On the eve of BFI Flare London’s  LGBTQ Film Festival, their store had just announced they have a very limited number of the Pet Shop Boys ‘It Couldn’t Happen Here” on DVD.   Because of its rarity, it is being strictly restricted to one per person.

If you have never seen this film shot by Jack Bond in 1978, you are missing out on a rare treat.

Bond had originally set out to make an extended pop video based on Pet Shop Boys’ 1987 album Actually. What he ended up with was a flamboyantly full-scale feature film that finds Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe embarking on an outstanding musical odyssey from the coast to the capital, encountering the eccentric likes of screen legends Joss Ackland, Gareth Hunt, and Barbara Windsor along the way. Perfect pop-surrealism meets road movie to the sound of hits from the duo’s fantastic first two studio albums, including all-time classics ‘West End Girls’, ‘It’s a Sin’ and ‘Always On My Mind’.

Long unavailable, It Couldn’t Happen Here is presented here remastered by the BFI in High Definition at 4K resolution. A strange, striking and sensational pop musical, packed full of iconic tracks, it is an essential addition to any Pet Shop Boys collection.

https://shop.bfi.org.uk/pre-order-it-couldn-t-happen-here-standard-dual-format-edition.html

 

 

 

P.S. Pet Shop Boys have announced the release on DVD and 2-CD of their “Discovery: Live in Rio 1994” concert. Release date is April 30th. The DVD and CDs package is available for pre-order HERE