Ismail 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
Cinematography
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Edited by
Katherine Wenning
Music by
Richard 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 by
Tri-Star Pictures
Release date
March 17, 1989 (1989-03-17) (USA)
Running time
124 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
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.
^"Merchant Ivory Productions Budget vs US Gross 1986-96". Screen International. September 13, 1996. p. 19.
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