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Strange Brew: Cult Films at Schlafly Bottleworks

Great films and great beer! Join us the first Wednesday each month for a collection of weird and wonderful films from around the world, presented by the highly acclaimed Webster Film Series.

Our next feature:

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
(Herbert Ross, 1981, USA, 84 min.)

Wednesday, February 3 at 8:00 p.m.
Admission – $4.00

A lavish adaptation of the BBC series of the same name; it's a contemplative avant-garde musical in which drab everyday surroundings magically become movie sets and everyday speech suddenly turns into song. Steve Martin stars as Arthur, who sells sheet music--and the dreams promised in their lyrics--in 1930s depression-era Chicago. He's not always the most pleasant of fellows: He cheats on his wife, lies to his lovers, and seduces an innocent schoolteacher, Eileen (Bernadette Peters). But his spirit still has a sweetness and innocence--the sweetness of the Tin Pan Alley tunes he hawks and the innocence of the fantasy-filled Hollywood musicals he sees. When Arthur and Eileen set out on a series of misadventures, their bleak world turns to song and dance in a series of lavish Busby Berkeley-style musical numbers. The film features stunningly versatile performances by Martin and Peter and a striptease by the amazing Christopher Walken.


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