But if “The Same Man” is not terribly persuasive as a work of polemic, it does not make for unworthwhile reading.

"It was a pretty unworthwhile enterprise," said Mr. Weinstein, whose company next month plans to release a similarly bleak, but R-rated film called "Trainspotting," about heroin addiction and despair in Scotland.

Today he admitted that he was to blame for losing his temper, but said the FA's respect campaign may be an unworthwhile venture because managers will always be angered by the human errors of referees.

These were retained in service until further repair became unworthwhile; three of them were withdrawn in 1940-41, leaving no. 6004 which was regularly used to haul fitted freight trains between London and Edge Hill, becoming increasingly dirty.