The Small Back Room Saturday, October 19, 2024 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
This suspenseful character study, an influence on Kathryn Bigelow’s 2008 Oscar winner The Hurt Locker, tells of a neurotic and alcoholic munitions expert (David Farrar) during World War II. The climax of the story, a long tense scene of bomb disposal, is a virtuoso suspense sequence that is one of the most memorable in the filmography of Powell and Pressburger. The digital restoration also offers a uniquely atmospheric evocation of the British wartime home front.
Tickets
- Available soon!
- $9 general admission, $2 discount for MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+)
Plan Your Visit
- This screening takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater on the lower level of the Law Building.
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Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.
Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; L'Alliance Française de Houston; and ILEX Foundation.
The Small Back Room
Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
(UK, 1949, 107 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 4K digital restoration