Insignificance (1985) ( In significance )

Insignificance (1985) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: In significance
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Nicolas Roeg

Written By:
Nicolas Roeg
Terry Johnson

Actors:
Michael Emil ..... The Professor
Theresa Russell ..... The Actress
Tony Curtis ..... The Senator
Gary Busey ..... The Ballplayer
Will Sampson ..... Elevator Attendant
Patrick Kilpatrick ..... Driver
Ian O'Connell ..... Assistant Director
George Holmes ..... Actor
Richard Davidson ..... Director of Photography
Mitchell Greenberg ..... Technician
Raynor Scheine ..... Autograph Hunter
Jude Ciccolella ..... Gaffer
Lou Hirsch ..... Charlie
Ray Charleson ..... Bud
Joel Cutrara ..... Bar Drunk

Synopsis:

Using four famous but unnamed individuals to symbolize a notorious era in American politics, as well as to explore the nature of despair, director Nicolas Roeg has created an intriguing drama. Based on a play by Terry Johnson, the story begins with the blond Theresa Russell as a sex-goddess actress working on a scene over a subway grate, with her skirts billowing out in the updraft. A famous Professor from Princeton with white hair opens his door to the actress, who takes out a few props and goes through her rendition of the theory of relativity. Between her theatrical mode of speech and his world of mathematics, there is a certain entente. Enter the ballplayer who is her husband (Gary Busey), in love but without a clue as to the actress' inner sadness. Throw in the senator from Wisconsin (Tony Curtis) before whose sub-committee on Unamerican Activities the Professor has to appear, and the undercurrent of a societal witch-hunt that ruined many careers in Hollywood, in academics, in sports, and in politics is churned into the story.

Four 1950's cultural icons (Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Senator Joseph MacCarthy) who conceivably could have met and probably didn't, fictionally do in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually intriguing, the film has a fluid progression of flash-backs and flash-forwards centering on the fictional Einstein's current observations, childhood memories and apprehensions for the future.

Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 13 December, 2011.

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