Some people need love spelled out for them.
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.
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Classical in form, earnest, spare and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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“Is Jane Fonda the best thing in Stanley & Iris?”
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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Cast
- Jane FondaIris King
- Robert De NiroStanley Cox
- Swoosie KurtzSharon
- Martha PlimptonKelly King
- Jamey SheridanJoe
- Feodor Chaliapin Jr.Leonides Cox
- Zohra LampertElaine
- Loretta DevineBertha
- Kathy KinneyBernice
- Harley CrossRichard King
Crew
- Martin RittDirector
- Irving RavetchScreenplay
- Harriet Frank Jr.Screenplay
- Pat BarkerNovel
- Donald McAlpineDirector of Photography
- John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Sidney LevinEditor
- Arlene SellersProducer
- Alex WinitskyProducer
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