review
Film4
May 24, 2003
Rating: 4/5 -- O ótimo conceito deste musical torna-se ainda mais fascinante graças às belas coreografias, aos ricos figurinos, à impecável direção de arte e, é claro, à magnífica fotografia de Gordon Willis.
Cinema em Cena
Jul 8, 2007
Rating: 9/10 -- A bit of filmmaking as film criticism to be respected and admired above and beyond its relationship to the legendary miniseries that it pushed out of print for more than 20 years. Full Review
Antagony & Ecstasy
Dec 5, 2011
Rating: 5/5 -- Underrated, fascinating musical starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Mar 8, 2008
Literal-minded moviegoers will find it easy to hate Pennies from Heaven. But those willing to go along with the device will find the film a source of constant surprise and delight. Full Review
Associated Press
Oct 22, 2018

Description by OLDIES.com:

All-star musical follows Steve Martin,as a womanizing sheet-music salesman who's married to hapless Jessica Harper,but carries on an affair with schoolteacher Bernadette Peters. Set during the Depression, it features lip-synced songs from the greats of that era, including Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.

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