The House of Blue Leaves

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.

Director: Kirk Browning

Cast: Swoosie Kurtz, John Mahoney, Christine Baranski, Julie Hagerty, Ben Stiller, Richard Portnow, Debra Cole, Patricia Falkenhain

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