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

3.71 / 5.0

83% WILL SEE 17% WON'T SEE

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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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Who stars in Ithaca – Cast List

M
Meg Ryan
Good Sex, What Happens Later
S
Sam Shepard
The Notebook, Brothers
M
Melanie Griffith
Automata, By Design
J
Jack Quaid
Heads of State, Oppenheimer
Tom Hanks
Toy Story 5, Toy Story 4
H
Hamish Linklater
Barron’s Cove, Lola Versus

Who is making Ithaca – Crew List

A look at Ithaca behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Meg Ryan last helmed What Happens Later and A Lady’s Guide To Selling Out. The film's writer Erik Jendresen last penned Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and The Big Bang.

Director: Meg Ryan
Screenwriter: Erik Jendresen

Studios: Momentum Pictures
Production Company: Playtone

Production – What we know about the Ithaca

Key Facts

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

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Aug 2016

Completed

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

Feb 2014

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. Preparations are underway to start production.

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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

Ithaca Trailers and Clips

Ithaca

Theatrical Trailer

Ithaca Release Date: When was the film released?

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