| 伊薩卡的電報 Ithaca | |
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| 基本資料 | |
| 導演 | 梅格·萊恩 |
| 監製 | Janet Brenner Laura Ivey Erik Jendresen |
| 編劇 | Erik Jendresen |
| 原著 | 《The Human Comedy》 William Saroyan作品 |
| 主演 | 阿萊克斯·紐斯塔特 梅格·萊恩 傑克·奎德 山姆·謝普 哈米什·林克萊特 湯姆·漢克 |
| 配樂 | 約翰·麥倫坎普 |
| 攝影 | Andrew Dunn |
| 剪輯 | John F. Lyons |
| 製片商 | Apple Lane Productions 普雷通公司 |
| 片長 | 96分鐘[1] |
| 產地 | 美國 |
| 語言 | 英語 |
| 上映及發行 | |
| 上映日期 |
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| 發行商 | Momentum Pictures |
Ithaca is a 2015 American drama film directed by Meg Ryan and written by Erik Jendresen. It is based on the 1943 novel The Human Comedy by William Saroyan. The film stars Alex Neustaedter, Jack Quaid, Meg Ryan, Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater and Tom Hanks. The film was released on September 9, 2016, by Momentum Pictures.
Plot[edit]
In 1942, Homer Macauley (Alex Neustaedter) is a boy determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger of the small fictional town of Ithaca, CA. His older brother, Marcus (Jack Quaid), along with most of the young men of the town, has gone to serve in World War II, leaving the families worried. His father (Tom Hanks) has died recently in the war and the boy has to take care of his widowed mother (Meg Ryan), his older sister and his 4-year-old brother. Homer delivers letters that bring messages of love, wishes, pain, and death, hoping that one of them announces the return of his brother.
| Ithaca | |
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.jpg) Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Meg Ryan |
| Written by | Erik Jendresen |
| Based on | The Human Comedy by William Saroyan |
| Produced by | Janet Brenner Laura Ivey Erik Jendresen |
| Starring | Alex Neustaedter Meg Ryan Jack Quaid Sam Shepard Hamish Linklater Tom Hanks |
| Cinematography | Andrew Dunn |
| Edited by | John F. Lyons |
| Music by | John Mellencamp |
Production company | Apple Lane Productions |
| Distributed by | Momentum Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 96 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
.jpg) First edition cover | |
| Author | William Saroyan |
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| Illustrator | Don Freeman |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harcourt |
Publication date | February 4, 1943 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
The Human Comedy is a 1943 novel by William Saroyan. It originated as a 240-page film script written for MGM. Saroyan was planning to produce and direct the film, but he was dropped from the project either because the script was too long or because a short film he directed as a test was not considered acceptable — or both.[1] He walked off the lot, went home, and swiftly created a novelization, which was published just before the film came out. It was the March 1943 Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and became a best-seller a week after its release. Saroyan won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film, The Human Comedy.
Adaptations[edit]
The film based on Saroyan's script, The Human Comedy, was released in 1943.
In 1943, Nick Hoffer drew a newspaper comic strip, La Comédie Humaine, based on The Human Comedy. It ran in Le Petit Journal, a Québec newspaper.[4]
An adaption by S. Lee Pogostin aired on television on the Dupont Show of the Month in March 1959. Pogostin's adaptation was highly praised by the New York Times. This production starred Michael J. Pollard and featured narration by Burgess Meredith.[5]
A musical adaptation for the stage, which The New York Times described as a "pop folk opera",[6] opened at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre on December 28, 1983, and eventually transferred to Broadway, where it closed after 19 previews and 13 performances.[7][8]
A second film version, Ithaca (2015), was directed by Meg Ryan. Filming began in Richmond, Virginia and Petersburg, Virginia in July 2014.[9]
『人間喜劇』（にんげんきげき、英語: The Human Comedy）または『ヒューマン・コメディ』の題名で日本語になっている小説は、アメリカの作家ウィリアム・サローヤンが1943年に発表したものである。同時期に同名の映画も作られ、後にミュージカルやテレビにもなった。
テーマ[編集]
物語は第二次世界大戦中で、カリフォルニア州のイサカ（実際には著者の故郷フレズノ）を背景にセットされている。物語中ホメロス（英語名：ホーマー）の『オデュッセイア』（英語名：ユリシーズ）へしばしば言及があり、ユリシーズの帰郷物語がテーマになる。
アルメニアからの移民の家系で、父親を亡くした14歳の高校生ホーマーは、家計を助けるために電報局の電報を届けるアルバイトをする。いろいろな電報を届けるが、大戦中なので出征中の息子の戦死に関する電報も両親へ届けねばならない。また、学校の先生や、周りの友人を通して、さまざまなことを学んで行く[1]。
最後は、出征中の兄マーカスの戦死を告げる電報を自宅へ届ける。悲しみに暮れる一家へ、マーカスの戦友トビーが訪ねてきて、イサカのことを彼からいろいろ聞いていたので、ここで暮らすことにした。
改訂[編集]
改訂版は1966年にデルペーパーバックのために作られて、物語は192ページに縮小された[2]。
映画とテレビ[編集]
映画[編集]
1943年に映画『人間喜劇』（The Human Comedy）が作られた。もともとこの映画のための台本がつくられたもので、サロ－ヤンが映画作成から外された後、小説を急いで先に完成した。日本語題名は『町の人気者』。
後に映画『イサカ』（Ithaca）が2015年に作られた。日本語題名は『涙のメッセンジャー 14歳の約束』。
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