Peoria Babylon

1997 film

Peoria Babylon

Directed by| Steven Diller
Written by| Steven Diller
Produced by| Michael Caplan
Starring| David Drake
Ann Cusack
The Lady Bunny
Matthew Pestorius
Paul Adelstein
Marilyn Pittman
Deane Clark
Cinematography| Erick Bergstrom
Edited by| Erick Bergstrom
Music by| Bradley Parker Sparrow Joanie Pallatto
Distributed by| Culture Q Connection

Release date

* November 1997 (1997-11)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

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.[1] The cast features David Drake and Ann Cusack.[2]

## Plot

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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

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* 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

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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".[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Peoria Babylon, A Film about Sex, Art and Peoria, Illinois". Montrose Pictures. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
2. ^ "NO DIFFICULTIES FOR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES". Chicago Tribune. 1996-09-22. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
3. ^ Bailey, Steve (8 September 2005). Media Audiences and Identity: Self-Construction in the Fan Experience. Macmillan. p. 89\. ISBN 9781403945426.

## External links

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* Peoria Babylon at IMDb

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