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A Man Of No Importance Details

1995 Certificate 15
  • Rated:
  • 60
  • from 123 members

The passengers on bus conductor Alfie Byrne's route are treated daily to excerpts from Oscar Wilde. Each year he produces a play in the church community hall and this year wants to produce 'Salome'. He finds his leading lady in the form of Adele but being homosexual is unhappy when his sister Lily tries to match the two. .. Read more

Starring Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Tara Fitzgerald
Director Suri Krishnamma
Genres Drama

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A Man Of No Importance

The passengers on bus conductor Alfie Byrne's route are treated daily to excerpts from Oscar Wilde. Each year he produces a play in the church community hall and this year wants to produce 'Salome'. He finds his leading lady in the form of Adele but being homosexual is unhappy when his sister Lily tries to match the two. Meanwhile, the local butcher, along with Lily, tries to stop the production of 'Salome'...

Starring Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Tara Fitzgerald, Rufus Sewell, Patrick Malahide
Director Suri Krishnamma
Studio OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 34 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 11 Sep 2006
Production year: 1995
Format DVD

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  • A modest attempt at retelling the life of Oscar Wilde through the parallel experiences of a Dublin bus conductor. 1963:... read more on Time Out

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    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Unbelievable!

    The first half hour is boring and slow. After that it gets extremely boring and very slow. Perhaps it should have been called, 'A Film of No Importance.'

      • Stewart Williams from Lancaster
      • Posted 07 Nov 2006 12:22

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  • Rated - 3 stars

    Quite Enjoyable

    I enjoyed this film. It wasn't laugh out loud funny but it was nevertheless a gentle, amusing and charming film. Set in the early sixties, it is about a middle aged man, Alfie. By day, he is an endearing bus conductor in Dublin, by night a theatre director, albeit in charge of a small group of amateur actors. I particularly liked Michael Gambon's comic role as a local butcher and thespian - his acting out lines behind a curtain of sausages was certainly a giggle. The cast is very impressive: Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Tara Fitzgerald, among others and not forgetting the drop dead gorgeous Rufus Sewell.....

      • Aubergine from St. Ives
      • Posted 03 Apr 2009 21:34

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      • The passengers on bus conductor Alfie Byrne's route are treated daily to excerpts from Oscar Wilde. Each year he produces a play in the church community hall and this year wants to produce 'Salome'. ...