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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.
The title, “Slaves of New York,” is explained by its author, Tama Janowitz, to mean that life in New York is basically a matter of becoming successful enough to have a nice apartment, and that if you do not have one, you move in with someone who does and become that person’s slave.
A collection of stories about struggling artists and their relationships in Manhattan. The title story was adapted into a film by Merchant Ivory in 1989.
Slaves of New York (1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Benadette Peters stars in this ironic film based on Tama Janowitz's best-selling collection of short stories that defined the downtown New York art scene of the 1980s. © 1989 TriStar Pictures...
Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers.
Slaves of New York. 1989 · 2 hr 6 min. R. Drama · Comedy. In this best-selling story adaptation, an aspiring hat designer desperately seeks an everyday life in the casually cruel world of the city. Subtitles: English.
