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Ironweed (1987) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
137 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Hector Babenco

Written By:
William Kennedy

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

Synopsis:

Based on the William Kennedy novel of the same name Ironweed is set in the waning years of the Depression. Jack Nicholson plays Francis Phelan, a washed-up ballplayer (a onetime infielder for the Washington Senators) who deserted his family back in the 1910s when he accidentally killed his infant son by dropping him. Since that time, Phelan has been a shabby barfly, living from drink to drink; he spends his days palling around with Rudy (Tom Waits), with whom he works a motley series of jobs in exchange for a place to lay his head and an occasional jug of wine. Wandering into his hometown of Albany, New York, Phelan blearily seeks out his girlfriend and erstwhile drinking companion of nine years, Helen Archer (Meryl Streep), who has begun prostituting herself for drink and lodging. The two derelicts touch base in a mission managed by minister James Gammon, and later in Fred Gwynne's squalid gin mill. Over the next few days, Phelan takes a few minor jobs to support his habit, while his mind wavers between past and present. Eventually, a chance for a reconciliation with his wife (Carroll Baker) emerges. Directed by Hector Babenco following his enormous success with Kiss of the Spider Woman , Ironweed netted Oscar nominations for Nicholson and Streep.

Francis Phelan returns to his native Albany in 1938, literally carrying a lifetime of ghosts with him.

An ex-ballplayer returns to his hometown, during the Depression, in the hope of finding peace.

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