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Major portions of the film were shot on location in Albany, New York. The film received mixed reviews and was a box-office bomb, but Nicholson and Streep received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, for their performances. Synopsis. The story is set during the 1930s Great Depression.
Ironweed. Jump to Edit. Filming locations. Albany, New York, USA. Helpful • 5 0. Glenville, New York, USA. Helpful • 5 0. Athens, New York, USA. (Interior) Helpful • 4 0. Hudson, New York, USA. Helpful • 4 0. Slingerlands, New York, USA. Helpful • 3 0. 3 more. Filming dates. Feb 23, 1987 - Jun 1987. Production dates. January 1986 - December 1987.
Jun 5, 2018 · Ironweed (1987) This Oscar-nominated film starring the thespianlicious pairing of Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep—based on the eponymous Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Yaddo veteran William Kennedy—takes place in Albany. So it made a whole lot of sense to shoot the movie in the Cap City.
- Will Levith
Dec 8, 2016 · Unlike the novel, which opens at St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands, the movie's opening scene was shot at a parking lot at the corner of Congress and River streets in Troy — the asphalt was covered...
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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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- Hector Babenco
- 1988-02-12
Dec 9, 2016 · Where: Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., downtown UAlbany campus. Info: 442-5620 or www.albany.edu/writers-inst. "I felt like I was at the circus for six months," said William Kennedy, the native son...
The movie was shot mostly on location in upstate New York and is set in the last years of the Depression. Its visual look is heightened realism, but Babenco also uses imaginary scenes, as he did in “ Kiss of the Spider Woman .”
