Film

Stanley & Iris

1990 · 1h 44m · Drama · Romance

Some people need love spelled out for them.

IMDb

6.3

Rotten Tomatoes

29%

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.

Jane Fonda

Iris King

Robert De Niro

Stanley Cox

Swoosie Kurtz

Sharon

Martha Plimpton

Kelly King

Jamey Sheridan

Joe

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

Leonides Cox

Zohra Lampert

Elaine

Loretta Devine

Bertha

Kathy Kinney

Bernice

Harley Cross

Richard King

Julie Garfield

Belinda

Karen Ludwig

Melissa

Dortha Duckworth

Librarian

Stephen Root

Mr. Hentley

Eddie Jones

Mr. Hagen

Katherine Cortez

Jan

• Martin RittDirector
• Harriet Frank Jr.Screenplay
• Irving RavetchScreenplay
• Pat BarkerNovel
• Arlene SellersProducer
• Alex WinitskyProducer
• Patrick J. PalmerExecutive Producer
• Donald McAlpineDirector of Photography
• John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
• Sidney LevinEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

February 9, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$23,000,000

Revenue

$5,820,015

Genres

Drama, Romance

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