Ithaca Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Sep. 17, 2016

Ithaca

Release Date: Friday, September 9, 2016 Limited

Director: Meg Ryan

Starring: Meg Ryan • Sam Shepard • Melanie Griffith • Jack Quaid • Tom Hanks

PG Drama N/A

3.7 / 5

84% WILL SEE 16% WON'T SEE

Coming Soon On Amazon

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: Fourteen-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.

Drama Adaptation Coming-of-Age

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Ithaca.

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Meg Ryan
What Happens Later, Against the Ropes
S
Sam Shepard
The Notebook, Mud
M
Melanie Griffith
Automata, The Pirates of Somalia
J
Jack Quaid
Novocaine, Companion
Tom Hanks
The Phoenician Scheme, Here
H
Hamish Linklater
Nickel Boys, Dead For A Dollar

Crew Behind the Film

The Ithaca behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Meg Ryan last directed What Happens Later and A Lady’s Guide To Selling Out. The film's writer Erik Jendresen last wrote The Big Bang and Solo.

Director: Meg Ryan
Screenwriter: Erik Jendresen

Studios: Momentum Pictures
Production Company: Playtone

Production Details

What we know about the Ithaca movie production.

Key Facts

Based on the 1943 novel "The Human Comedy" by William Saroyan.

Production Updates for Ithaca

Aug 2016

Completed

Changed Ithaca movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Feb 2014

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. No additional details available for this status.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG Parental Guidance Suggested for thematic elements, a war image, and smoking
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Watch official Ithaca movie trailers and clips.

Drama

Ithaca

Theatrical Trailer

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Ithaca was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, September 9, 2016. There were 15 other movies released on the same date, including Sully, When the Bough Breaks and The Wild Life. As a limited release, Ithaca was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.