• Source: Peoria Babylon

      • Peoria Babylon is a 1997 American comedy directed by Steven Diller. It premiered at the Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival in November 1997. The cast features David Drake and Ann Cusack.


      Plot


      Candy and her gay friend Jon are owners of a financially troubled art gallery in Peoria, Illinois. After exhausting their savings, they concoct a devious scheme in order to save the gallery in this screwball comedy.
      They team up with a hunky con artist, the mob and a lesbian porn queen, but at the end little is left standing but their friendship.


      Cast


      David Drake as Jon Ashe
      Ann Cusack as Candy Dineen
      Matthew Pestorius as Matthew Perretti
      Paul Adelstein as Brad Kessler
      The Lady Bunny as Octavia DiMare
      Marilyn Pittman as Doris Kessler
      Dan Turek as Bill
      Deane Clark as Raul Kessler
      Michael Hagedorn as Ted Jamison
      William McGough as Detective Dillon
      Andrew Carrillo as Cop
      Anna Markin as Tina Rotblatt
      David Gould as Stanley
      Tom Ciappa as Private Dick
      William Graham Cole as Swensen
      Helen Caro as Adele
      Kel Mitchell as Beave
      Jeff Kenny as Willie
      Sam Perry as Minister
      Hank Donat as Poet
      Nikki Lewis as Sandy
      Lou Wynhoff as Museum Guard
      Ted Lyde as Wayne
      Wendy Lucker as Reporter
      Tom Holycross as Cop #2
      Dan Callahan as Drag Queen
      M.J. Loheed as German Tourist
      Aja as Drag Queen #2
      Tom Phisella as Hick Man
      Rita Symons as Hick Woman
      Phyllis Diller as Painting Owner
      Lora Adams as Angry Art Patron


      Reception


      The Chicago Tribune called it "…wonderfully funny…charming all the way around." (November 7, 1997) and the Chicago Sun-Times said that it was "Wacky and witty." (November 14, 1997).
      In Media Audiences and Identity: Self-Construction in the Fan Experience, Steve Bailey states that "Peoria Babylon, aims its satire at the world of high art and the peculiarities of the international art market".


      References




      External links


      Peoria Babylon at IMDb
      Peoria Babylon at AllMovie

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