Rent Ironweed (1987)
3.4 of 5 from 81 ratings
2h 23min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- In Depression-era Albany, N.Y., Francis Phelan (Jack Nicholson) has become an alcoholic vagabond after guilt over accidentally killing his infant son led him to desert his family. Over the course of several days, he ambles from gritty job to dirty bar to makeshift sleeping quarters. By chance, he encounters fellow itinerant drinker and his sometime lover, Helen Archer (Meryl Streep). Together, they wax nostalgic about their haunted pasts.
- Actors:
- Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Margaret Whitton, Tom Waits, Jake Dengel, Nathan Lane, James Gammon, Will Zahrn, Laura Esterman, Joe Grifasi, Hy Anzell, Bethel Leslie, Richard Hamilton, Black-Eyed Susan, Louise Phillips, Marjorie Slocum
- Directors:
- Hector Babenco
- Producers:
- Keith Barish, Marcia Nasatir
- Writers:
- William Kennedy
- Studio:
- Eureka Entertainment
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Films That Go Bump in the Night: Mischief Night, Getting to Know: Jack Nicholson, New waves of Latin American Cinema, What to Watch Next If You Liked Nomadland
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/12/2019
- Run Time:
- 143 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
