A Man of No Importance Movie Review 1994

Touching and entertaining saga of lovable Alfie Byrne (Finney), a 1960s Dublin bus conductor with a passion for the work of Oscar Wilde, who successfully represses his own homosexuality. He also moonlights as director of a community theatre, where he sets out to produce Wilde's controversial play "Salome" starring fetching new bus passenger Adele (Fitzgerald), who further confuses Alfie's take on his identity. Finney is both delightful and heartbreaking in this character study of an innocent soul whose life is tested by the social code of his day. Equally affecting and charming supporting performances round out this witty but sad tale.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 98 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Gays, Dublin, Buses

Screenplay

Barry Devlin

Cast

Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Tara Fitzgerald, Rufus Sewell, Patrick Malahide, David Kelly

Director

Suri Krishnamma

Music

Julian Nott

Producer

Jonathan Cavendish, James Mitchell, Guy East, Robert Cooper Films, Mark Shivas, Little Bird, BBC Films, Majestic Films International, Sony Pictures Classics