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Slaves of New York
Poster for Slaves of New York
Directed byJames Ivory
Written byTama Janowitz based on her stories
Produced byIsmail Merchant
Gary Hendler
Fred Hughes (associate)
Vincent Fremont (associate)
Starring
  • Bernadette Peters
  • Chris Sarandon
  • Mary Beth Hurt
  • Madeleine Potter
  • Adam Coleman Howard
  • Nick Corri
  • Charles McCaughan
  • John Harkins
  • Mercedes Ruehl
  • Joe Leeway
  • Anna Katarina
CinematographyTony Pierce-Roberts
Edited byKatherine Wenning
Music byRichard Robbins (score)
Boy George (theme song: Girlfriend)
Michael Butler & Johann Carlo
Neneh Cherry
Les Rita Mitsouko
Joe Leeway
Ambitious Lovers
Inner City
Iggy Pop
Maxi Priest
Production
company
Merchant Ivory Productions
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures
Release date
  • March 17, 1989 (1989-03-17) (USA)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.5 million[1]
Box office$463,972

Slaves of New York is a 1989 American comedy-drama Merchant Ivory Productions film. Directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, it stars 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.

  1. ^ "Merchant Ivory Productions Budget vs US Gross 1986-96". Screen International. September 13, 1996. p. 19.

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