One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room (1994)
79 min
Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room This thoughts and feelings of gays with AIDS are revealed in this documentary set in a New York West Village clinic. One of the patients dies during the course of the film. The patients speak with candor and humor about their grave condition, about the support they give each other, and about their preparations for death. The outcome alternates between pathos and the upbeat.
- Release date
- May 5, 1994
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Anton Sanko
Cast
- Jonathan Demme as Narrator
- Juan Botas as Self
- Bernard Morisset as Self
- Daniel Chapman as Self
- Eugene Fedorko as Self
- Joe Picciotti as Self
- Paul Bellman as Self
- Dallas Wingo as Self
- Luis Hernández as Self
- Ron Pullen as Self
Crew
- Juan Botas · Director
- Lucas Platt · Director
- Jonathan Demme · Producer
- Peter Saraf · Producer
- Anton Sanko · Composer
- Juan Botas · Cinematographer
- Victoria Leacock · Cinematographer
- Lucas Platt · Editor