The small back room
(DVD)
Contributors
Farrar, David, 1908-1995, actor.
Byron, Kathleen, 1921-2009, actor.
Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973 actor.
Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993, actor.
Banks, Leslie, 1890-1952, actor.
Byron, Kathleen, 1921-2009, actor.
Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973 actor.
Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993, actor.
Banks, Leslie, 1890-1952, actor.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.?] : Criterion Collection :, [2008].
Format
DVD
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] pages ; 19 cm).
Status
Southside - Media
DVD Small
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DVD Small
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.?] : Criterion Collection :, [2008].
Edition
Special ed.
Language
English
UPC
715515031226
Notes
General Note
Adapted from a novel by Nigel Balchin.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
General Note
Special edition features: audio commentary by Charles Barr; video interview with Chris Challis; excerpts from Michael Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography; in booklet: essay, "Whiskey galore!" / by Nick James.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Christopher Challis ; editor, Clifford Turner ; music, Brian Easdale ; production designer, Hein Heckroth ; art director, John Hoesli ; camera, Freddie Francis.
Participants/Performers
David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Leslie Banks, Michael Gough, Cyril Cusack, Milton Rosmer, Emrys Jones, Walter Fitzgerald, Renee Asherson.
Description
Details the professional and personal travails of a troubled, alcoholic research scientist and military bomb-disposal expert who, while struggling through a relationship with his girlfriend, is hired by the government to advise on a German weapon.
System Details
DVD format, NTSC; region 1; fullscreen, Dolby digital, mono.
Language
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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LC Subjects
Amputees -- Psychology -- Drama.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Ordnance disposal units -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Great Britain -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Science -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Ordnance disposal units -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Great Britain -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Science -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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