Pet Shop Boys in It Couldn’t Happen Here (1987) trailer - on Blu-ray & DVD from 15 June | BFI

Watch the original trailer - newly recreated using remastered footage from a new 4K scan - for Pet Shop Boys’ feature film It Couldn’t Happen Here. Unavailable for over 30 years, a Limited Edition DVD/Blu-ray is out June 2020 and can be pre-ordered now Originally conceived as an hour-long video based on Pet Shop Boys’ 1987 album Actually, It Couldn’t Happen Here turned into a full-scale feature film directed by Jack Bond (The Blueblack Hussar). The first feature-length film starring Pet Shop Boys alongside Joss Ackland, Gareth Hunt and Barbara Windsor finds Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe on an extraordinary adventure from the coast to London, encountering a curious array of eccentric characters along the way. Pop surrealism meets classic road movie, the film is peppered with hits from the duo’s first two studio albums, including ‘West End Girls’, ‘It’s a Sin’ and ‘Always On My Mind’. Never less than fascinating, It Couldn’t Happen Here is a truly unique film and