The House of Blue Leaves

May 25, 1987

113 minutes

Kirk Browning

Overview

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.

Movie Details

Release Date

May 25, 1987

Runtime

113 minutes

Director

Kirk Browning

Production Companies

American Playhouse Brandman Productions

Cast

Swoosie Kurtz

Bananas Shaughnessy

John Mahoney

Artie Shaughnessy

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