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Carroll Baker, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Jack Nicholson, Jake Dengel, Margaret Whitton, Meryl Streep, Michael O'Keefe, Nathan Lane, Tom Waits
A schizophrenic drifter spends Halloween in his home town after returning there for the first time in decades.
Id: 10904457
Note: Starts off very well as a tough, brutally honest, simple tale about man without a roof above above his head in Depression era, then slowly falling into somewhat safer family drama, one you may catch on a Thursday night TV.
Nevertheless, both fine Nicholson and Streep kee...( read more)
Merciless? Or with grace? What is man's condition when there is not a net?
Tom Waits brings additional genius to an already haunting and visually perfect film.
William Kennedy's adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel turns into a showcase for Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, both playing skid-row alcoholics. Director Hector Babenco superbly captures the grinding, hand-to-mouth dreariness of this Depression era tale, which traces...( read more)
