Ironweed (1987)

Ironweed | United States of America

Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.

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Director

Hector Babenco

Stars

Jack Nicholson
Francis Phelan

Meryl Streep
Helen Archer

Carroll Baker
Annie Phelan

Tom Waits
Rudy

Nathan Lane
Harold Allen

Michael O'Keefe
Billy

Diane Venora
Peg

Fred Gwynne
Oscar Reo

Margaret Whitton
Katrina

James Gammon
Reverend Chester

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Production

HBO, Keith Barish Productions, TAFT Entertainment Pictures

Actor

Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Tom Waits, Nathan Lane, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Margaret Whitton, James Gammon, Ted Levine, Frank Whaley, Laura Esterman

Creators

John Morris (Music), Bonnie Timmermann (Casting), Anne Goursaud (Editor), Robert Guerra (Art Direction), Leslie A. Pope (Set Decoration), Dorothy J. Pearl (Makeup Artist), Jeannine Oppewall (Production Design), Steven Kirshoff (Special Effects Coordinator), Keith Barish (Producer), William Kennedy (Writer), J. Roy Helland (Hairstylist), Joseph G. Aulisi (Costume Design), Hector Babenco (Director), Lauro Escorel (Director of Photography), Marcia Nasatir (Producer), David Forrest (Makeup Department Head), Clare Scarpulla (Assistant Art Director), Joseph Petruccio Sr. (Construction Coordinator), Milton Buras (Hairstylist), Beth Kuhn (Assistant Art Director), Marie-Ange Ripka (Key Hair Stylist), Cornelia 'Nini' Rogan (Script Supervisor), Enno Poersch (Assistant Art Director), Paul Boyington (Visual Effects Supervisor)

Alternative titles

La force du destin (FR)
In Voor- en Tegenspoed (NL)

Release dates

07.12.1988 (DE)
25.12.1988 (DK)
18.12.1987 (US)