Ironweed is a 1987 film directed by Argentine-born Brazilian Hector Babenco.
The picture is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by William Kennedy and tells the story of an alcoholic, wandering man and woman during America's Great Depression. Kennedy also wrote the screenplay.
It stars Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Tom Waits, and Nathan Lane. The film was nominated...
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Ironweed is a 1987 film directed by Argentine-born Brazilian Hector Babenco.
The picture is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by William Kennedy and tells the story of an alcoholic, wandering man and woman during America's Great Depression. Kennedy also wrote the screenplay.
It stars Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Tom Waits, and Nathan Lane. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (for Nicholson) and Best Actress in a Leading Role (for Streep).
Major portions of the film were shot on location in Albany, New York, including Jay Street at Lark Street and the Miss Albany Diner on North Pearl Street.
The film is set in the later years of the Depression.
Francis Phelan (Jack Nicholson) is a washed-up baseball player who deserted his family back in the 1920s when he accidentally dropped his son while drunk and killed him. Since then, Phelan has been a shabby barfly, living...
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