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In this chronicle of San Francisco in the 1970s, the carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane where landlady Anna Madrigal welcomes tenants by taping homegrown joints to their doors and presides over their lives with an almost maternal affection.

Alternate Title: American playhouse (Television program); Tales of the city

Additional Contributors: Maupin, Armistead; Linney, Laura; Moffat, Donald; Campbell, William; Gibson, Thomas; D'Amico, Marcus; Reid, Alistair; Dukakis, Olympia; Webb, Chloe; Gross, Paul; Garrick, Barbara

Publisher: [Silver Spring, MD] - Acorn Media

Edition: Complete 6-episode unedited ed

ISBN: 1569385424

Language: English

Awards & Distinctions:
Peabody Award, 1995
GLAAD Media Awards, 1995: Outstanding Mini-Series

Performers: Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Laura Linney, Marcus D'Amico, Chloe Webb, Thomas Gibson, Barbara Garrick, Billy Campbell, Paul Gross.

Suitability:

Recommended for mature audiences--Container

Notes: Closed-captioned
DVD; stereo, Dolby digital
Based on the novel by Armistead Maupin
Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1993
Special features include audio commentary by Armistead Maupin, director Alastair Reid, Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney and Barbara Garrick; exclusive behind-the-scenes location and rehearsal footage; Armistead Maupin biography and booklist; cast biographies; full-color insert

Statement of responsibility: a Propaganda/Working Title Production for Channel 4, in association with American Playhouse/KQED ; teleplay by Richard Kramer ; produced by Alan Poul ; directed by Alastair Reid

Physical description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in

Other author misc: [Webb, Chloe, Linney, Laura, Reid, Alistair, D'Amico, Marcus, Dukakis, Olympia, Garrick, Barbara, Acorn Media (Firm), Gross, Paul, 1959-, Working Title Films, Gibson, Thomas, 1962-, Moffat, Donald, 1930-, Propaganda Films (Firm), Campbell, William, 1959-, Channel Four (Great Britain), Maupin, Armistead. Tales of the city, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)]

Call number: DVD ARMISTE

Library Identifier 2166301

Description: In this chronicle of San Francisco in the 1970s, the carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane where landlady Anna Madrigal welcomes tenants by taping homegrown joints to their doors and presides over their lives with an almost maternal affection.

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