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Ironweed

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Calorie Rating: 201
Released: 1987-12-18
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 143 Minutes
Budget: 27000000
Revenue 7300000
Studios: TAFT Entertainment Pictures, HBO, Keith Barish Productions, TriStar Pictures,


Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal 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. That night, out 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, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.

Director / Directors

Cornelia 'Nini' Rogan
Script Supervisor


Cast

Jack Nicholson
Character: Francis Phelan
Meryl Streep
Character: Helen Archer
Carroll Baker
Character: Annie Phelan

Michael O'Keefe
Character: Billy
Diane Venora
Character: Peg
Fred Gwynne
Character: Oscar Reo

Margaret Whitton
Character: Katrina
Tom Waits
Character: Rudy
Jake Dengel
Character: Pee Wee

Nathan Lane
Character: Harold Allen
James Gammon
Character: Reverend Chester
Laura Esterman
Character: Rowdy Dick

Will Zahrn
Character: Nora
Joe Grifasi
Character: Jack
Hy Anzell
Character: Rosskam

Bethel Leslie
Character: Librarian
Richard Hamilton
Character: Donovan
Black-Eyed Susan
Character: Clara

Louise Phillips
Character: Flower Girl
Marjorie Slocum
Character: Elderly Woman
Lena Spencer
Character: Slatternly Woman

Lola Pashalinski
Character: Fat Woman with Turkey
Paul A. DiCocco Jr.
Character: Bus Driver
Priscilla Smith
Character: Sandra

James Dukas
Character: Finny
Jared Swartout
Character: Guard Captain
Ted Levine
Character: Pocono Pete

Martin Patterson
Character: Foxy Phil Tooker
Terry O'Reilly
Character: Aldo Campione
Michael O'Gorman
Character: Strike Leader

Frank Whaley
Character: Young Francis
Jordan Valdina
Character: Youth at Strike
Louis St. Louis
Character: Piano Man

John Wright
Character: Goblin
Robin Wood-Chappelle
Character: Goblin
Nicole Weden
Character: Goblin

Peter Pryor
Character: Goblin
Duane Scholz
Character: Goblin
Matt McGrath
Character: Goblin

Lois Barden Stilley
Character: Mrs. Dillon
Cori Irwin
Character: Young Girl
Pamela Payton-Wright
Character: Mother

Boris McGiver
Character: Clerk
Phyllis Gottung
Character: Old Woman
James Yoham
Character: Bald Man

Ean Egas
Character: Danny
Nebraska Brace
Character: Andy
Jeff Morris
Character: Michigan Mac

William Duell
Character: Moose
George Rafferty
Character: Raider
Robert Manion
Character: Raider

Pat Devane
Character: Nurse


Production and Crew

Lauro Escorel
Director of Photography

Jeannine Oppewall
Production Design

Robert Guerra
Art Direction
Leslie A. Pope
Set Decoration
Joseph G. Aulisi
Costume Design

Beth Kuhn
Assistant Art Director
Clare Scarpulla
Assistant Art Director
Enno Poersch
Assistant Art Director

Joseph Petruccio Sr.
Construction Coordinator
Steven Kirshoff
Special Effects Coordinator
Paul Boyington
Visual Effects Supervisor

Milton Buras
Hairstylist
J. Roy Helland
Hairstylist
Marie-Ange Ripka
Key Hair Stylist

David Forrest
Makeup Department Head
Dorothy J. Pearl
Makeup Artist


John Morris
Original Music Composer