The House of Blue Leaves (1987)
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.
- Released
- 1987-05-25
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Kirk Browning
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Swoosie Kurtz as Bananas Shaughnessy
- John Mahoney as Artie Shaughnessy
- Christine Baranski as Bunny Flingus
- Julie Hagerty as Corrinna Stroller
- Ben Stiller as Ronnie Shaughnessy
- Richard Portnow as Billy Einhorn
- Debra Cole as Little Nun
- Patricia Falkenhain as Head Nun
- Jane Cecil as Second Nun
- Ian Blackman as MP / El Dorado Bartender
- Brian Evers as The White Man / El Dorado Bartender