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Stanley & Iris
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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   2,861 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Pat Barker (novel)
Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 February 1990 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Some people need love spelled out for them.
Plot:
An illiterate cook (Robert De Niro) at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman (Jane Fonda)... more | full synopsis
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User Comments:
Excellent film more (31 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jane Fonda ... Iris Estelle King

Robert De Niro ... Stanley Everett Cox

Swoosie Kurtz ... Sharon

Martha Plimpton ... Kelly King
Harley Cross ... Richard King

Jamey Sheridan ... Joe Fuller
Feodor Chaliapin Jr. ... Leonides Cox (as Feodor Chaliapin)
Zohra Lampert ... Elaine

Loretta Devine ... Bertha

Julie Garfield ... Belinda

Karen Ludwig ... Melissa
Kathy Kinney ... Bernice
Laurel Lyle ... Muriel
Mary Testa ... Joanne
Katherine Cortez ... Jan
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Also Known As:
Letters (USA) (working title)
Union Street (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
104 min
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Color (DuArt)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
New rating in Finland: -11 (2001)/ Visa # 96718. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: When Stanley returns from Detroit, his car is shown to have a Michigan license plate on the front of the vehicle. Unlike many states that issue license plates for both the front and rear of the vehicle. Michigan issues plates for the rear of the vehicle only. more
Quotes:
Iris: A girl's best friend is her mama. At least that's what it says on the greeting cards. more
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Referenced in Biography Special: The Fondas (2004) (TV) more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent film, 14 March 2004
9/10
Author: Observer-2 from Upstate NY

'Stanley and Iris' show the triumph of the human spirit. For Stanley, it's the struggle to become literate and realize his potential. For Iris, it's to find the courage to love again after becoming a widow. The beauty of the movie is the dance that Robert DeNiro and Jane Fonda do together, starting and stopping, before each has the skills and courage to completely trust each other and move on. In that sense it very nicely gives us a good view of how life often is, thus being credible. Unlike some other reviewers I found the characters each rendered to be consistent for the whole picture. The supporting cast is also carefully chosen and they add a depth of character that the main characters get added meaning from the supporting performances. All in all an excellent movie. The best thing I take from it is Hope.

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