The inimitable Peter Sellers stars as John Smallwood, an idealistic Reverend appointed to the parish of an upper-class village by mistake. With a bad habit of telling the truth at all times, Smallwood makes several clerical decisions that shock his wealthy, landed-gentry parishioners.Inspired by an idea by British satirist Malcolm Muggeridge, the Boulting brothers' HEAVENS ABOVE! was considered a bit too sacrilegious for general consumption on its 1963 release. Way ahead of its time, the film, featuring Sellers at his most iconoclastic, has since accrued a loyal and vocal following. A superb supporting cast includes Eric Sykes, Irene Handl, William Hartnel and Joan Hickson.
Special Features: Commentary: Gemma Ross and Robert Ross (authors/comedy historians)., Documentaries: 'Sellers Takes Off in 'Heavens Above!''; ''Heavens Above!: The Mask Behind the Mask'., 'Heavens Above!' A Q&A with Daily Mash's Tom Whitley, Eva Griffith and Benedict Morrison; Lobby cards gallery.
