Ironweed

  • Drama
12/18/1987
143
R

Hard times and Good times. Francis and Helen.

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

Director:
Héctor Babenco
Writer:
William Kennedy
Revenue:
$7,300,000
Budget:
$27,000,000
    • forgiveness
    • loyalty
    • homelessness
    • drifter
    • accidental death
    • alcoholic
    • estranged father
    • haunted by the past
    • drunkenness
    • ghosts of the past
    • hobo
    • 1930s
    • living on the streets
    • missions
    • bums
    • albany, new york

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    Cast

    • Jack Nicholson
      Francis Phelan
    • Meryl Streep
      Helen Archer
    • Carroll Baker
      Annie Phelan
    • Michael O'Keefe
      Billy
    • Diane Venora
      Peg
    • Fred Gwynne
      Oscar Reo
    • Margaret Whitton
      Katrina
    • Tom Waits
      Rudy
    • Jake Dengel
      Pee Wee
    • Nathan Lane
      Harold Allen
    • James Gammon
      Reverend Chester
    • Laura Esterman
      Rowdy Dick
    • Will Zahrn
      Nora
    • Joe Grifasi
      Jack
    • Hy Anzell
      Rosskam
    • Bethel Leslie
      Librarian

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