Insignificance

"A comedy about life, death, sex, and the Universe... relatively speaking."

1985 1h 49m EN

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6.4

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73%

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6.4

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 70🍅73%Rotten Tomatoes★6.4IMDB · 4,339

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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

“A comedy about life, death, sex, and the Universe... relatively speaking.”

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Cast

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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nicolas Roeg
Writers: Terry Johnson
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nicolas Roeg, shot by Peter Hannan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Tony Lawson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Michael Emil and Theresa Russell and Tony Curtis carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A comedy about life, death, sex, and the Universe... relatively speaking.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0089343 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 70 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Nicolas Roeg directs. Peter Hannan behind the camera. Hans Zimmer scores. Tony Lawson cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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141 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Nicolas Roeg, shot by Peter Hannan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Tony Lawson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Michael Emil and Theresa Russell and Tony Curtis carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "A comedy about life, death, sex, and the Universe... relatively speaking.".
7IMDB entry: tt0089343 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 70 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 13 themes, including "hotel room", "new york city", "mccarthy era", "price of fame".