The House of Blue Leaves

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Swoosie KurtzBananas Shaughnessy

John MahoneyArtie Shaughnessy

Christine BaranskiBunny Flingus

Julie HagertyCorrinna Stroller

Ben StillerRonnie Shaughnessy

Richard PortnowBilly Einhorn

Debra Cole

Debra ColeLittle Nun

Patricia Falkenhain

Patricia FalkenhainHead Nun

Jane Cecil

Jane CecilSecond Nun

Ian BlackmanMP / El Dorado Bartender

Brian EversThe White Man / El Dorado Bartender