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Adaptation of the books of Armistead Maupin, which follow the lives of a diverse group of individuals from San Francisco, who are all searching for love. Meet Anna Madrigal, the bizarre landlady, Mona Ramsey, who is unaware that she is Anna's daughter, Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver, the gay Floridian whose parents think he is .. Read more

Starring Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Chloe Webb, Laura Linney
Director Alastair Reid
Genres Drama, Television

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Tales Of The City

Adaptation of the books of Armistead Maupin, which follow the lives of a diverse group of individuals from San Francisco, who are all searching for love. Meet Anna Madrigal, the bizarre landlady, Mona Ramsey, who is unaware that she is Anna's daughter, Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver, the gay Floridian whose parents think he is straight, and more...

Starring Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Chloe Webb, Laura Linney, Marcus D'Amico, Bill Campbell, Thomas Gibson, Paul Gross
Director Alastair Reid
Studio 4DVD
Run time DVD: 5 hrs 38 mins
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Genres Drama, Television
Language English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 05 Sep 2005
Format DVD

Tales Of The City (2 discs)

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  • The first and best series to show gay life on screen.

    • Russell T. Davies
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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  • 15 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    San Fran in the 70's

    Tales of the City is a kind of gentle 'Desperate Housewives' for the 1970 generation. The characters are beautifully drawn, from old Mr Halcyon, who is dying of kidney disease, thru to the off-the-wall Anna Madrigal, the pot-smoking landlady.

    The script is a delight, the acting fabulous, the direction assured and generous.

    There are no cheap laughs, no easy dramatic moments, no plot-line short-cuts. This is top-quality cinema with a conscience and a smile.

    San Fran is a great city, and Maupin's tender affection is obvious. The endless routine of gay bars and baths in the pre-AIDS days is both quaint and yet oddly forboding - something had to break... There's a naivete and an optimistic unworldiness here, which has long gone...

    Great stuff, highly watchable.

    Enjoy!

      • Clerico from Dunbar
      • Posted 13 Jan 2006 21:34

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Tales!

    Fab ditzy and more fab!

    • fredfish
      • fredfish from manchester uk
      • Posted 26 Apr 2008 05:16

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