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Stanley & Iris is a 1990 American romantic drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro. The screenplay by Harriet Frank, Jr. and Irving Ravetch is loosely based on the 1982 novel Union Street by Pat Barker .
Feb 9, 1990 · Stanley & Iris: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz, Martha Plimpton. A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night.
- (8.6K)
- Drama, Romance
- Martin Ritt
- 1990-02-09
Iris (Jane Fonda) has a rough go of it after the death of her husband. Though still grieving, she needs to support her dysfunctional family and so she lands a job at a bakery.
- (17)
- Martin Ritt
- PG-13
- Jane Fonda
Stanley & Iris (1990) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Synopsis. Iris King (Jane Fonda), still grieving eight months after the death of her husband, works at a commercial bakery in Connecticut and lives in a high-crime area. She lives from paycheck from paycheck as she raises her two children, Kelly (Martha Plimpton) and Richard (Harley Cross).
Stanley & Iris. 1990 · 1 hr 45 min. PG-13. Drama · Romance. He can't read; she's still grieving her dead husband. Together, they will escape their own private prisons to explore a tender relationship. Subtitles: English. Starring: Jane Fonda Robert De Niro Swoosie Kurtz Martha Plimpton Harley Cross. Directed by: Martin Ritt.
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Ritt continued his examination of the trials and tribulations of the white working class in this moral fable of Stanley Cox (Robert DeNiro), an illiterate line cook, who is tutored to read by Iris King (Jane Fonda).
