Ironweed
(2009)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/IRONWEED

Availability

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Movies DVD/DRAMA/IRONWEED Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2009]
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
6312693260 24866, 9786312693260, 012236110170
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from container

Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums. She used to be a singer on the radio, he used to be a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them. Helen is sick, one of their pals 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. One night, while 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, they live with a code of fairness and loyalty

Based on the novel by William Kennedy

Originally released as a motion picture in 1987

Director of photography, Lauro Escorel ; editor, Anne Goursaud ; music, John Morris

Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne

MPAA rating: R

DVD, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital

Closed-captioned

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