Movie: Perfect Lives

Top 4 Billed Cast

Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley

"R" Narrator

“Blue” Gene Tyranny
“Blue” Gene Tyranny

Buddy "The World’s Greatest Piano Player"

Jill Kroesen
Jill Kroesen

Isolde

David Van Tieghem
David Van Tieghem

"D" The Captain of The Football Team / Chorus

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  • 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".

  • Release Date

    1984-02-16

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
  • Tagline

    An opera for television

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  • Languages:

    English
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