Ironweed [blu-ray] / Taft Entertainment Pictures ; Keith Barish Productions presents in association with Tri-Star Pictures ; screenwriters, Tom Benedek, William Kennedy ; producer, Denis Blouin ; director, Hector Babenco.
Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Carroll Baker, Nathan Lane, Tom Waits, Fred Gwynne, Frank Whaley, Michael O'Keefe, Ted Levine. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.
Summary:
It's winter, 1938 in Albany, New York. The soup kitchens and flophouses are overflowing with homeless people. Francis Phelan wanders the streets, back in his hometown after 22 years, ready to confront the family he abandoned long ago. While sharing his whiskey with longtime 'pal' Helen, Francis reveals the dark secrets of his past, the painful memories from which he once tried to escape, but now must reconcile.
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