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25 November 1963 (Sweden) morePlot:
A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish. | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. moreUser Comments:
Gospel According to Sellers moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Peter Sellers | ... | The Rev. John Smallwood | |
| Cecil Parker | ... | Archdeacon Aspinall | |
| Isabel Jeans | ... | Lady Despard | |
| Ian Carmichael | ... | The Other Smallwood | |
| Bernard Miles | ... | Simpson | |
| Brock Peters | ... | Matthew Robinson | |
| Eric Sykes | ... | Harry Smith | |
| Irene Handl | ... | Rene Smith | |
| Miriam Karlin | ... | Winnie Smith | |
| Joan Miller | ... | Mrs. Smith-Gould | |
| Miles Malleson | ... | Rockeby | |
| Eric Barker | ... | Bank Manager | |
| William Hartnell | ... | Major Fowler | |
| Roy Kinnear | ... | Fred Smith | |
| Joan Hickson | ... | Housewife |
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118 min | USA:105 minCountry:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating)Filming Locations:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UKFun Stuff
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At one point when Rev. Smallwood (Sellers) is preaching from the pulpit, a young boy is seen in the foreground reading a copy of Nabokov's "Lolita". Sellers played Quilty in Stanley Kubrick's film version of that book. moreQuotes:
Simpson: Anytime you hear someone quoting from the bible - better watch out - it's probably the devil himself! moreFAQ
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"Heaven's Above!" is a wonderful, well-crafted satire that mocks not Christianity but hypocritical and cold "religious" people. It is a British version of "In His Steps" turned on its head and inside-out: what if a sincere believer (Sellers) attempts to live out the gospel in the middle of a spiritually dead English parish? Unchristian attitudes range from the Bishop who complains that Rev. Smallwood (Sellers) "keeps bringing God into everything," to two women arguing over free food they have just (undeservedly) received as handouts telling a black man (Brock Peters) "You don't belong here" under a banner that reads "Love one another."
The script is rife with topical political and social comments but the real focus is timeless: do people really believe what they say they believe? Is there a place for Christianity in a secular, materialistic society? All serious questions aside, "Heaven's above!" is a satirical, incisive look at human nature.