"Further Tales of the City" (2001) TV mini-series 2001-

Director:

Pierre Gang

Writers:

James Lecesne (screenplay)
Armistead Maupin (novel)
(more)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

6 May 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

This third installment to "Tales of the City" finds Mary Ann Singleton struggling to advance in her new career as a TV personality...

Plot Keywords:

Gay Friend | Anti Conformity | Gay Lead Character | Secret Identity | Gay Character

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Olympia Dukakis	...	Mrs. Anna Madrigal (3 episodes)
Paul Hopkins	...	Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver (3 episodes)
Laura Linney	...	Mary Ann Singleton (3 episodes)
Barbara Garrick	...	Deirdre 'DeDe' Ligon Halcyon Day (3 episodes)
Jackie Burroughs	...	Mona 'Mother Mucca' Ramsey (3 episodes)
Mary Kay Place	...	Prue Giroux (3 episodes)
Bruce McCulloch	...	Father Sean 'Paddy' P. Starr (3 episodes)
Whip Hubley	...	Brian Hawkins (3 episodes)
Dawn Ford		(3 episodes)

Series Directed by
Pierre Gang		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
James Lecesne		(unknown episodes)
Armistead Maupin		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Tim Bevan	....	executive producer (3 episodes)
Luc Châtelain	....	executive producer (3 episodes)
Suzanne Girard	....	executive producer (3 episodes)
Debra Kouri	....	associate producer (3 episodes)
José Lacelle	....	line producer (3 episodes)
Armistead Maupin	....	executive producer (3 episodes)
Alan Poul	....	executive producer (3 episodes)
Rebecca Yates	....	associate producer (3 episodes)

Series Original Music by
Richard Grégoire		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Serge Ladouceur		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Debra Karen		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Rosina Bucci		(unknown episodes)
Richard Hicks		(unknown episodes)
Nadia Rona		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Louise Jobin		(unknown episodes)
Victoria Paul		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Colombe Raby		(3 episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Daniel Hamelin		(unknown episodes)
Ken Meany		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
François Laplante		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Virginie Boudreau	....	makeup artist: extras (unknown episodes)
Tom Brumberger	....	hair stylist: Olympia Dukakis / makeup artist: Olympia Dukakis (unknown episodes)
Gretchen Davis	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Réjean Forget	....	key hair designer (unknown episodes)
Félix Larivière	....	hair designer (unknown episodes)
Howard Leonard	....	assistant hair stylist: Sitka and San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Andrea Pino	....	key makeup artist: Sitka and San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Colleen Quinton	....	key makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
José Lacelle	....	production manager (3 episodes)
Gilbert Lucu	....	unit manager: San Francisco (3 episodes)
Scott Trimble	....	assistant unit manager: San Francisco (3 episodes)
Maurine Boutin	....	unit manager (unknown episodes)
Patrizia Pino	....	post-production supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Hakim	....	second second assistant director: San Francisco (3 episodes)
Danielle Lapointe	....	second assistant director (3 episodes)
Eric Parenteau	....	first assistant director (3 episodes)

Series Art Department
Raymond Larose	....	set designer (3 episodes)
Alain Clouatre	....	props buyer (unknown episodes)
Paul DeBlois	....	swing gang (unknown episodes)
Louis Gascon	....	set property master (unknown episodes)
Bill McGirr	....	set decorator: Sitka and San Francisco (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Tony Currie	....	adr supervisor: Toronto (unknown episodes, 2001)
Lori Dovi	....	sound recordist: Sitka and San Francisco (unknown episodes)
François Dupire	....	ambiences editor (unknown episodes)
Gavin Fernandes	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher	....	foley recordist (unknown episodes)
Christiane Hubert	....	assistant foley artist (unknown episodes)
Paul Hubert	....	foley artist (unknown episodes)
Claude La Haye	....	sound person (unknown episodes)
Stéphane Labonté	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Mireille Morin	....	adr editor (unknown episodes)
Thomas Pinney	....	boom operator: Sitka and San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Francis Péloquin	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Christian Rivest	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)
Bruno Ruffolo	....	adr recordist (unknown episodes)
Julie Turcotte	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
Jean Christophe Verbert	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Alice Wright	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Pierre Couture	....	visual effects producer (unknown episodes)
Alain Lachance	....	visual effects artist (unknown episodes)
Donald Pilote	....	visual effects artist (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Francois Archambault	....	Steadicam operator / camera operator: "b" operator (unknown episodes)
Steve Cardellini	....	key grip: San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Daniel Chrétien Jr.	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Steve Condiotti	....	gaffer: Sitka and San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Patrick Donnelly	....	best boy electric: Sitka (unknown episodes)
Attila Dory	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Anik Drapeau	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Yves Drapeau	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Thierry Fargeau	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (unknown episodes)
Bob Giomi	....	Steadicam operator: Sitka/San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Denis Lamothe	....	best boy electric (unknown episodes)
Jan Mark Lapointe	....	key grip (unknown episodes)
Zachary Love	....	best boy grip: Sitka and San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Gary McClendon	....	best boy electric: Sitka and San Francisco (unknown episodes)
David Moir	....	still photographer: San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Pierre Rancourt	....	gaffer (unknown episodes)
Dominique Ricard	....	camera operator: "a" camera (unknown episodes)
Nicole Rivelli	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Jean-François Sauvageau	....	best boy grip (unknown episodes)
Danielle Turgeon	....	second camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
John Buchan	....	casting: Toronto (unknown episodes)
Mary Clutts	....	extras casting assistant: San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Richard Hicks	....	casting: Los Angeles (unknown episodes)
Erik Johnson	....	background casting / local extras casting: Montreal (unknown episodes)
Robina Marchesi	....	extras casting / extras casting: San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Linda Rona	....	extras casting: Montreal (unknown episodes)
Nadia Rona	....	casting: Montreal (unknown episodes)
Cindy Roth	....	casting assistant: Montreal (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jennifer Anderson	....	costumes (unknown episodes, 2001)
Josée Boisvert	....	wardrobe mistress (unknown episodes)
Judy Feil	....	dresser: Sitka and San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Mary Elizabeth Still	....	dresser: Sitka and San Francisco (unknown episodes)
John Stowe	....	key dresser: cast (unknown episodes)
Dominique Theriault	....	wardrobe mistress: cast (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Marc Lussier	....	colorist (3 episodes)

Series Music Department
Ron Proulx	....	music consultant (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Donald Kasich	....	transport coordinator: Sitka/San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Richard McDermott	....	transportation captain: Sitka/San Francisco (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Chantal Allard	....	production assistant (3 episodes)
Katho Baer	....	office production assistant: San Francisco (3 episodes)
Jonah Flicker	....	security production assistant: San Francisco (3 episodes)
Hélène Girard	....	production accountant (3 episodes)
Trista Gormley	....	production coordinator: San Francisco (3 episodes)
Marcy Guiragossian	....	set production assistant (3 episodes)
Noah Harde	....	office production intern: San Francisco (3 episodes)
Simon Lake	....	production assistant (3 episodes)
Jimmy Louie	....	security production assistant: San Francisco (3 episodes)
Adam Schardein	....	production assistant / unit production assistant: San Francisco (3 episodes)
Kim Smiley	....	unit publicist (3 episodes)
Gail Stempler	....	location manager: San Francisco (3 episodes)
Tamara Torres	....	unit production assistant: San Francisco (3 episodes)
Terry Anderson	....	creative consultant (unknown episodes)
Christine Bernard	....	production secretary (unknown episodes)
Diane Boucher	....	adr director (unknown episodes)
Daniel Boudreau	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Yael Braha	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Jan Forman Campi	....	assistant accountant: Sitka and San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Peggy Coleman	....	location manager: Sitka/San Francisco (unknown episodes)
Jean-Philippe Collin	....	utility stand-in (unknown episodes)
Sam Coppola	....	legal counsel (unknown episodes)
Peter Haas	....	unit publicist: Showtime (unknown episodes)
Claude Landry	....	financial consultant (unknown episodes)
Brigitte Lévesque	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Pancho Mansfield	....	creative executive (unknown episodes)
Lucie Marion	....	business affairs (unknown episodes)
Yanie Salvas	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Louise Theriault	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Productions Bleu Blanc Rouge
• Showtime Networks

Distributors

• Showtime Networks (2001) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Sonar Entertainment (II) (2001-) (USA) (all media)
• Showtime Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Showtime Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Intrigue (special effects)
• Tube Studios (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Arpix Media  music consulting
• Audio-Télépoint  audio
• Covitec  foley and mix studio
• Fuji Photo Film  film stock
• Global Vision  video post-production
• Studio Concept  adr studio

Also Known As:

"Armistead Maupin's Further Tales of the City" - USA (complete title)

Runtime:

180 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Productions Bleu Blanc Rouge

Trivia:

The character Cage Tyler, played by John Robinson, was based on real life actor Rock Hudson.

Movie Connections:

Spin off The Night Listener (2006)

Taking you Further and Further

Being a huge fan of Mr. Maupin's previous two series as well as the books, I knew there was no need to worry about being disappointed...once again the "Gang" delivers...Pierre Gang, that is; he also directed "More Tales" a few years back and returns to helm this installment as well. The primary cast is back, however, noticeably absent is Mona Ramsey, who's gone off to Seattle, presumably to find herself. Laura Linney once again dives in displaying "further" sides (not to mention views) of Mary Ann. In fact, that can pretty much be said about every character this time around. Everyone gets to explore sides of themselves that before went untouched.

And that's as it should be, considering "Further" picks up four years after "More" as opposed to the few month gap between the first two series. It's 1981 and the feel of the seventies is dwindling, making room for the "me" decade to come. For this writer, one of the coolest aspects was the return of Mary Kay Place to the role of Prue Giroux, which she originated in a mere couple of scenes in the first "Tales" back in '92. This time around she is a main character with some very real problems, most of which center around a peculiar man named Luke, whom she finds living in the park. Luke, as played by Henry Czerny, is the character you will be hard pressed to forget. Olympia, as always, gives just the right balance necessary to keep everyone else in line. Bruce McCulloch (Kids in the Hall) is a riot as Father Paddy. Joel Grey shows up in a role that (if one didn't know better) seems tailor-made. Barbara Garrick goes round three with a new and improved DeDe; she gets my vote as the most underrated character and actress of the saga.

Armistead Maupin has always said that his primary influence when writing is Alfred Hitchcock - as you view, you'll see why he says that. As usual, the stories and characters overlap one another, going seemingly unnoticed by the participants. Maupin himself gives perhaps his most clever Hitchcockian cameo yet (big laugh).

My only complaint is that the we're treated to less screentime with this series. It's about a third shorter than the previous two. As I haven't read the book in some time, I don't know what had to be sacrificed to make this possible. One of the great strengths of the first two series was the near seamless adaptations of the books upon which they were based. Was it a budgetary decision? Or just simple storytelling? It does indeed move faster than the last series. In any case, some "Tales" are better than no "Tales". Let's hope they do the next three as well.