This adaptation of Armistead Maupin's first book, follows the lives of a diverse group of individuals in San Francisco, who are all searching for love. Meet Anna Madrigal, the bizarre landlady with a dark secret in her past, Mona Ramsey, who is unaware that she is Anna's daughter, Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver, the gay Floridian whose parents think he is straight, Brian, the sex obsessed straight guy and Mary Ann - the naïve secreaty from Cleveland. Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Chole Webb, Laura Linney, Marcus D'Amico, Bill Campbell, Thomas Gibson,, Paul Gross, Barbara Garrick and Robert Downey Snr bring the characters to life in this stunning 2 disk set.
In the free-wheeling San Francisco of the 1970's, fresh-faced Midwesterner Mary Ann Singleton arrives for a visit, and on the spur of the moment, decides to stay. When she moves into the funky apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, she realises how far from home she really is.
Based on Armistead Maupin's groundbreaking novel Tales of The City features an eclectic cast of characters in search of love across the whole spectrum of sexual experiences and evokes a unique time and place where drugs, sex, and intridge abound.
The complete series starring Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck)and Academy Award nominee Laura Linney (Love Actually, Mystic River), Tales of the City celebrates friendship, openess and the universal yearning for connection.
Special Features
Behind the Scenes:Tales of the City
Bonus Insert:Tales of the City Production Notes