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Perfect Lives

7.5/10

February 16, 1984

175 minutes

John Sanborn

TV Movie Music

Overview

Set in the American Midwest, Perfect Lives is “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, the changing of the light at sundown, et al. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century, it has been called "the most influential music/theater/literary work of the 1980s".

Movie Details

Release Date

February 16, 1984

Runtime

175 minutes

Director

John Sanborn

Rating

7.5/10

Production Companies

The Kitchen Channel 4 Television

Cast

Robert Ashley

"R" Narrator

“Blue” Gene Tyranny

Buddy "The World’s Greatest Piano Player"

Jill Kroesen

Isolde

David Van Tieghem

"D" The Captain of The Football Team / Chorus