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Release Date: 1989

Cast: Joe Leeway, Charles McCaughan, Anna Katarina, Bernadette Peters, John Harkins, Tammy Grimes, Stanley Tucci, Mary Beth Hurt, Chris Sarandon, Bruce Peter Young, Steve Buscemi, Anthony Crivello ...MORE

Cast: Joe Leeway, Charles McCaughan, Anna Katarina, Bernadette Peters, John Harkins, Tammy Grimes, Stanley Tucci, Mary Beth Hurt, Chris Sarandon, Bruce Peter Young, Steve Buscemi, Anthony Crivello, Jsu Garcia, Mercedes Ruehl, Adam Coleman Howard, Madeleine Potter, Michael Schoeffling, Anthony LaPaglia ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Comedy, Comedy of manners, Comedy-drama, Indie

Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama Merchant Ivory Productions film. It was directed by James Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, and starred Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Mercedes Ruehl, Madeleine Potter, and Steve Buscemi. Based on the stories Slaves of New York by Tama Janowitz, the film follows the lives of struggling artists in New York City during the mid-1980s. The story follows Eleanor, an aspiring hat designer, and a group of artists and models in the "downtown" New York City art world. Eleanor lives with her younger boyfriend Stash,... MORE

Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama Merchant Ivory Productions film. It was directed by James Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, and starred Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Mercedes Ruehl, Madeleine Potter, and Steve Buscemi. Based on the stories Slaves of New York by Tama Janowitz, the film follows the lives of struggling artists in New York City during the mid-1980s. The story follows Eleanor, an aspiring hat designer, and a group of artists and models in the "downtown" New York City art world. Eleanor lives with her younger boyfriend Stash, an unknown artist, who is unfaithful and treats Eleanor with careless indifference. Eleanor expresses her feelings for Stash when she tells him that she was once attracted to him because he was dangerous. She stays with him despite the crumbling relationship because she has nowhere else to live—she is, in effect, a "slave." When a clothing designer, Wilfredo (Steve Buscemi), discovers her hat designs and offers to use them in a fashion show, Eleanor gains the self-respect—and money—to leave Stash. There is an elaborate fashion show sequence. While buying food for a celebratory party, she meets LESS