Ironweed (film)

Ironweed is a 1987 film about a schizophrenic drifter who spends Halloween in his home town after returning there for the first time in decades.
 * Directed by Héctor Babenco. Written by William Kennedy, based on his novel of the same name.

Francis Phelan

 * Goddamn dead men, traveling around together.


 * By God, Helen. That's as good as it gets. You were born to be a star.

Helen Archer

 * What if I did drink too much wine? Whose business is that anyway? Who knows how much I didn't drink, huh?

Cast

 * Jack Nicholson - Francis Phelan
 * Meryl Streep - Helen Archer
 * Carroll Baker - Annie Phelan
 * Michael O'Keefe - Billy Phelan
 * Diane Venora - Margaret "Peg" Phelan
 * Fred Gwynne - Oscar Reo
 * Tom Waits - Rudy
 * Nathan Lane - Harold Allen
 * James Gammon - Reverend Chester