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Insignificance

Insignificance

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

19856.31h 50m

Overview

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

Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Written by Terry Johnson
Produced by Jeremy Thomas
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Top Cast

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Michael Emil

The Professor

Theresa Russell

Theresa Russell

The Actress

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

The Senator

Gary Busey

Gary Busey

The Ballplayer

Will Sampson

Will Sampson

Elevator Attendant

Patrick Kilpatrick

Patrick Kilpatrick

Driver

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Ian O'Connell

Assistant Director

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George Holmes

Actor

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Richard M. Davidson

Director of Photography

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Mitch Greenberg

Technician

Themes & Keywords

hotel roomnew york citymccarthy eraprice of famejoseph mccarthy1950srelativitywhat ifjoe dimaggiophilosophical debatefictional storymarilyn monroealbert einstein

About Insignificance

Insignificance is a drama, comedy film released in 1985 exploring themes of hotel room, new york city, mccarthy era, price of fame, joseph mccarthy, 1950s. Directed by Nicolas Roeg, it stars Michael Emil, Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis. 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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