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(1993) |
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360 minutes
Rated: R
Country: US, Great Britain
Studio: Acorn Media
Cast: Olympia Dukakis, Chloe Webb,
Marcus D'Amico, Laura Linney, Donald
Moffat, Bill Campbell, Thomas
Gibson, Barbara Garrick, Parker
Posey, Ian McKellen, Country Joe
McDonald, Cynda Williams, Paul
Bartel, Mary Kay Place, Vaginal
Davis, Don Novello, Rod Steiger,
Karen Black, Lance Loud
Director: Alastair Reid
Screenwriter: Richard Kramer |
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Based on Armistead Maupin's novels,
this mini-series centers around Anna
Madrigal, the eccentric landlady at
28 Barbary Lane (who welcomes her
tenants by taping homegrown joints
above their doors), her tenants and
the others implicated in their
lives. Tenants include Mary Ann
Singleton, a naive Midwesterner who
moves to California to start a new
life; Mona Ramsey, a "fag-hag" who
is unknowingly Mrs. Madrigal's
daughter; Michael "Mouse" Tolliver,
a gay Floridian who moved to
California to avoid letting his
parents find out he was gay; and
Brian Hawkins, a horny straight guy
trapped in a gay city... People
involved in their lives are
Beauchamp Day, Mary Ann's boss, and
his wife DeDe; Edgar Halcyon, Anna's
boyfriend, and his wife, Frannie who
are DeDe's parents; Dr. Jon
Fielding, the on-again-off-again
boyfriend of Michael's; Mother Mucka,
a whorehouse madame who is mother to
Mrs. Madrigal; and Connie Bradshaw,
a school friend of Mary Ann's; among
others.
Spawned two sequels: More Tales
of the City and Further Tales
of the City.
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