Ithaca 9 years old
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.
Credits
Ithaca Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tom Hanks He was 59, now 68 years old | as Mr. Macauley |
| Sam Shepard He was 71, 73 years old when he died | as Willie Grogan |
| Meg Ryan She was 53, now 63 years old | as Mrs. Macauley |
| Hamish Linklater He was 39, now 48 years old | as Tom Spangler |
| Bridget Gethins | as Dolly Hawthorn |
| Jack Quaid He was 23, now 32 years old | as Marcus Macauley |
| Lois Robbins | as Mrs. Beaufrere |
| Gabriel Basso He was 20, now 29 years old | as Tobey George |
Ithaca Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Erik Jendresen as Producer. He was 15 (now 24) years old | Production |
| Erik Jendresen as Screenplay. He was 15 (now 24) years old | Writing |
| John F. Lyons as Editor. | Editing |
| Tom Hanks as Executive Producer. He was 59 (now 68) years old | Production |
| Gary Goetzman as Executive Producer. He was 62 (now 72) years old | Production |
| John Mellencamp as Original Music Composer. He was 64 (now 73) years old | Sound |
| William Saroyan as Novel. He was 107 (72) years old when He died | Writing |
| Laura Ivey as Producer. | Production |
| Aaron L. Gilbert as Executive Producer. | Production |
Ithaca (9 years)
One message will change everything.
- Release day: Thursday, October 29, 2015
- Runtime: 96 minutes
- Budget: 5000000.00