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The House of Blue Leaves

1987 · 113 min
Directed by
Kirk Browning
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Music
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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.

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Directed by
Kirk Browning
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Music
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