Ithaca
“One message will change everything.”
In a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-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. And Homer Macauley will grapple with one message that will change him forever - from a boy into a man. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan's 1943 novel, The Human Comedy, ITHACA is the quintessential wartime tale of the Home Front. It is a coming-of-age story about the exuberance of youth, the sweetness of life, the sting of death and the modesty and sheer goodness that lives in each and every one of us.
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Cast
19 people
Sam Shepard
Willie Grogan
Known for
The Right Stuff
Brothers
Hamish Linklater
Tom Spangler
Known for
Gen V
Legion
Alex Neustaedter
Homer
Known for
Colony
A-X-L
Meg Ryan
Mrs. Macauley
Known for
Anastasia
You've Got Mail
Jack Quaid
Marcus Macauley
Known for
The Boys
Novocaine
Tom Hanks
Mr. Macauley
Known for
Forrest Gump
Toy Story
Nick Williams
Texas
Known for
Enough Said
Killing Lincoln
Christine Nelson
Bess Macauley
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The Great Muppet Caper
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Lucia Scarano
Rosa Sandoval
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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
The Bay
Zachary Webber
Horse
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Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
Trey Hines
Harry
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Lois Robbins
Mrs. Beaufrere
Known for
Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog
Ezra
Meg Ryan Director · Erik Jendresen Screenplay William Saroyan Author
Budget $5M · United States release October 29, 2015 · Produced in United States
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$5,000,000
Production
Pilothouse Pictures
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Apple Lane Productions
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Bron Studios
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 23, 2015
Premiere
United States · October 29, 2015
Limited theatrical · Savannah International Film Festival
United States
September 9, 2016 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
December 9, 2015 · Limited theatrical · Dubai International Film Festival
United Kingdom
June 23, 2016 · Limited theatrical
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