Stanley and Iris (1990) is a romantic drama film starring Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro, directed by Martin Ritt. The screenplay by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch is based of 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."
An illiterate cook (Robert De Niro) at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman (Jane Fonda). 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. Written by John Sacksteder
