ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S TALES OF THE CITY (1993)

 




















Directed by: Alastair Reid
Based on the series of books by: Armistead Maupin
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Chloe Webb, Laura Linney, William Campbell, Paul Gross, Marcus D'Amico, Thomas Gibson, Barbara Garrick, Nina Foch, Stanley DeSantis, Cynda Williams, Mary Kay Place, Paul Bartel, Lance Loud, Bob Mackie, Ian McKellen, Meagen Fay, Stephanie Faracy, McLean Stevenson, Phillip Moon, Lou Liberatore, Janeane Garofalo, Mother Love, Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello), Mimi Farina, Edie Adams, Rod Steiger, Karen Black, Parker Posey, Robert Downey Sr, Country Joe McDonald, Kevin Sessums, Syd Straw, David Brisbin, Vicky Preston Brown, Tom Alan Robbins, Hank Stratton, Steve Cassidy, J.A. Valentine, Lou Cutell, Darin Heames, Carolyn Lowery, Michael McFall, Amy Ryder, Dave Alvin, Vaginal Davis, John Fleck, Lisa Moncure, Elise Neal, Rick Le Blanc, Paul Dooley, Amanda Fuller, Michael Jeter, Belita Moreno, Michael Bailey, Lucille Bliss, Kevin Hunter, Marissa Ribisi, Arsenio "Sonny" Trinidad, Theodore Carl Soderberg, Gender, Sam Moore, Meadow Sisto, Howard Platt, Kelvin Han Yee, Armistead Maupin

6 episodes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:
1976. Mary Ann Singleton is a young secretary from Cleveland who takes a vacation to San Francisco and decides to stay. Through her eyes, she bares witness to a city at the height of its boisterous gay, drug and disco cultures.