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Perfect Lives
Perfect Lives
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Perfect Lives

1984
2h 55m
TV Movie
Music

Status

Released

Release

1984

Runtime

2h 55m

Storyline

"An opera for television"

Set in the American Midwest, Perfect Lives is “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, the changing of the light at sundown, et al. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century, it has been called "the most influential music/theater/literary work of the 1980s".

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 55m
Feb 16, 1984
Languages
English
Director
John Sanborn
John Sanborn
Production
The Kitchen
The Kitchen
Channel 4 Television
Channel 4 Television
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America

Top Cast

4 Cast Members

Robert Ashley

Robert Ashley

"R" Narrator

“Blue” Gene Tyranny

Buddy "The World’s Greatest Piano Player"

Jill Kroesen

Isolde

David Van Tieghem

"D" The Captain of The Football Team / Chorus

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