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BookPrices.net - A Man of No Importance
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Tara Fitzgerald, Rufus Sewell
Directed By: Suri Krishnamma
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303586113
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6303586112
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1996-02-13
Running Time: 99
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1995-02
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Summary: 5 Stars for Finney
Comment: Albert 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.
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Summary: The importance of being true to yourself
Comment: Alfie 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 himself and love in his life.
This film will be greatly enhanced by an acquaintance with Wilde's work and life in order to gain the maximum satisfaction and understanding.A viewing of the film WILDE will make A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE so much more enjoyable on all levels.
The songs LETS FALL IN LOVE and CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU are used to great effect in this film.
All in all, this is an incredibly well written,well directed and beautiful tour-de-force of a film.
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Summary: Simply beautiful
Comment: This 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.
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Summary: Warm and Enjoyable, if sad.
Comment: 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 driver, dubbed "Bosie," the object of ALfie's unrequited affections. The story could deteriorate into a weepy drama, but it never does, and the conclusion, although sad, is somewhat life-affirming. A great way to spend an evening.
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Summary: importance is subjective
Comment: This 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 Vertigo relationship that develops between Finney and Fitzgerald. As her director, he recreates her the way he wishes to see her, which can be a common dynamic between certain men and the women they are obsessed with, and the situation is all the more resonant since Fitzgerald is so touching. Time allows the audience to like Finney, since at first his accent and face are off-putting. It seems he is trying too hard, but by the time he is dressed as flamboyantly as Wilde, we are won over. Brenda Fricker plays Finney's sister and is funny, but Rufus Sewell as the bus driver is unfortunately Method-y. However Krishnamma wisely removes him for a time and when he returns, we have Finney's idiot grin of happiness as a payoff.
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