Ironweed

1987 · directed by Héctor Babenco

Rating

62/100

Hit

no

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

Ironweed (1987), directed by Héctor Babenco, rates 62/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Jack Nicholson
• Meryl Streep
• Carroll Baker
• Michael O'Keefe
• Diane Venora
• Fred Gwynne
• Margaret Whitton
• Tom Waits
• Jake Dengel
• Nathan Lane

Crew

• Lauro Escorel — Director of Photography
• Anne Goursaud — Editor
• John Morris — Original Music Composer
• William Kennedy — Screenplay

More from Héctor Babenco

1. Pixote (1980) — 85/100 · hit
2. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) — 76/100
3. Carandiru (2003) — 73/100
4. At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) — 67/100

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