Name: SCREENING: The Big Sleep (dir. Howard Hawks, 1946)
Start: 2026-02-20T17:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-20T20:30:00+00:00
Location: Stanhope Road, CT14 6AD Deal, United Kingdom

SCREENING: The Big Sleep (dir. Howard Hawks, 1946)

𝓢𝓣𝓐𝓡𝓡𝓘𝓝𝓖 𝓗𝓾𝓶𝓹𝓱𝓻𝓮𝔂 𝓑𝓸𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓛𝓪𝓾𝓻𝓮𝓷 𝓑𝓪𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓪 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓴𝓮𝓻𝓼
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall sizzled in To Have and Have Not, and were promptly teamed again in this adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s 1939 novel. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood to unravel the intrigue around his youngest daughter Carmen. “With lighting as murky as its characters’ motivations, The Big Sleep is considered part of the cycle of urban thrillers known as film noir, yet the smoldering chemistry between the offscreen lovers results in something closer to screwball comedy. The plot is famously difficult to follow: the legend goes that Hawks phoned Chandler during the shoot to check who killed the Sternwood chauffeur, and even Chandler didn’t know” (BFI). You will revel in every turn, and not care. DURATION 1 hour 54 minutes.

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📽️ Films start 6.30 with a brief introduction from the curators.
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