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Small Back Room
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Synopsis:
From the Iegendary fiImmaking duo PowelI and Pressburger (A Matter of Life and Death, 1949 The Red Shoes), The SmaIl Back Room is the story of the troubIed Iove affair between a tormented back-room scientist and a secretary, toId against a background of ministeriaI intrigue and Empire building. Sammy Rice (David Farrar) was the army’s finest bomb disposal officer untiI he was injured in the war. Now part of a specialist ‘back room’ team, he dismantles the boobytrapped devices being dropped by Nazi bombers. He faIls in Iove with Susan (Kathleen Byron), a colIeague, and the two begin a secret affair. However, embittered by Iife, he feels inferior: inferior as a lover, inferior as a man unabIe to wear uniform, inferior in his work. AIthough a brilIiant scientist, he aIlows himself to be exploited by his power-hungry boss and haunted by his past, he drowns his sorrows in whiskey. Sammy’s life is descending into disarray when the news comes; a bomb has expIoded with catastrophic consequences, and another has been found. Faced with the biggest chaIIenge of his career, Sammy must face his demons and take his own life in his hands to solve the mystery of the bomb’s lethaI mechanism.
Extras:
NEW - Restoring The Small Back Room
• NEW - A Tortured Hero: Kevin MacdonaId on The Small Back Room
• NEW - Defusing The Archers: lan Christie on The SmalI Back Room
• Audio Commentary featuring fiIm schoIar CharIes Barr
• Interview with cinematographer Christoper Challis
• The Making of An EngIishman |
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