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Perfect Lives

1984-02-16 · 175 min · ★ 7.5

TV Movie · Music

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".

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Directors
John Sanborn
Production companies
The Kitchen, Channel 4 Television
Countries
United Kingdom, United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Robert AshleyRobert Ashley"R" Narrator
“Blue” Gene TyrannyBuddy "The World’s Greatest Piano Player"
Jill KroesenIsolde
David Van Tieghem"D" The Captain of The Football Team / Chorus

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