Perfect Lives
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Set in the American Midwest, Perfect Lives is “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, the changing of the light at sundown, et al. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century, it has been called "the most influential music/theater/literary work of the 1980s".
Status: Released
Released Date: 1984-02-16
Runtime: 175 mins
Director: John Sanborn
Writer: Robert Ashley
Spoken language: English
Genres: TV Movie, Music
Original title: Perfect Lives
Production Companies: The Kitchen, Channel 4 Television
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
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