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Ironweed is a 1987 American drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. Adapted to the screen by William Kennedy from his similarly named Pulitzer Prize –winning novel, Ironweed stars Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, with Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Nathan Lane, and Tom Waits in supporting roles.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. 1987 Winner LAFCA Award. Best Actor. Jack Nicholson. Tied with Steve Martin for Roxanne (1987). Shared with: The Witches of Eastwick.
Feb 12, 1988 · Ironweed: Directed by Hector Babenco. With Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe. An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
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Apr 16, 2017 · Hector Babenco's Ironweed - the filmmaker's follow-up to his Oscar-winning Kiss of the Spider Woman from two years prior - is a fascinating picture, with a distinct, supremely bleak look and feel. It sports one of Jack Nicholson's most decidedly un-Nicholson leading turns.
Sep 28, 2017 · Ironweed is perhaps the least Nicholson-like of Nicholson performances. It's a turn entirely devoid of his trademark charm and persona, instead a portrayal of a bleak and tortured man, as washed out as the Great Depression-era scenery around him.
Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty. William Kennedy. Novel, Screenplay. Héctor Babenco. Director. Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city.
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In Depression-era Albany, N.Y., erstwhile baseball star Francis Phelan (Jack Nicholson) has become an alcoholic vagabond after guilt over accidentally killing his infant son led him to desert his...
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