Heavens Above!
Heavens Above!

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In the upper crust town of Orbiston Parva which is ostensibly ruled by the wealthy Despard family who owns and operates the town's major employer, the local Tranquilax factory (the product a so-called restorative), the Church of England's Archdeacon Aspinall, who oversees among other churches Holy Trinity, recommends to widowed Lady Lucy Despard, the town's "matriarch", that they hire Reverend John Smallwood, whose family the Archdeacon has known most his life, to fill the cu... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Heavens Above!:

Peter Sellers
Cecil Parker
Isabel Jeans
Ian Carmichael
Bernard Miles
Brock Peters

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In the upper crust town of Orbiston Parva which is ostensibly ruled by the wealthy Despard family who owns and operates the town's major employer, the local Tranquilax factory (the product a so-called restorative), the Church of England's Archdeacon Aspinall, who oversees among other churches Holy Trinity, recommends to widowed Lady Lucy Despard, the town's "matriarch", that they hire Reverend John Smallwood, whose family the Archdeacon has known most his life, to fill the currently vacant vicar position for Holy Trinity, Smallwood the type of man who would fit well into the town's upper crust sensibility. Through a clerical error, who the church hires instead is Reverend John Edward Smallwood, a totally different man in almost every respect beyond the job title of reverend, including being somewhat naive in mind. Through what is seen as his unconventional actions both from a church and Orbiston Parva community standpoint, such as hiring Matthew Robinson, a dustman and, gasp, black man, as the church's new warden, and taking into the vicarage the extremely large Smith family, who had been squatting on Tranquilax land now slated for factory expansion, and the adults of which who have decided living off the British welfare system more lucrative than actually working, Smallwood exposes the truly unchristian nature of the townsfolk as a collective, including members of this and other Christian denominational churches. While Smallwood does have a truly positive spiritual effect on some, his actions create an unintentional domino effect which leads to chaos as some cannot break with what they see as their traditions, however unchristian they are.

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Monthly Film Bulletin - 6/10 by MFB CriticsWay off target as a satire, the Boultings' latest effort is remarkable chiefly for the amount of schoolboy smut it manages to incorporate, and for the nastiness of its view of people.
User Review - 10/10 by Frances Ann ASocial satire with a rather somber message. There's a lot to think about in this film. Sellers is fabulous.
User Review - 10/10 by Frances ASocial satire with a rather somber message. There's a lot to think about in this film. Sellers is fabulous.
User Review - 10/10 by Linda PPeter Sellers is awesome in this movie. I found it by pure chance. One of his earliest.
User Review - 8/10 by Barnaby EA genuine classic of a Peter Sellers vehicle that isn't often mentioned when talking about the great man. This offbeat social satire, with a cheerfully upbeat central clergy character who ends up delivering a sobering message on life, society and religion, is clever and subtle as well as being rather radical for the time it was made. A plethora of great names in the supporting cast (William Hartnell, Eric Sykes, Roy Kinnear, Cecil Parker and Joan Hickson) and a strong, but unassuming, central performance by Peter Sellers as the Rev.John Smallwood. Sadly, the ending is a bit at odds with the tone that has gone before it, which lets it down slightly. But, all in all, a great little socialist comedy with a meaning and a message for all.
User Review - 8/10 by Eric Banother great peter sellers performance, here playing a parish priest appointed to a small town church by mistake, when he starts his unauthordox ways change most of the town, and upset the church snobbish ways, his good will and surmens connecting, but also, giving free products ripple effect, causing outrage in town, sellers here with a i believe brumney accent, is on form, and the film has stuff to say, about religion, peoples lack of faith even in the 1950s, a slice of live worth seeing
User Review - 8/10 by Private UA gentle and moving comedy about a priest who ends up being just too nice, played by Sellers convincingly and Eric Sykes playing alongside Irene Handle as some despicable folks. Worth a watch
User Review - 8/10 by Caitlin FI enjoyed this movie much more than I thought I would. Peter Sellers was such a good-hearted character, with a nice storyline to the movie, although the ending was quite strange (but I suppose that is what made it so memorable.)
User Review - 8/10 by a;slkfj aGreat funny and oddball film about a vicar mistakenly posted to a rich parish. Its a great little film with a very strange ending, has lots of little jem scenes showing sellers comedy skills.
User Review - 6/10 by Paul D"Heavens Above!" is the story of Jesus Christ II in the form of John Smallwood (Peter Sellers). The film is filled with symbolisms and is a little too self-serious, but offers some laughs, good acting (Sellers, Cecil Parker, Bernard Miles) and the classic gag of Sellers accidentally tripping into a grave. Overall, it's an enjoyable if not particularly special little film that would probably have been better if it had left the preaching aside.

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