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Ithaca (2015)

PG · 2015-10-29 · 1h 36m · EN
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One message will change everything.

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.

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Meg RyanDirector
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Sam ShepardSam ShepardWillie GroganHamish LinklaterHamish LinklaterTom SpanglerAlex NeustaedterAlex NeustaedterHomerMeg RyanMeg RyanMrs. MacauleyJack QuaidJack QuaidMarcus MacauleyTom HanksTom HanksMr. MacauleyNick WilliamsNick WilliamsTexasChristine NelsonChristine NelsonBess MacauleyLucia ScaranoLucia ScaranoRosa SandovalZachary WebberZachary WebberHorseTrey HinesTrey HinesHarryLois RobbinsLois RobbinsMrs. Beaufrere

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Based on novel or bookWoman director

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Woman DirectorDialogue densityDramaDirector preference93503Actor preference2058 · 6796 · 89094Country preferenceUs

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What is Ithaca about?

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.

How long is Ithaca?

Ithaca has a runtime of 96 minutes.

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