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Pushed into poverty and forced to put his aging father in a low-end home, Stanley confronts his pride and asks Iris to teach him how to read and write.

A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night. YouTube·Amazon MGM Studios Stanley & Iris (1990) - You Talkin' To Me? Stanley & Iris

John Williams provided a delicate, piano-driven score 📖 The Narrative Pushed into poverty and forced to put his

Very loosely adapted from Pat Barker’s 1982 novel Union Street John Williams provided a delicate, piano-driven score 📖

Iris notices peculiar behaviors from Stanley and realizes he is completely illiterate. After she innocently mentions this to his boss, Stanley is promptly fired over safety and liability concerns.

Robert De Niro as Stanley Cox and Jane Fonda as Iris King