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
John Mahoney
as Artie Shaughnessy
Julie Hagerty
as Corrinna Stroller
Ben Stiller
as Ronnie Shaughnessy
Richard Portnow
as Billy Einhorn
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
