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
Taken from Armistead Maupin's endearing and popular novel, this boldly original and faithful adaptation follows the interconnected lives of a group of San Francisco eccentrics (both gay and straight) during the 70s. This six-part miniseries centers around exotic Earth Mother Anna Madrigal (Dukakis), landlady of 28 Barbary Lane. Her colorful extended family of tenants includes innocent Mary Ann Singleton (Linney), a recent arrival from Cincinnati; bisexual/fag hag Mona Ramsey (Webb); the swinging single Brian Hawkins (Gross); and Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver (D'Amico), a hopeless romantic eternally searching for Mr. Right.
The lives of these people and others come together in an amazingly complex series of eye-opening episodes which involve marital infidelity, child pornographers, ribald sexuality, recreational drug use, a wet underwear contest and even a scene shot in a gay bathhouse. Tales... is funny, provocative and totally unpredictable. Cameos include Edie Adams, Lance Loud, Paul Bartel, Rod Steiger, Karen Black, Mary Kay Place and Ian McKellen.
The lives of these people and others come together in an amazingly complex series of eye-opening episodes which involve marital infidelity, child pornographers, ribald sexuality, recreational drug use, a wet underwear contest and even a scene shot in a gay bathhouse. Tales... is funny, provocative and totally unpredictable. Cameos include Edie Adams, Lance Loud, Paul Bartel, Rod Steiger, Karen Black, Mary Kay Place and Ian McKellen.
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