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The small back room [videorecording]
Title:
The small back room [videorecording]
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[videorecording] / Janus Films ; StudioCanal ; London Films present ; a production of the Archers ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
Edition:
Special ed.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.?] : Criterion Collection : British Lion Film Corp., [2008]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] p. ; 19 cm.)
ISBN:
9781604650563
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General Note:
Adapted from a novel by Nigel Balchin.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949.
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.
Abstract:
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.
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Credits:
Director of photography, Christopher Challis ; editor, Clifford Turner ; music, Brian Easdale ; production designer, Hein Heckroth ; art director, John Hoesli ; camera, Freddie Francis.
Performer:
David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Leslie Banks, Michael Gough, Cyril Cusack, Milton Rosmer, Emrys Jones, Walter Fitzgerald, Renee Asherson.
Technical Details:
DVD, NTSC; region 1; fullscreen, Dolby digital, mono.
Language:
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).