The House of Blue Leaves

The House of Blue Leaves (1987)


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  • Release Date: 1987-05-25
  • Runtime: 1h 53min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: American Playhouse
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Kirk Browning

Summary

On the day in 1965 that the Pope visits New York and masses of people line the streets in adulation, Artie, a zookeeper living in Sunnyside, Queens, thinks it's time for his life to be blessed, too. He desperately wants to escape his lower middle-class existence and become a popular singer and songwriter, but his life is complicated by an ambitious mistress, a crazy wife and a bomb-making son.

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  • Swoosie Kurtz

    as Bananas Shaughnessy

  • John Mahoney

    as Artie Shaughnessy

  • Christine Baranski

    as Bunny Flingus

  • Julie Hagerty

    as Corrinna Stroller

  • Ben Stiller

    as Ronnie Shaughnessy

  • Richard Portnow

    as Billy Einhorn

  • Debra Cole

    as Little Nun

  • Patricia Falkenhain

    as Head Nun

  • Jane Cecil

    as Second Nun

  • Ian Blackman

    as MP / El Dorado Bartender

  • Brian Evers

    as The White Man / El Dorado Bartender
Directing Jerry Zaks Stage Director
Art Tony Walton Production Design
Editing Alfred Müller Editor
Production Martha Benedek Associate Producer
Writing John Guare Writer
Production Gregory Mosher Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Ann Roth Costume Design
Production Marc Bauman Associate Producer
Production Bernard Gersten Executive Producer
Production Iris Merlis Producer
Lighting Paul Gallo Lighting Design
Production Michael Brandman Executive Producer
Directing Kirk Browning Director

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