The House of Blue Leaves
The House of Blue Leaves
Release: 1987-05-25
·Runtime: 113m
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
American Playhouse
Brandman Productions
Cast
Brian Evers
as The White Man / El Dorado Bartender
Swoosie Kurtz
as Bananas Shaughnessy
Christine Baranski
as Bunny Flingus
Ian Blackman
as MP / El Dorado Bartender
John Mahoney
as Artie Shaughnessy
Julie Hagerty
as Corrinna Stroller
Ben Stiller
as Ronnie Shaughnessy
Richard Portnow
as Billy Einhorn