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Ithaca

Ithaca

One message will change everything.
Oct 29, 20151h 36minUS
5.3
97 votes

Synopsis

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.

TitleIthaca
RealesedOct 29, 2015
WriterErik Jendresen
DirectorMeg Ryan
CountryUnited States of America
CompaniesPilothouse Pictures
Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

Willie Grogan
Hamish Linklater

Hamish Linklater

Tom Spangler
Alex Neustaedter

Alex Neustaedter

Homer
Meg Ryan

Meg Ryan

Mrs. Macauley
Jack Quaid

Jack Quaid

Marcus Macauley
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Mr. Macauley
Nick Williams

Nick Williams

Texas
Christine Nelson

Christine Nelson

Bess Macauley
Lucia Scarano

Lucia Scarano

Rosa Sandoval
Zachary Webber

Zachary Webber

Horse
Trey Hines

Trey Hines

Harry
Lois Robbins

Lois Robbins

Mrs. Beaufrere
Bridget Gethins

Bridget Gethins

Dolly Hawthorn
James McCool

James McCool

Lionel
Spencer Howell

Spencer Howell

Ulysses Macauley
Cait Moira

Cait Moira

Helen Eliot
Gabriel Basso

Gabriel Basso

Tobey George
Molly Gordon

Molly Gordon

Mary Arena
Samantha Smedley

Samantha Smedley

Girl at Bus Stop
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