UW Cinematheque: Alec Guiness - Centennial for a Comic Genius
The Man in the White Suit | UK | 1951 | DCP | 84 min. Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Event Details
Date
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
Guinness plays an amateur scientist who thinks he’s invented an indestructible fabric immune to wear and dirt. The large ensemble casts sparkles and shines, but Guinness’ go for broke physicality is particularly astonishing to behold. A textbook example of British Cinema firing on all cylinders, The Man in the White Suit is simply crackerjack. (BR)
Guinness plays an amateur scientist who thinks he’s invented an indestructible fabric immune to wear and dirt. The large ensemble casts sparkles and shines, but Guinness’ go for broke physicality is particularly astonishing to behold. A textbook example of British Cinema firing on all cylinders, The Man in the White Suit is simply crackerjack. (BR)
Cost
Free
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