Ironweed

Resource Information

The work Ironweed represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Ironweed

Statement of responsibility

Taft Entertainment Pictures ; Keith Barish Productions presents in association with Tri-Star Pictures ; screenwriters, Tom Benedek, William Kennedy ; producer, Denis Blouin ; director, Hector Babenco

Title variation

Iron weed

Contributor

• Whaley, Frank, 1963-
• Keith Barish Productions
• Olive Films
• Taft Entertainment Pictures
• Tri-Star Pictures
• Babenco, Hector
• trueBaker, Carroll, 1931-
• Benedek, Tom
• Blouin, Denis
• Gwynne, Fred
• Kennedy, William
• trueLane, Nathan, 1956-
• Levine, Ted
• Morris, John, 1926-2018
• Nicholson, Jack
• O'Keefe, Michael, 1955-
• Streep, Meryl
• Waits, Tom, 1949-

Actor

• Gwynne, Fred
• trueLane, Nathan, 1956-
• Levine, Ted
• Nicholson, Jack
• O'Keefe, Michael, 1955-
• Streep, Meryl
• Waits, Tom, 1949-
• Whaley, Frank, 1963-
• trueBaker, Carroll, 1931-

Director

• Babenco, Hector

Producer

• Blouin, Denis

Screenwriter

• Kennedy, William
• Benedek, Tom

Subject

• Singers
• Singers -- New York (State) | Albany -- Drama
• Gravediggers
• Fiction films
• Homeless persons -- New York (State) | Albany -- Drama
• Husbands
• Husbands -- New York (State) | Albany -- Drama
• Homeless persons
• New York (State) -- Albany
• Fiction films
• Gravediggers -- New York (State) | Albany -- Drama
• Death
• Death -- New York (State) | Albany -- Drama
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films

Genre

• Feature films
• trueDrama
• Fiction films

Language

eng

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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematographer, Lauro Escorel ; composer (music score) John Morris

Dewey number

791.45/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

LC call number

PN1992.77

LC item number

.I76 2013

PerformerNote

Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Carroll Baker, Nathan Lane, Tom Waits, Fred Gwynne, Frank Whaley, Michael O'Keefe, Ted Levine

Runtime

143

Technique

live action