Ironweed
1987, 143 min
Country: US Studio: Lions Gate Films Cast: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Tom Waits, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Nathan Lane, Nathan Lane Director: Hector Babenco Rating: R Our Rating:
FROM THE LINER NOTESHector Babenco's bittersweet film, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by William Kennedy, stars Jack Nicholson as Francis Phelan, a drunken former baseball player running away from life and the painful, guilty memories that haunt him. Set in the winter of 1938, Ironweed features Francis wandering the streets of Albany, New York, with his pal Rudy (musician Tom Waits) looking for odd jobs, cheap drinks, and flophouses. Meryl Streep costars as Helen Archer, Francis's longtime girlfriend and partner in drink. Together they lament the misery of life and ponder their tragic pasts, hoping to find a way to free themselves from their troubled lives.3 REASONS TO BUY THIS FILM
REVIEW
A demanding, rather depressing but expertly acted and brilliant evocation of William Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Set amongst the squalor of the poor and alcoholic street bums living in late-1930s Albany, the film features two mesmerizing performances by Nicholson and Streep as two part-time lovers living on the skids; each concealing a secret from their past. Though it is certainly downbeat, the tour de force portrayals from Jack and Meryl make it a fascinating experience. (Watching Streep sing "She's My Gal" is alternately painful and exhilarating, and is one of the great movie moments of the 1980s.)
PRODUCT FORMAT INFORMATION
DVD :
$13.99
Availability:
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Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 012236110170
Studio: Lions Gate Films
Languages: English Dolby Digital 2.0 (Primary), English Subtitles, Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Pan & Scan
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