Stanley & Iris - wikipedia Stanley & Iris This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2013 ) Stanley & Iris original film poster for Stanley & Iris Directed by Martin Ritt Produced by Arlene Sellers Allen Winitsky Screenplay by Harriet Frank, Jr. Irving Ravetch Based on Union Street by Pat Barker Starring Jane Fonda Robert De Niro Music by John Williams Cinematography Donald McAlpine Edited by Sidney Levin Production company Lantana Productions Star Partners II Ltd. MGM / UA Communications Co. Distributed by Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Release date February 9, 1990 ( 1990 - 02 - 09 ) Running time 104 min. Country United States Language English Budget $23 million Box office $5,820,015 Stanley & Iris is a 1990 American romantic drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro. The screenplay by Harriet Frank, Jr. and Irving Ravetch is loosely based on the novel Union Street by Pat Barker. The original music score is composed by John Williams and the cinematography is by Donald McAlpine. The film was marketed with the tagline `` Some people need love spelled out for them. '' It was the final film that Ritt directed, and he died months after the film 's release. Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Main cast 3 Music 3.1 Track listing 3.2 Deluxe Edition track listing 4 Production 5 Reception 6 References 7 External links Plot summary Iris King ( Fonda ), a widow still grieving a half - year after the loss of her husband, works in a baking factory in Connecticut and lives in a high - crime area. She lives from paycheck to paycheck as she raises her two children, Kelly and Richard. Also staying with her are her sister Sharon and Sharon 's abusive husband Joe, both unemployed. With money already tight for the family, Kelly discovers she is pregnant, which makes matters worse. Iris makes the acquaintance of Stanley Cox ( De Niro ), a cook in the bakery 's lunchroom cafeteria, when he comes to her aid after her purse is snatched on a bus. But as their friendship develops, she begins noticing peculiarities about Stanley − he does n't own a car ( he instead bicycles wherever he needs to go ), he lives with and supports his elderly father, becomes frustrated when asked to sign his name, does n't believe in opening Chinese fortune cookies, and can not pick out a specific item from a shelf. Iris soon realizes that Stanley is illiterate, and when she innocently mentions this to Stanley 's boss, Stanley is fired the next day over food safety ( and potential lawsuit ) concerns, despite being a good cook and model employee. Afterwards, Stanley is unable to obtain any steady work, forcing him to move into a garage and put his father in a shabby retirement home. His father dies in the home only a few weeks later, upsetting Stanley over the fact that his illiteracy prevented him from caring for his father properly. Stanley seeks Iris out and asks her to teach him to read, explaining that his traveling - salesman father moved him all over the country when Stanley was a boy, bouncing him to nearly 50 different schools in total, resulting in Stanley developing no reading or writing skills from this lack of educational stability. Iris begins giving Stanley basic reading lessons and he gradually grows close to her and her family. It is during one of these reading exercises that he tells her that he 's been wanting to get intimate with her since they first met, but Iris is hesitant. Iris tests Stanley 's developing reading skills by making him a map and having him meet her at a certain street corner within 15 minutes, but Stanley gets hopelessly lost. Hours later, he reaches the corner where a frantic Iris is still waiting. Frustrated, Stanley marches off alone without saying a word, his interest in learning to read gone. Iris visits him at his garage home to try to persuade him to continue learning to read. Looking around, she sees a large mechanical project that Stanley is working on, as he invents things as a hobby. He has designed a cake - cooling machine that can outperform anything in the commercial marketplace. Iris is immensely impressed and Stanley reveals that a local company has shown interest in his invention and even offered him a job. Stanley agrees to start reading again with Iris, and in time learns to write short sentences. Stanley surprises Iris by cooking a big dinner for her and her family, and the two of them begin to grow close again. After Kelly has her baby, Iris is displeased when she drops out of school to work at the bakery, as she does n't want her daughter wasting her life in the kind of dead - end job Iris herself is in. Stanley and Iris finally decide to make love, but Iris is still clinging to her late husband 's memory. This threatens their budding relationship further and they do n't see each other for some time. Not prepared to give up on Iris the way she did n't give up on him, Stanley finally goes to see her. Iris hands him an unmailed letter she wrote to him, and Stanley surprises her by reading it aloud nearly perfectly. Iris, now ready to start letting go of the past, accompanies Stanley to a fancy hotel where they order room service and spend the night together. Stanley soon moves to Detroit for a new, well - paying job he has been offered, his inventing ability finally having paid off. Several months later, back in Connecticut, Iris is walking home carrying groceries when an expensive car pulls up next to her and she is surprised to find Stanley behind the wheel. Stanley tells her that he 's been given a raise and is looking to buy a large six - bedroom house in Detroit − and that he wants her to move there with him as his wife. Iris accepts. Main cast Actor Role Jane Fonda Iris King Robert De Niro Stanley Cox Swoosie Kurtz Sharon Martha Plimpton Kelly King Harley Cross Richard King Jamey Sheridan Joe Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. Leonides Cox Zohra Lampert Elaine Loretta Devine Bertha Kathy Kinney Bernice Stephen Root Mr. Hershey Music Stanley & Iris : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Film score by John Williams Released 1990 ( original ) ; 2017 ( expansion ) Recorded Lorimar Music Scoring Length 28 : 56 ( original ) ; 59 : 31 ( on the Deluxe Edition ) Label Varese Sarabande Producer John Williams John Williams chronology Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( 1989 ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Stanley & Iris ( 1990 ) Home Alone ( 1990 ) Home Alone 1990 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Filmtracks Track listing No. Title Length 1. `` Stanley and Iris '' 3 : 24 2. `` Reading Lessons '' 2 : 26 3. `` The Bicycle '' 3 : 07 4. `` Factory Work '' 1 : 23 5. `` Finding a Family '' 1 : 41 6. `` Stanley at Work '' 1 : 31 7. `` Looking after Papa '' 3 : 10 8. `` Stanley 's Invention '' 1 : 17 9. `` Night Visit '' 1 : 58 10. `` Letters '' 3 : 25 11. `` Putting it all Together '' 1 : 46 12. `` End Credits '' 3 : 03 Deluxe edition track listing In 2017 Varese Sarabande issued an expanded edition with John Williams ' score for Martin Ritt 's 1972 film Pete ' n ' Tillie ( tracks 27 - 36 - duration 17 : 51 ). No. Title Length 1. `` Stanley and Iris '' 3 : 26 2. `` The Bicycle '' 3 : 09 3. `` The Pink Sweater '' 1 : 07 4. `` Iris After Work '' 0 : 40 5. `` Stanley at Work '' 1 : 33 6. `` Looking after Papa '' 3 : 05 7. `` Entering the Library '' 1 : 07 8. `` Night Visit '' 2 : 00 9. `` Factory Work '' 1 : 26 10. `` Naming the Trees '' 3 : 37 11. `` Finding a Family '' 1 : 42 12. `` Lost in the Streets '' 2 : 56 13. `` Stanley 's Invention '' 1 : 18 14. `` The Kitchen Table '' 1 : 06 15. `` Seeing the Baby '' 1 : 15 16. `` Reading Lessons '' 2 : 28 17. `` Growing Together '' 2 : 09 18. `` Putting It All Together '' 1 : 47 19. `` Letters '' 3 : 28 20. `` End Title '' 3 : 04 21. `` Stanley and Iris ( Film version ) '' 3 : 24 22. `` Stanley at Work ( Film version ) '' 1 : 29 23. `` Looking after Papa ( Film version ) '' 3 : 11 24. `` Stanley 's Invention ( Film version ) '' 1 : 18 25. `` Putting It All Together ( Film version ) '' 1 : 49 26. `` Letters ( Film version ) '' 4 : 00 27. `` Pete ' n ' Tillie - Main Title '' 1 : 57 28. `` Afterglow '' 1 : 46 29. `` Marriage Book '' 1 : 48 30. `` Bedroom Scene '' 0 : 57 31. `` Vacation '' 2 : 45 32. `` For Robbie '' 1 : 33 33. `` Funeral '' 0 : 52 34. `` Hospital '' 0 : 42 35. `` End Title and End Cast '' 3 : 49 36. `` Love Theme '' 2 : 27 Production This film was shot on location in Toronto, Ontario, and Waterbury, Connecticut. During the filming in Waterbury, local Vietnam War veterans picketed the production protesting Jane Fonda 's anti-war activities of a decade and a half earlier. Fonda and De Niro were each paid $3.5 million for their performances. Ritt received $1.65 million and the Ravetches $500,000. Reception Stanley & Iris received negative reviews from critics, as the film holds a 29 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was also a commercial failure at the box office, grossing less than $6 million against its $23 million budget. References ^ Jump up to : Nat Segaloff, Final Cuts : The Last Films of 50 Great Directors, Bear Manor Media 2013 p 253 - 255 External links Stanley and Iris on IMDb Stanley and Iris at AllMovie Stanley and Iris at Rotten Tomatoes Stanley and Iris at Box Office Mojo Films directed by Martin Ritt Edge of the City ( 1957 ) No Down Payment ( 1957 ) The Long, Hot Summer ( 1958 ) The Black Orchid ( 1958 ) The Sound and the Fury ( 1959 ) Five Branded Women ( 1960 ) Paris Blues ( 1961 ) Hemingway 's Adventures of a Young Man ( 1962 ) Hud ( 1963 ) The Outrage ( 1964 ) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ( 1965 ) Hombre ( 1967 ) The Brotherhood ( 1968 ) The Molly Maguires ( 1970 ) The Great White Hope ( 1970 ) Sounder ( 1972 ) Pete ' n ' Tillie ( 1972 ) Conrack ( 1974 ) The Front ( 1976 ) Casey 's Shadow ( 1978 ) Norma Rae ( 1979 ) Back Roads ( 1981 ) Cross Creek ( 1983 ) Murphy 's Romance ( 1985 ) Nuts ( 1987 ) Stanley & Iris ( 1990 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_%26_Iris&oldid=812422149 '' Categories : 1990 films English - language films 1990s romantic drama films American films American romantic drama films Films scored by John Williams Films based on British novels Films based on romance novels Films directed by Martin Ritt Films set in Connecticut Films shot in Connecticut Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer films Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from January 2013 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Album infoboxes lacking a cover Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Čeština Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 27 November 2017, at 19 : 59. 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Question: where was the movie stanley and iris filmed
Answer: Toronto, Ontario, and Waterbury, Connecticut