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VHS : A Man of No ImportanceIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Tara Fitzgerald, Rufus Sewell directed by: Suri Krishnamma  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303586113 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6303586112 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: February 13, 1996 Running Time: 99 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: 1995-02 Sales Rank: 701 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - 5 Stars for FinneyAlbert Finney is superb, as always. Supporting cast are also very believable. The story line is not complex, but allows/requires the viewer to do a bit of interpretation. Good human drama. Rating:  - The importance of being true to yourselfAlfie Byrne is loved by everyone.He is a simple bus conductor who has a passion for art-most importantly the plays of Oscar Wilde.He quotes Wilde,and produces Wilde's plays on an amateur level,yet unlike Wilde,Alfie has yet to reach the true knowledge of love for himself and his own sexuality.Through the works and life of Oscar Wilde,A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE is a cleverly constructed screenplay that allows Alfie Byrne,so admirably and convincingly portrayed by Albert Finney,to find true knowledge of ... Read More Rating: - Simply beautifulThis is one of the most moving movies I have every seen. Albert Finney is forced by his peers to live a lie. He overcomes his homosexuality by quoting and putting on Oscar Wilde plays. No one in the movie every really does understand this complex character, very well acted by Finney. Rating: - Warm and Enjoyable, if sad.Opening like a charming and lightweight Irish comedy, A Man of No Importance eventually proves to be more of a pathos-laden drama. Along the way however, it never fails of be warm, with Albert Finney a joy as the kind yet internally tortured ticket collector Alfie, who is inspired to mount a production of Salome, by his idol Oscar Wilde. Throughout the film we are treated not only to Finney, but also loveley turns by Tara Fitzgerald as Alfie's idealised Princess Salome, and Rufus Sewell as the bus ... Read More Rating: - importance is subjectiveThis debut from Suri Krishnamma is quite wonderful. Set in Dublin in 1963, it opens with Eartha Kitt singing "Let's Do it" and Albert Finney reading Oscar Wilde, so we know something particular is in the wind. Finney is a bus conductor who is inspired to mount a production of Salome after meeting Tara Fitzgerald. The film shows the rehearsals in the local church hall, and slowly reveals Finney's closeted sexual preference, secretly in love with someone he calls his "Bosie". What is interesting is the ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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