Ithaca
One message will change everything.
2015 | 96m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Meg Ryan |
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| Writer: | William Saroyan, Erik Jendresen |
| Staring: |
| In a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed mother, his older sister and his 4-year-old brother, Ulysses. And so it is that as spring turns to summer, 1942, Homer Macauley delivers messages of love, hope, pain... and death... to the good people of Ithaca. And Homer Macauley will grapple with one message that will change him forever - from a boy into a man. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan's 1943 novel, The Human Comedy, ITHACA is the quintessential wartime tale of the Home Front. It is a coming-of-age story about the exuberance of youth, the sweetness of life, the sting of death and the modesty and sheer goodness that lives in each and every one of us. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 29, 2015 |
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| Director: | Meg Ryan |
| Writer: | William Saroyan, Erik Jendresen |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, woman director |
| Production Companies | Bron Studios, Pilothouse Pictures, Apple Lane Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $5,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sam Shepard | Willie Grogan |
| Hamish Linklater | Tom Spangler |
| Alex Neustaedter | Homer |
| Meg Ryan | Mrs. Macauley |
| Jack Quaid | Marcus Macauley |
| Tom Hanks | Mr. Macauley |
| Nick Williams | Texas |
| Christine Nelson | Bess Macauley |
| Lucia Scarano | Rosa Sandoval |
| Zachary Webber | Horse |
| Trey Hines | Harry |
| Lois Robbins | Mrs. Beaufrere |
| Bridget Gethins | Dolly Hawthorn |
| James McCool | Lionel |
| Spencer Howell | Ulysses Macauley |
| Cait Moira | Helen Eliot |
| Gabriel Basso | Tobey George |
| Molly Gordon | Mary Arena |
| Samantha Smedley | Girl at Bus Stop |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Meg Ryan | Director |
| William Saroyan | Novel |
| John F. Lyons | Editor |
| Alice Baker | Set Decoration |
| Richard Blankenship | Art Direction |
| Stephanie Carroll | Production Design |
| Larry Rapaport | Unit Production Manager |
| Rhonda Bareford | Key Makeup Artist |
| Ashley Fetterman | Makeup Department Head |
| Katie Middleton | Makeup Artist |
| Nicole Tucker | Key Hair Stylist |
| Cynthia Vanis | Hair Department Head |
| Nakoya Yancey | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Urs Hirschbiegel | First Assistant Director |
| Marlee Kamis | Second Second Assistant Director |
| James Nimmers | Second Assistant Director |
| Caroline Stephenson | Second Assistant Director |
| Erik Jendresen | Screenplay |
| John Mellencamp | Original Music Composer |
| Andrew Dunn | Director of Photography |
| Tiffany Little Canfield | Casting |
| Bernard Telsey | Casting |
| Amelia 'Amy' Andrews | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jason Cloth | Executive Producer |
| Aaron L. Gilbert | Executive Producer |
| Gary Goetzman | Executive Producer |
| Tom Hanks | Executive Producer |
| Laura Ivey | Producer |
| Janet Brenner | Producer |
| Erik Jendresen | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 8 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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