Ironweed (1988)

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Directed by

Hector Babenco

Starring (View all)

Jack Nicholson
Francis Phelan

Meryl Streep
Helen

Carroll Baker
Annie Phelan

Michael O'Keefe
Billy

Diane Venora
Peg

Fred Gwynne
Oscar Reo

Margaret Whitton
Katrina

Tom Waits
Rudy

Written by

William Kennedy
novel

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Description: Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, th ... (more)

Release date: 12 February 1988

Tags: Drama (5), 1980s (4), 1987 (4), Based On A Novel (2), Alcoholism (2), Guilt (1), Vomiting (1), Starvation (1), Accidental Death (1), Dead Son (1), 1900s (1), Pulitzer Prize Source (1), Vagrant (1), Boarding House (1), Able To See The Dead (1), Male Female Relationship (1), 05 (1), Family Relationships (1), SnP (1), Tri-Star Pictures (1)

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" Directed by: Hector Babenco Produced by: Keith Barrish and Marcia Nassatir Written by: William Kennedy Based on the novel by: William Kennedy Cinematography: Lauro Escorel Edited by: Anne Goursaud Music by: John Morris Distributed by: Tri Star Pictures"