filmmaker today. People nowadays expect to have to understand everything. Twenty years ago, people would have thought it was wild because they didn't have the faintest idea what was going on. Now if it had been the story of the Pet Shop Boys meeting in an electrical shop in the King's Road, and making some demos and becoming famous, and ended with us rich and number one in America with `West End Girls'... [Lowe:] and then the Decline, and then the Comeback, and a great big hit song at the end, it would have worked, don't you think? Related media The music video for the single "Always on My Mind" is a compilation of clips from the film. The Variety Club Remix of the Saint Etienne single "Avenue" samples dialogue from the film. Saint Etienne are known for their fondness of the band, having sampled numerous Pet Shop Boys songs. Home video It Couldn't Happen Here was available on VHS, but this has now been discontinued. A Laserdisc release was also available in the U.S. and Japan, but this has also been discontinued. A dual format limited edition DVD and Blu-ray disc was released in the U.K. on 15 June 2020 by the British Film Institute. It has seven special features, including audio commentary by director Jack Bond, James Dillon and Simon Archer, a 27-minute interview with Jack Bond discussing the making of the film titled "West End Boy", an interview with choreographer Arlene Phillips, the full-length promotional music video of "Always on My Mind", a 48-page digibook, image gallery and original theatrical trailer. This release is now out of print. The limited edition will be followed by a standard release, replacing the exclusive digibook packaging with a normal Blu-ray case, on 20 July 2020. References External links It Couldn't Happen Here on YouTube It Couldn't Happen Here on BFI Player 1988 films British musical films Pet Shop Boys video albums Films directed by Jack Bond EMI Films films 1980s English-language films 1980s British films