Ithaca 8 years old

One message will change everything.

Ithaca

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 67 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 62 years old as Mrs. Macauley
Hamish Linklater He was 39, now 47 years old as Tom Spangler
Bridget Gethins as Dolly Hawthorn
Gabriel Basso He was 20, now 29 years old as Tobey George
Jack Quaid He was 23, now 31 years old as Marcus Macauley
Lois Robbins as Mrs. Beaufrere

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 67) years old Production
Gary Goetzman as Executive Producer. He was 62 (now 71) years old Production
John Mellencamp as Original Music Composer. He was 64 (now 72) 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 poster
Ithaca (8 years)

One message will change everything.

  • Release day: Thursday, October 29, 2015
  • Runtime: 96 minutes
  • Budget: 5000000.00