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Title The small back room / London Films present ; a production of the Archers ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Publication Info. [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2008]

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Special Collections  DVD SMA    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual  DVD SMALL    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  DVD CLA SMA    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] pages ; 19 cm.).
Series The Criterion collection ; 441
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 441.
System Details DVD, NTSC; region 1; fullscreen, mono.
Cast David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Leslie Banks, Michael Gough, Cyril Cusack.
Credits Director of photography, Christopher Challis ; editor, Clifford Turner ; music, Brian Easdale.
Note 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.
Summary 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.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Science -- Great Britain -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Ordnance disposal units -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Amputees -- Psychology -- Drama.
Genre/Form War films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Added Author 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.
Gough, Michael, 1916-2011. Actor.
Powell, Michael, 1905-1990. Producer. Director.
Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988. Producer. Screenwriter.
Balchin, Nigel, 1908-1970. Small back room.
London Films.
Archers (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
ISBN 9781604650563
1604650567
Standard No. 715515031226
Music No. CC1762D The Criterion Collection
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