Pennies from Heaven

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American film film musical film romantic drama film

Pennies from Heaven is a 1981 American musical romantic drama film known for its stylized use of lip-synced 1930s songs and its darkly ironic contrast between fantasy and Depression-era reality.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pennies from Heaven canonical	14
Pennies from Heaven (1978 BBC television serial)	1
Pennies from Heaven (1981 film)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ film ⓘ musical film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ
academyAwardNomination	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ surface form: Best Adapted Screenplay Best Costume Design ⓘ Best Sound ⓘ
artDirector	Philip Rosenberg ⓘ
basedOn	Pennies from Heaven self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pennies from Heaven (1978 BBC television serial)
basedOnWorkAuthor	Dennis Potter ⓘ
boxOfficePerformance	commercial failure ⓘ
characterName	Arthur Parker ⓘ Eileen Everson ⓘ Joan Parker ⓘ
cinematographer	Gordon Willis ⓘ
costumeDesigner	Bob Mackie ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	positive critical reception ⓘ
currency	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar
director	Herbert Ross ⓘ
distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ United Artists ⓘ
editor	Richard Marks ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ musical ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ
leadActorRole	Bernadette Peters as Eileen Everson ⓘ Steve Martin as Arthur Parker ⓘ
mpaaRating	R ⓘ
notableFeature	contrast between fantasy musical numbers and bleak reality ⓘ stylized lip-synced performances of 1930s popular songs ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalScoreComposer	Marvin Hamlisch ⓘ
producer	Herbert Ross ⓘ
productionCompany	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate	1981-12-11 ⓘ
releaseYear	1981 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	108 ⓘ
screenwriter	Dennis Potter ⓘ
setInPeriod	Great Depression ⓘ
settingLocation	Chicago ⓘ
starredActor	Bernadette Peters ⓘ Christopher Walken ⓘ Jessica Harper ⓘ John McMartin ⓘ Steve Martin ⓘ Vernel Bagneris ⓘ
timePeriodOfSongs	1930s popular music ⓘ
title	Pennies from Heaven self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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James Crabe → notableWork → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

James Crabe → workedOn → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

Songs for Swingin' Lovers! → track → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

Gordon Willis → notableWork → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

Bernadette Peters → notableWork → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennies from Heaven (1981 film)

Robert William Hoskins → notableWork → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

Richard Marks → notableWork → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

Richard Marks → workedOn → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

Johnny Burke → notableWork → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

Johnny Burke → wroteLyricsFor → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

Pennies from Heaven → title → Pennies from Heaven self-link ⓘ

Pennies from Heaven → basedOn → Pennies from Heaven self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennies from Heaven (1978 BBC television serial)

Dennis Potter → notableWork → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

Kenith Trodd → notableWork → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ

Herbert Ross → directed → Pennies from Heaven ⓘ