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Insignificance is a 1985 British alternate history drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg, and starring Gary Busey, Michael Emil, Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, and Will Sampson. Adapted by Terry Johnson from his 1982 play of the same name, the film follows four famous characters who converge in a New York City hotel one night in 1954: Joe DiMaggio ...
Aug 2, 1985 · Insignificance: Directed by Nicolas Roeg. With Michael Emil, Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey. Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.
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- Comedy
- Nicolas Roeg
- 1985-08-02
Insignificance. Michael Emil and Theresa Russell. The premise is not too unlikely. Imagine that during one hot and steamy night in a New York City hotel room, the lives of these people crossed paths: Marilyn Monroe, Sen. Joe McCarthy, Joe DiMaggio and Albert Einstein. The key linking element is, of course, Monroe, a woman of such undefinable ...
Insignificance is 18424 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 11294 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Easy Virtue but less popular than Jill-Michele Meleán: White / Latina.
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Jun 14, 2011 · Insignificance. Four unnamed people who look and sound a lot like Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, and Joseph McCarthy converge in one New York City hotel room in this compelling, visually inventive adaptation of Terry Johnson’s play, from director Nicolas Roeg. With a combination of whimsy and dread, Roeg creates a fun-house ...
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Overview. Four 1950s cultural icons who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually intriguing, the film has a fluid progression of flashbacks and flashforwards centering on the fictional Einstein's current observations, childhood memories, and apprehensions for the future.
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An off-beat examination of fame, guilt and despair wonderfully crafted by Nicolas Roeg, and featuring great performances highlighted by Teresa Russell's turn as The Actress. Clearly a filmed play, but a fascinating piece of cinema never-the-less. You don't see cubism in too many narrative films. The play, written by Terry Johnson, was inspired ...
