Perfect Lives (1984)
02/16/1984 (GB) • 2h 55m
An opera for television
Overview
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".
Top Billed Cast
"R" Narrator
Buddy "The World’s Greatest Piano Player"
Isolde
"D" The Captain of The Football Team / Chorus
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