Ironweed, Tri Star Pictures ; Taft Entertainment Pictures, Keith Barish Productions presents ; screenplay by William Kennedy based on his novel ; produced by Keith Barish, Marcia Nasatir ; directed by Hector Babenco
Type
Label
Ironweed, Tri Star Pictures ; Taft Entertainment Pictures, Keith Barish Productions presents ; screenplay by William Kennedy based on his novel ; produced by Keith Barish, Marcia Nasatir ; directed by Hector Babenco
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Main title
Ironweed
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
848927435
Responsibility statement
Tri Star Pictures ; Taft Entertainment Pictures, Keith Barish Productions presents ; screenplay by William Kennedy based on his novel ; produced by Keith Barish, Marcia Nasatir ; directed by Hector Babenco
Runtime
143
Summary
It's winter, 1938 in Albany, New York. The soup kitchens and flophouses are overflowing with homeless people. Francis Phelan wanders the streets, back in his hometown after 22 years, ready to confront the family he abandoned long ago. While sharing his whiskey with longtime 'pal' Helen, Francis reveals the dark secrets of his past, the painful memories from which he once tried to escape, but now must reconcile
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Iron weed
Contributor
- Kennedy, William, 1928-
- Streep, Meryl
- Waits, Tom, 1949-
- Whitton, Margaret, 1950-
- Baker, Carroll, 1931-
- Keith Barish Productions
- Barish, Keith
- Taft Entertainment Pictures
- Gwynne, Fred
- Tri-Star Pictures
- Babenco, Hector
- Olive Films
- O'Keefe, Michael, 1955-
- Nicholson, Jack
- Morris, John, 1926-
- Nasatir, Marcia
- Venora, Diane
Subject
- Singers -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- DVDs
- Feature films
- Death -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Drama
- Husbands -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Drama
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Gravediggers -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Drama
- Homeless persons -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Drama
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor17
- Kennedy, William, 1928-
- Streep, Meryl
- Waits, Tom, 1949-
- Whitton, Margaret, 1950-
- Baker, Carroll, 1931-
- Keith Barish Productions
- Barish, Keith
- Taft Entertainment Pictures
- Gwynne, Fred
- Tri-Star Pictures
- Babenco, Hector
- Olive Films
- O'Keefe, Michael, 1955-
- Nicholson, Jack
- Morris, John, 1926-
- Nasatir, Marcia
- Venora, Diane
- Genre4
- Subject10
- Singers -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- DVDs
- Feature films
- Death -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Drama
- Husbands -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Drama
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Gravediggers -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Drama
- Homeless persons -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Drama
- Content1
- resource.originPlace1
- Mapped to1