DVD

Insignificance / Zenith in association with the Recorded Picture Company presents a film by Nicolas Roeg ; screenplay written by Terry Johnson ; produced by Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Nicolas Roeg.

Roeg, Nicolas, 1928-2018 (Director). Thomas, Jeremy. (Producer). Johnson, Terry, 1955- (Screenwriter). Busey, Gary. (Actor). Russell, Theresa, 1957- (Actor). Sampson, Will, 1933-1987 (Actor). Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010 (Actor). Emil, Michael. (Actor). Hannan, Peter, 1941- (Cinematographer). Lawson, Tony, 1944- (Film editor). Myers, Stanley. (Composer). Johnson, Terry, 1955- Insignificance. (Added Author). Zenith Productions. (Added Author). Recorded Picture Company. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Gary Busey, Michael Emil, Theresa Russell, Will Sampson, Tony Curtis, (Cast).

Summary:

Four unnamed people who look and sound a lot like Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, and Joseph McCarthy converge in one New York City hotel room for a compelling, visually inventive adaptation of Terry Johnson's play. With a combination of whimsy and dread, director Nicolas Roeg creates a fun-house-mirror picture of cold war America that questions the nature of celebrity and plays on a society's simmering nuclear fears.

Record details

ISBN: 9781604654318
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Publisher: [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the play by Terry Johnson. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. Special features: new video interviews with director Nicolas Roeg and producer Jeremy Thomas and with editor Tony Lawson; Making "Insignificance," a short documentary shot on the set of the film; original theatrical trailer; plus: a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Chuck Stephens and a reprinted exchange between Roeg and screenwriter Terry Johnson.
Formatted Contents Note:	On set -- The Professor and the Senator -- Daydreams -- The Actress -- The theory of relativity -- Bedtime -- The Ballplayer -- Not okay -- Cherokees -- Needs and wants -- The Elevator man -- The Senator -- The Professor -- New plans -- Fears -- Color bars.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Not licensed for classroom use.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Cinematography, Peter Hannan ; editor, Tony Lawson ; music, Stanley Myers.
Participant or Performer Note:	Gary Busey, Michael Emil, Theresa Russell, Will Sampson, Tony Curtis,
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1 NTSC; widescreen 1.78:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital, mono; color.
Language Note:	English audio; English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.