- Ironweed (film)
Infobox Film
name = Ironweed
caption = Theatrical Poster
director =Hector Babenco
producer = Keith Barish
Marcia Nasatir
writer =William Kennedy
starring =Jack Nicholson Meryl Streep Carroll Baker Tom Waits
music = John Morris
cinematography = Lauro Escorel
editing = Anne Goursaud
distributor =TriStar Pictures
released =December 18 ,1987
runtime = 143 minutes
country =United States
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:25409
imdb_id = 0093277"Ironweed" is a 1987 film directed by Argentine-born Brazilian
Hector Babenco . [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093277/ "Ironweed"] at theInternet Movie Database .]The picture is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by
William Kennedy , and tells the story of an alcoholic, wandering man and woman during America'sGreat Depression . Kennedy also wrote the screenplay.It stars
Jack Nicholson ,Meryl Streep ,Carroll Baker ,Michael O'Keefe ,Diane Venora ,Fred Gwynne ,Tom Waits andNathan Lane . The film was nominated forAcademy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (for Nicholson) and Best Actress in a Leading Role (for Streep).Major portions of the film were shot on location in
Albany, New York , including Jay Street atLark Street and theMiss Albany Diner onNorth Pearl Street .Plot
The film is set in the later years of the Depression.
Francis Phelan (
Jack Nicholson ) is a washed-up baseball player who deserted his family back in the1920s when he accidentally dropped his son while drunk and killed him. Since then, Phelan has been a shabby barfly, living from drink to drink.Wandering into
Albany, New York , Phelan seeks out his girlfriend and drinking companion Helen Archer (Meryl Streep ). The two meet up in a mission managed by Reverend Chester (James Gammon ), and later in Oscar Reo's (Fred Gwynne ) gin mill. Over the next few days, Phelan takes a few minor jobs to support his habit, while he thinks about the past and present.A chance for a reconciliation with his wife Annie Phelan (
Carroll Baker ) is abandoned when a group of local reformers, who have baseball bats, take it upon themselves to drive the homeless out of Albany.Cast and ratings
Infobox movie certificates
United_States = R
United_Kingdom = 15
Canada (British Columbia) =
Canada (Alberta) =
Canada (Manitoba) =
Canada (Ontario) =
Canada (Maritime) = 14A
Canada (Quebec) =
Canada (Home Video) =
Finland = K-14
Sweden = 11
Iceland = 16
Chile = 14
Argentina = 13
*Jack Nicholson as Francis Phelan
*Meryl Streep as Helen Archer
*Carroll Baker as Annie Phelan
*Michael O'Keefe as Billy Phelan
*Diane Venora as Margaret 'Peg' Phelan
*Fred Gwynne as Oscar Reo
* Margaret Whitton as Katrina Dougherty
*Tom Waits as Rudy
* Jake Dengel as Pee Wee
*Nathan Lane as Harold Allen
*James Gammon as Reverend Chester
* Will Zahrn as Rowdy Dick
*Laura Esterman as Nora Lawlor
*Joe Grifasi as Jackson
*Hy Anzell as RosskamCritical reception
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