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The House of Blue Leaves (film)

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Country
  
United States

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Duration
  

Language
  
English

Director
  
Kirk Browning Jerry Zaks

Release date
  
25 May 1987

Writer
  
John Guare (play), John Guare (screenplay)

The House of Blue Leaves is a 1987 television play adapted from the John Guare play of the same title.

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Summary

The telefilm is set in Sunnyside, Queens, in 1965, the day of Pope Paul VI's visit to New York City. The black comedy focuses on Artie Shaughnessy, a zookeeper who dreams of making it big in Hollywood as a songwriter, and his wife Bananas, a schizophrenic destined for the institution that provides the play's title. Artie wants to take his girlfriend, Bunny with him to Hollywood. The story features nuns eager to see the Pope, a political bombing, and Ronnie, Artie's son, a GI headed for Vietnam who goes AWOL.

Cast and characters

Source:IMDB; tv.com

  • Swoosie Kurtz – Bananas Shaughnessy
  • John Mahoney – Artie
  • Christine Baranski – Bunny Flingus
  • Julie Hagerty – Corrinna Stroller
  • Ben Stiller – Ronnie Shaughnessy
  • Richard Portnow – Billy Einhorn
  • Debra Cole – Little Nun
  • Patricia Falkenhain – Head Nun
  • Jane Cecil – Second Nun
  • Ian Blackman – MP / El Dorado bartender
  • Brian Evers – The White Man / El Dorado bartender

    • Production

    The telefilm was directed by Kirk Browning and Jerry Zaks, and was filmed on-stage before a live audience at the Plymouth Theatre. The telefilm was broadcast in May 1987 on the PBS series American Playhouse.

    References

    The House of Blue Leaves (film) Wikipedia
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    The House of Blue Leaves (film) IMDb