Next to No Time! (Original title)Next to No Time (Help search title)
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 29 September 1958 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Henry Cornelius
Synopsis: Comedy. David Webb is a planning engineer whose ingenious new efficiency design for industry promises to be a big success. The board of the company he works for hope to secure the necessary extra financing from the wealthy businessman Sir Godfrey Cowan. Sir Godfrey is about to sail to New York aboard the "Queen Elizabeth" to make a deal with a rival firm, so Webb finds himself aboard, with the duration of the voyage to persuade Sir Godfrey to fund his design. One snag is that Webb always clams up when given the chance to explain his ideas to his bosses, and another is that he does not know what Sir Godfrey looks like. During the trip, the barman explains to Webb that the ship's clocks stop each each midnight, and one hour is 'lost', as they travel into the next time zone. As if by magic, during this hour 'outside time', Webb loses his inhibitions and can talk to anyone, dance, play the fool, run an auction, explain his plans and act as boldly as he likes. This wins him the friendship of fellow passengers like the glamorous American film star Georgia Brent, but it gets him into trouble with Sir Godfrey.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Engineering, Meetings, Introversion, Greenwich mean time
Releases
Date: 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8337 FeetDialogue (original): English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3260 FeetBFI identifier: C-961193
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3260 FeetBFI identifier: C-961193
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8277 FeetBFI identifier: C-117427
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 29 September 1958 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Henry Cornelius
Synopsis: Comedy. David Webb is a planning engineer whose ingenious new efficiency design for industry promises to be a big success. The board of the company he works for hope to secure the necessary extra financing from the wealthy businessman Sir Godfrey Cowan. Sir Godfrey is about to sail to New York aboard the "Queen Elizabeth" to make a deal with a rival firm, so Webb finds himself aboard, with the duration of the voyage to persuade Sir Godfrey to fund his design. One snag is that Webb always clams up when given the chance to explain his ideas to his bosses, and another is that he does not know what Sir Godfrey looks like. During the trip, the barman explains to Webb that the ship's clocks stop each each midnight, and one hour is 'lost', as they travel into the next time zone. As if by magic, during this hour 'outside time', Webb loses his inhibitions and can talk to anyone, dance, play the fool, run an auction, explain his plans and act as boldly as he likes. This wins him the friendship of fellow passengers like the glamorous American film star Georgia Brent, but it gets him into trouble with Sir Godfrey.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Engineering, Meetings, Introversion, Greenwich mean time
Releases
Date: 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8337 FeetDialogue (original): English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3260 FeetBFI identifier: C-961193
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3260 FeetBFI identifier: C-961193
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8277 FeetBFI identifier: C-117427
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film