New 4k restoration of the classic Ealing comedy “The Man in the White Suit”.

4k restoration of The Man in the White Suit
This September, Studiocanal will be releasing a brand new 4k restoration of the classic Ealing comedy “The Man in the White Suit” in a special UHD Collector’s edition under its Vintage Classics banner, available to pre-order now via Amazon.

The 4k restoration will be making its cinema premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on the 19th of August at the Edinburgh Filmhouse ahead of its September release, tickets available online here.

The film was directed by Ealing Studios stalwart Alexander Mackendrick who also directed the Ealing comedies “Whisky Galore!“, “The Maggie“, and “The Ladykillers“.

This classic Ealing film was BAFTA-nominated for Best Film and Best British Film, and Oscar-nominated for Best Screenplay.

The Ealing classic, starring Alec Guinness along with Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker and Welsh actor Roddy Hughes, sees the invention of a miracle textile that never gets dirty or wears out, an invention that businesses with vested interests are keen to suppress.

Like most Ealing comedies which tell the tale of the individual up against larger bureaucratic institutions, Alec Guinness’ character Sidney Stratton is determined to release his wonder product which he believes will help society. (Of course, with hindsight, we can look back at the decimation of British industry, particularly textile, and with present concerns about A.I. taking jobs in the future, and perhaps find ourselves sympathising with the parties trying to block Sidney’s invention).

Cast of The Man in the White Suit
4k restoration of The Man in the White Suit
The special 2-disc 4K UHD Collector’s Edition, featuring a 64-page booklet, an A2 poster of original artwork and a host of extras material, will be available to own from 15 September, available to pre-order now via Amazon.

Extras include:
a feature with Matthew Sweet on The Man in The White Suit;
Extract from BEHP audio interview with Bernard Gribble;
Revisiting The Man in The White Suit – director Stephen Frears, film historian Ian Christie, and author and British film historian Richard Dacre discuss the unique qualities of The Man in the White Suit as well as the legacy of its director, Alexander Mackendrick;
Audio Commentary by Film Historian Dr. Dean Brandum;
T for Teacher (1947) – The Tea Bureau sets out the golden rules for a perfect brew. Animation designed by Peter Sachs, words by Roger MacDougall;
a Behind the Scenes stills gallery;
and the Original Trailer.

4k restoration of The Man in the White Suit

The new 4k restoration of “The Man in the White Suit” is being released on the 15th of September, available to pre-order now at Amazon.

 

4k restoration of The Man in the White Suit

 

Discover Art & Hue’s pop art print of “The Man in the White Suit“, available with or without text in 20 colour options and three sizes:

 

Alec Guinness

£15.00£39.00

Alec Guinness pop art print, part of the “Ealing Comedies” pop art collection.

Unframed art giclée print, printed on 310gsm fine art museum-quality matte paper, made from 100% cotton, using archival pigment inks for longevity.

Also available as part of a group of ten, twelve, & Posters twelve prints.

Available in three sizes – choose your preferred colour from 20 options. Select a colour to preview image (click on image to expand):

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Alec Guinness stylish pop art print.

Also available as part of a group of ten, twelve, & Posters twelve prints.

Alec Guinness & Ealing Comedies

If there’s one actor who’s most readily associated with the classic Ealing comedies, it’s Alec Guinness. He appeared in six Ealing comedies, playing multiple parts in two of them.

With a prestigious career in classical theatre, Guinness first Ealing comedy appearance is in 1949’s “Kind Hearts & Coronets” in which he played nine members of the D’Ascoyne family, who are being sequentially disposed of by Dennis Price‘s character.

In the same year, this was followed with a supporting role as a newspaper reporter in “A Run For Your Money“, another Ealing comedy which featured Joyce Grenfell, Hugh Griffith, Donald Houston & Meredith Edwards.

The classic comedy “The Lavender Hill Mob” was to follow in 1951 co-starring Stanley Holloway, and with appearances by Sid James, John Gregson, & Audrey Hepburn.

That same year, Alec Guinness was reunited with his “Kind Hearts & Coronets” co-star Joan Greenwood in “The Man in the White Suit”, the tale of the inventive individual against vested interests. The film opened at the Marble Arch Odeon cinema in London on the 10th of August 1951.

In 1955, Alec Guinness returned to Ealing comedies with the cult film “The Ladykillers“, a much-loved classic that returned to the darker tone of “Kind Hearts & Coronets“.

Also starring Herbert Lom, Cecil Parker, Frankie Howerd, Jack Warner, Peter Sellers, & Kenneth Connor, it was to be Guinness’ penultimate film role for Ealing with his final outing in “Barnacle Bill” in 1957, which featured Jackie Collins before she became a world-renowned author.

Aside from the Ealing Comedies, Alec Guinness had a wide and varied film career, from David Lean epics to cult sci-fi films.

Guinness appeared in six David Lean films, “Great Expectations”, “Oliver Twist”, “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, and “A Passage to India”, “Lawrence of Arabia”, and “Doctor Zhivago” with Julie Christie.

Some of his other film credits include “Last Holiday” with Sid James, “Father Brown” with Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, and Sid James, “The Scapegoat” with Bette Davis, “Our Man in Havana” with Maureen O’Hara & Duncan Macrae, “Tunes of Glory” with Dennis Price, Peter McEnery & Gordon Jackson, “Murder by Death” with Maggie Smith, David Niven, & Peter Sellers, “Little Dorrit” with Joan Greenwood, and “Malta Story” & “Scrooge, both with Gordon Jackson.

One of Guinness’ most-remembered roles, particularly for a generation of sci-fi fans, is as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the 1977 film “Star Wars: A New Hope”. Also starring Peter Cushing & David Prowse in the Darth Vader suit, Guinness lent his classical acting background to the Elstree-made film.

Alec Guinness concentrated on theatre and film during his career but did make a sojourn into television with the John le Carré mini-series “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, with Beryl Reid, and the follow-up “Smiley’s People” both garnering Best Actor BAFTA awards for Guinness.

Art & Hue had the pleasure to delve into the archives for the Ealing Comedy “The Man in the White Suit” to create this stylish pop art print of Alec Guinness, available in three sizes and 20 colours.

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Alec Guinness Pop Art

Available in A4, A3, and A2 sizes to fit standard-size picture frames. Please note that black frame is not included – for a guide on choosing a frame size take a look here.

An official collaboration with Studiocanal, this print is part of the Ealing Comedies collection of stylish pop art prints inspired by the classic British comedy films made at Ealing Studios, featuring Art & Hue’s signature halftone style (halftone is an age-old technique that uses dots to make up the printed image, similar to newspapers or comic books).

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