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Ironweed is a film adaptation of William Kennedy's novel, directed by Hector Babenco and starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep as alcoholic bums in Albany, New York. The film explores their code of fairness and loyalty amidst death, ghosts and memories.
A film about two alcoholic drifters who return to their hometown of Albany, New York on Halloween 1938. They face death, ghosts, and their past mistakes as they struggle to survive and find some hope.
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1987 drama film Ironweed, based on William Kennedy's novel. See the full cast and crew list, including Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Tom Waits, and more.
Hector Babenco's ultra-downer "Ironweed" does that. Jack Nicholson plays drifter Francis Phelan, who returns to his home town (where he hasn't been in years) and traipses around it, seeing the poverty prevalent throughout the Depression.
Ironweed Jump to Academy Awards, USA (2) Golden Globes, USA (1) Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1) Moscow International Film Festival (1) New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1) 2 wins & 4 nominations
Ironweed: Directed by Hector Babenco. With Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe. An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
Ironweed: Directed by Hector Babenco. With Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe. An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
Ironweed. Edit. For the streetcar scenes, one block of new track was laid and the streetcar itself was borrowed from the Branford Trolley Museum. Argentinean director Hector Babenco said of this picture: "It is a movie that tries to embrace the territories of love, and it's also about the courage and beauty of people we don't usually think of as having deep and complex emotions."
Ironweed. Edit. Whe You Were Sweet Sixteen. Words and Music by James Thornton. Symphony No. 9. Music by Ludwig van Beethoven. Courtesy of Associated Production Music. Pappa Treetop Tall. Written by Hoagy Carmichael (as Hogie Carmichael) and Stanley Adams. Margie. Written by Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson, Benny Davis. He's Me Pal. Written by Vincent Bryan and Gus Edwards. Arranged by Louis St. Louis.
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