Cast: Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Barbara Garrick, Paul Hopkins, Mary Kay Place, Henry Czerny, Lea DeLaria, Parker Posey, Joel Grey, Whip Hubley, Jackie Burroughs, Bill Campbell, Bruce McCulloch 28 Barbary Lane has got a new coat of paint, and a few minor cast members have changed, but we've got another great visit with old friends in the new edition of the Tales of the City. It's the early eighties and things have been re-arranged in our favorite house; one of Anna Madrigal's (Dukakis) children has fled the coop - Mona (her biological child)- Michael (Hopkins) has ditched Jon Fielding (Campbell) so that he can play the field again (including a roll in the hay with Cage Tyler - aka Rock Hudson) - and MaryAnn (Linney) and Brian (Hubley) are now lovers. Meanwhile Dede Halcyon, (Garrick) last seen with Jim Jones in Guyana with her lover D'Orothea and their two Asian-American twins has re-appeared alive! Mrs. Halcyon enlists MaryAnn Singleton's help in making Dede's transition as peaceful as possible. Gossip columnist Prue Giroux (Place) has taken up with the mysterious Luke (Czerny) in Golden Gate Park and they decide to take a cruise to Alaska, where all hell breaks loose in traditonal Armistead Maupin style.
It's a seat grabbing adventure from beginning to end, with some excellent surprise changes from the novel. The cast is first rate, with special marks for Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis and Mary Kay Place. There are some real juicy full frontal nude shots of Michael and even the gorgeous Dr. Fielding! Like Alfred Hitchcock, creator Armistead Maupin makes a cameo appearance, we won't say where! For fans, it's an absolute neccessity, if you aren't a fan - here's your chance to partake of the some of the most addictive books and television yet concocted.
It's a seat grabbing adventure from beginning to end, with some excellent surprise changes from the novel. The cast is first rate, with special marks for Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis and Mary Kay Place. There are some real juicy full frontal nude shots of Michael and even the gorgeous Dr. Fielding! Like Alfred Hitchcock, creator Armistead Maupin makes a cameo appearance, we won't say where! For fans, it's an absolute neccessity, if you aren't a fan - here's your chance to partake of the some of the most addictive books and television yet concocted.
