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Rating

5.8/10

Release1988

Runtime1h 26m

StatusReleased

Budget$4,000,000

RevenueN/A

Movie

It Couldn't Happen Here

1988

1h 26m

5.8

Music

Drama

Adventure

Synopsis

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.

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