Stanley & Iris is a 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 is marketed with the tagline "Some people need love spelled out for them." Iris King is a working-class mother and widow in Connecticut with a job at a large commercial bakery. Still getting over the death of her husband, she lives from paycheck to paycheck as... she raises her two children, Kelly and Richard. Also visiting at times are her unemployed sister Sharon and Sharon's abusive husband Joe. Iris and her family live in a high crime area. Eventually, Kelly becomes pregnant and adds more fuel to the family fires. One of the few bright spots in her life is her blossoming friendship with Stanley Cox, a nice guy whom she first meets when he comes to her aid after her purse is stolen by a street thug on a public bus. Stanley works in the bakery's staff cafeteria, and he comforts her after she is roughed up by the thug.
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| Release date: | February 9, 1990 |
| Directed by: | Martin Ritt |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 104 Minutes |
| Producer: | Arlene Sellers, Allen Winitsky |
| Editor: | Sidney Levin |
| Music by: | John Williams |
| Cinematography: | Donald McAlpine |
| Screenplay by: | Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch |
| Adapted from: | Union Street |