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Heavens Above! poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 70.7 / 100
1963·Comedy·1h 45m

HEAVENS ABOVE!

“Where "I'm All Right Jack" left off…this takes off!”

A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, where he immediately horrifies his snobby parishioners by appointing a dustman and a black man as vicar's wardens and throwing open the vicarage to the sprawling, disreputable Smith family, who have just been evicted from their caravan site. He converts the dowager aristocrat to works of absurd charity but he soon has the town and much of the country in uproar.

Above the Line
John Boulting, Roy Boulting·DirectorFrank Harvey·ScreenplayJohn Boulting·ScreenplayMutz Greenbaum·Director of PhotographyRichard Rodney Bennett·Original Music ComposerTeddy Darvas·Editor
Cast
Peter Sellers·The Rev. John SmallwoodCecil Parker·Archdeacon AspinallIsabel Jeans·Lady DespardIan Carmichael·The Other SmallwoodBernard Miles·SimpsonBrock Peters·Matthew RobinsonEric Sykes·Harry SmithIrene Handl·Rene SmithMiriam Karlin·Winnie SmithJoan Miller·Mrs Smith-Gould
Full Crew
(11 credits)
Directing· 2
John Boulting·DirectorRoy Boulting·Director
Writing· 3
Frank Harvey·ScreenplayJohn Boulting·ScreenplayMalcolm Muggeridge·Idea
Camera· 2
Mutz Greenbaum·Director of PhotographyLaurie Ridley·Still Photographer
Editing· 1
Teddy Darvas·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Richard Rodney Bennett·Original Music Composer
Production· 2
John Boulting·ProducerRoy Boulting·Producer
By the Numbers
70.7
OF 100
Master Score
6.7
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind Heavens Above!'s key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
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Mood
Serious, Formal
Composition
Centered
Era
1960s
Visual Style
Photographic

“The movie poster features a man in a clerical collar and white robe standing behind a podium. He has short brown hair, glasses, and is looking slightly to the l”

Key Elements
Clerical CollarWhite RobePodium
Atmosphere
Muted
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Indoor
Design Score
7/10
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