Tulips (film)

This article is about the 1981 film. For other uses, see Tulip (disambiguation).

Tulips
Film poster
Directed by	Rex Bromfield, Mark Warren, Al Waxman
Written by	Gabe Kaplan, Henry Olek, Al Waxman
Produced by	John B. Bennett Don Carmody
Starring	Gabe Kaplan Bernadette Peters Henry Gibson Al Waxman
Cinematography	François Protat
Edited by	Alan Collins, Yurij Luhovy
Music by	Edward Karam
Distributed by	United States AVCO Embassy Pictures Canada Astral Films
Release date	October 1981 (1981-10)
Running time	93 min.
Country	Canada/United States
Language	English

Tulips is a 1981 Canadian-American comedy-drama film starring Gabe Kaplan and Bernadette Peters. The director was officially credited as "Stan Ferris", but the film was actually directed by Rex Bromfield, Mark Warren and Al Waxman.

Plot

Leland Irving (Gabe Kaplan) is depressed and lonely but his attempts at suicide are unsuccessful. He hires a professional hit man, Maurice Avocado (Henry Gibson) to kill him; Avocado will use the code word "Tulips" when the time is at hand. While awaiting his fate, Leland comes across a woman—Rutanya Wallace (Bernadette Peters)--who is attempting suicide, and saves her. Rutanya is suffering from being rejected by a lover, but is charmingly unconventional and outgoing, the opposite of Leland's introvert. Their lives become intertwined, and although wary and battling initially, they fall in love and marry.

However, now that they have found each other, they must call off the hit by Avocado, and complications arise. When Avocado will not agree to calling off the hit, Leland and Rutanya desperately try to obtain guns, etc., to attempt to kill the killer. In the end, no one dies.

In one of the early scenes of their courtship, Leland plays the tuba while Rutanya sings "The Sidewalks of New York".

Cast

• Gabe Kaplan — Leland Irving
• Bernadette Peters — Rutanya Wallace
• Henry Gibson — Maurice Avocado
• Al Waxman — Bert Irving
• Dave Boxer — Dr. Carl Walburn
• Howard Urley - Bouncer

External links

• Tulips at IMDb
• Tulips at Rotten Tomatoes