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5 days ago · Ironweed is a 1987 American drama film directed by Héctor Babenco, starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. The story revolves around the complex relationship between a homeless couple, dealing with personal demons and haunted pasts during the Great Depression era.
5 days ago · Adapted from William Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, Ironweed tells the story of an alcoholic drifter named Francis Phelan (Jack Nicholson). During the Great Depression, Francis travels to his hometown of Albany and catches up with an old friend and lover named Helen (Streep), who is also homeless and an alcoholic.
3 days ago · Mark Ruffalo and Jessica Hecht come together for a one-night only reading of excerpts from IRONWEED, a new play adapted from William Kennedy’s Pulitzer-winning novel about a man’s end-of-life reckoning during the Great Depression.
2 days ago · Early life and education John Joseph Nicholson was born on April 22, 1937, in Neptune City, New Jersey, the son of a showgirl, June Frances Nicholson (stage name June Nilson; 1918–1963). Nicholson's mother was of Irish, English, German, and Welsh descent. Nicholson has identified as Irish, comparing himself to the playwright Eugene O'Neill, whom he played in the film Reds: "I'm not saying I ...
5 days ago · “Green Street Hooligans” is a gritty film that explores loyalty, friendship, and the consequences of football hooliganism, gaining a dedicated fanbase despite mixed reviews and sparking debates on its portrayal of violence.
4 days ago · One of the best plants you can grow to attract dragonflies is Vernonia fasciculata, or smooth ironweed. This gorgeous ironweed species is a North American native wildflower that will keep dragonflies in your yard, provided that it and the dragonflies have access to enough water.
3 days ago · One of the successor companies, ORWO FilmoTec GmbH was founded in 1998 to produce high quality black and white cinema and technical films, based in Wolfen including the Camera films UN54 and N75 ( List of motion picture film stocks) which are widely re-packaged for still film use.
