Ironweed (1987)
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.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.homelessness, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.hand-job, imdb.albany-new-york, imdb.screenplay-adapted-by-author, imdb.talking-to-the-dead, imdb.one-word-title + 49 more, imdb.resentment-toward-father, imdb.able-to-see-the-dead, imdb.dead-son, imdb.stomach-cancer, imdb.loss-of-friend, imdb.music-store, imdb.vagrant, imdb.melodrama, imdb.baseball-player, imdb.singing, imdb.sony, imdb.drifter, imdb.cancer, imdb.singer, imdb.ghost, imdb.bar, imdb.vomiting, imdb.male-female-relationship, imdb.starvation, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.urban-setting, imdb.love, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.flashback, imdb.unconditional-love, imdb.poverty, imdb.schizophrenia, imdb.melancholy, imdb.great-depression, imdb.compassion, imdb.guilt, imdb.church, imdb.boarding-house, imdb.bathtub, imdb.train, imdb.piano, imdb.hospital, imdb.graveyard, imdb.baseball, imdb.attic, imdb.alcoholism, imdb.1910s, mdblist.rotten, imdb.female-full-frontal-nudity, imdb.female-nudity, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.nicholson-and-streep, awards.oscar-nominated, awards.golden-globe-nominated
Watch Providers: Kanopy, Hoopla, Pluto TV
Production companies: TAFT Entertainment Pictures, HBO, Keith Barish Productions, Home Box Office (HBO), TriStar Pictures
Country: United States
Languages:
English