Further Tales of the City.

The third and final video realizaton based on the 7-volume classic Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin, lover of the city of San Francisco. This third installment seems to have a story more forced than in the prior two, but still worth the while. Those who make it to this 3rd video are already loyal fans of the first two, which center on San Francisco and it's gay community in the early 1970s. I believe that Olympia Dukakis' portrayal of Anna Madrigal in all three of these videos is her signature role. No matter what else she ever does, this is it (her signature role) for me. She inspires us all, I think, to try to be more Madreigalian.

This is part three actually (have finally found part two and ordered that as well) of a wonderful movie/series that I first saw on PBS over 20+ years ago and have always loved it. It was my first introduction to Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney. It was also my first view into the fact that gay people could lead normal lives among straight people and even have them as friends they could count on. This is a wonderful, funny series written by one of America's greatest writers.

All of the Tails of the City films are great! Can not get enough! Love them all! Tells a true look into the history of the LGBT lives in our community in the 70s and 80s. Kids can learn so much from these movies!

Only one of the 2 discs was included in the package.

I hadn't watched this miniseries since its debut on Showtime back in 2001; I'm happy to say it's just as engaging as ever. While more condensed than its previous two miniseries, it still grabs you & sucks you into the "City" of yesterday, the early 80's, more than ever. It's also the mark of a good author such as Armistead Maupin and the skill of the actors who bring these quirky & diverse but "extended family" of characters who populate 28 Barbary Lane, to wonderful life.The first two miniseries were good, full of surprising twists & turns, suspense, and frank sexual freedom, and "Further.." is no exception. Here's hoping for number 4!

Updating my review. My original review gave this product one start as I only received one disc and it was of the special features only. Amazon came through with a replacement and I now have both discs. Couldn't be happier! Get this!!!

Now that I've got your attention, I have to say that I was really worried about purchasing this "Further Tales Of The City" dvd set. It seems that many reviewers were having problems with the two-disc set, where either dvd would skip and freeze. Thankfully, my set didn't do that(whew!), but I have encountered dvds that did, so I can understand the frustration that many reviewers felt with this set.I'm not going to talk about the plot just what's on the dvds themselves. This edition of FTOTC seems to be the shortest of the three. It runs at about 180 minutes, whereas the previous two ran over 240 minutes each. The set contains two dvds, the first one contains the entire FTOTC show and runs straight through. Unlike the previous series, where each episode ended after an hour, this one plays right through. It's like watching a three-hour movie.The second dvd, contains all the special features including interviews with Maupin, director Pierre Gang, exec. prod. Suzanne Girard and Alan Poul, and the cast members (Linney, Garrick, Dukakis, et al). Also included are:*Selected scenes with commentary by Girard, Gang, Burroughs(mother mucca)and Hopkins(michael tolliver)*Behind the scenes footage*Alternate scenes w/commentary*Trailers from Showtime-I think that when it was originally aired, the show was broken into episodes and that's what these trailers represent*Still shots comparing the look of the characters from the 70s to the 80s*Cartoon of "Queer Duck"-a funny little cartoon about a gay nurse who happens to be a duck. You can access this by selecting the "Q" on the main menu pageAnd the running time on dvd #2 is 143 minutes! That's a lot of extras!The show does stay remarkably true to the book with a little added to clarify things. Oh yes, there is full-frontal nudity in some scenes, like in the "More Tales of the City" mini-series, but it's all tastefully done.I would have given this five stars but I can't get used to Paul Hopkins as Mouse! Even though Hopkins does a terrific job, Marcus D'Amico brought something unique to that role. And while watching scenes with the new "mouse," I find myself wondering what it would have been like had D'Amico continued on with the series.

Had this some time ago in VHS. Now I have it in DVD. quality is excellent as arethe performances. Paul Hopkins makes a good Michael Tolliver, and Olympia Dukakisand the others are just great. I thought I heard there was one more story alreadywritten about these characters. Any chance of a TV adaptation?