Ithaca (film)
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| Directed by | Meg Ryan |
| Produced by | Janet Brenner Laura Ivey Erik Jendresen |
| Written by | Erik Jendresen |
| Based on |
The Human Comedy by William Saroyan |
| Starring |
Alex Neustaedter Meg Ryan Jack Quaid Sam Shepard Hamish Linklater Tom Hanks |
| Music by | John Mellencamp |
| Cinematography | Andrew Dunn |
| Edited by | John F. Lyons |
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Apple Lane Productions
Playtone |
| Distributed by | Momentum Pictures |
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Running time
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Ithaca is a 2015 American drama film directed by Meg Ryan and written by Erik Jendresen. It is based on the 1943 novel The Human Comedy by William Saroyan. The film stars Alex Neustaedter, Jack Quaid, Meg Ryan, Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater and Tom Hanks. The film was released on September 9, 2016, by Momentum Pictures.
In 1942, Homer Macauley (Alex Neustaedter) is a boy determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger of his city. His older brother, Marcus (Jack Quaid), along with most of the young boys of the city, has gone to war, leaving the families worried. His father died recently and the boy has to take care of his widowed mother (Meg Ryan), his older sister and his 4-year-old brother. Homer becomes the only telegraph messenger of the city, delivering the letters that bring messages of love, wishes, pain and death, hoping that one of them announces the return of his brother.
On January 29, 2014, it was announced Meg Ryan would direct Ithaca, a film based on the 1943 novel The Human Comedy by William Saroyan, with Ryan, Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater, and Ryan’s son Jack Quaid starring in the film. On June 25, 2014, Tom Hanks joined the cast.Principal photography began on July 21, 2014, and ended on August 22, 2014. It was filmed in Petersburg, Virginia, and also some opening scenes of the film were shot on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.
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