An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFor the streetcar scenes, one block of new track was laid and the streetcar itself was borrowed from the Branford Trolley Museum.
- GoofsAs the trolley being driven by the scab played by Nathan Lane approaches the union protesters, there are no trolley tracks between the mob and the trolley. In the next shot, they suddenly appear in the dirt under young Francis' feet.
- SoundtracksWhe You Were Sweet Sixteen
Words and Music by James Thornton
Featured review
Grim And Wonderful
Cold, desolate in the surface and an uncomfortable warmth in the inside. Meryl Streep leads in a way that is difficult to explain. She provides a truly magic movie moment when she sings "He's My Pal" for her supper. For a moment we live her fantasy. Her moment is our moment, that's why as the song and the fantasy ends something inside me cracked. I felt tears running down my face and, I swear, I wasn't ready for that. The humanity of Meryl Streep, the actress, filters through the devastating circumstances of her character. Circumstances that, by the time we meet her, are already a way of life. At the beginning of the film, when somebody asks her how is she, her reply is "Delightful". Trying to adjust to this character I listen to her stained, tired voice, trying to be heard and I did, heard her. I love Meryl Streep.
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- uhmartinez-phd
- Nov 19, 2007
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Box office
- Budget
- $27,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,393,346
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $36,973
- Dec 20, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $7,393,346
- Runtime2 hours 23 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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