Insignificance (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Directed by Nicolas Roeg

Starring: Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Michael Emil, Will Sampson, Ray Charleson, Jude Ciceolella, Richard Davidson, Mitchell Greenberg, Lou Hirsch, George Holmes, Patrick Kilpatrick, Jan O'Connell, Raynor Scheine
Contributors: Jeremy Thomas, Terry Johnson, Stanley Myers, Hans Zimmer, Peter Hannan
Studio: Network
Genre: Drama
Main Language: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 21 Jun 2021
Originally Issued: 1985
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (15) Suitable for 15 years and over.
Run Time: 105 minutes

Description

Nicholas Roeg's widely acclaimed drama set in the '50s and featuring fictional likenesses of four of the decade's most recognisable icons. The film is largely a theoretical conversation between Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe McCarthy and Joe DiMaggio, though no names are ever mentioned. A busty blonde actress played by Theresa Russell is working on a film in which one shot involves her standing over a blowing fan grate.

In her hotel she meets a seemingly bumbling, tousle-headed Harvard professor (Michael Emil) and the two engage in a conversation in which she explains the theory of relativity. Her husband, a pro ball player (Gary Busey) is madly in love with her but jealous to the point of madness. A barking mad, drunken, paranoid, zealous Wisconsin senator, played by Tony Curtis, is in the professor's room to impeach him on charges of un-American activities.

Along the way, fascinating conversations develop between the characters.

Special Features

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