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

Peoria Babylon
Directed bySteven Diller
Written bySteven Diller
StarringDavid Drake
Ann Cusack
The Lady Bunny
Matthew Pestorius
Paul Adelstein
Marilyn Pittman
Deane Clark
Distributed byCulture Q Connection
Release date
  • November 1997 (1997-11)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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
  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. Media Audiences and Identity: Self-Construction in the Fan Experience. Macmillan. p. 89. ISBN 9781403945426.


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