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Tag Archives: Meryl Streep
The River Wild (1994) Curtis Hanson, Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn
Gail Hartman is facing problems with with her husband, the workaholic architect Tom. Read More »
Evil Angels (1988) Fred Schepisi, Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Dale Reeves
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain. During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia Read More »
The Bridges of Madison County (1995) Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley
The path of Francesca Johnson’s (Meryl Streep’s) future seems destined when Read More »
The House of the Spirits (1993) Bille August, Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Maria Conchita Alonso
Chile, second half of the 20th century. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Read More »
Sophie’s Choice (1982) Alan J. Pakula, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan Read More »
Silkwood (1983) Mike Nichols, Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Fairly accurate recounting of the story of Karen Silkwood, the Oklahoma nuclear-plant worker who blew the whistle Read More »
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) Jerry Schatzberg, Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. Read More »
Out of Africa (1985) Sydney Pollack, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Drama, Romance, Biography
Initially set on being a dairy farmer, the aristocratic Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) travels to Africa to join her husband, Bror (Klaus Maria Brandauer) Read More »
The Deadliest Season (1977) Robert Markowitz, Michael Moriarty, Kevin Conway, Meryl Streep, Drama, Sport
Gerry Miller, a professional hockey player, gives in to internal and outside pressures and adopts a more aggressive style on the ice. Read More »
Still of the Night (1982) Robert Benton, Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
George Bynum, a patient of Manhattan psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice, is brutally murdered. Read More »
The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981) Karel Reisz, Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Drama, Romance
A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who’s engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her leave him after a short, but passionate affair. Anna and Mike, who play the characters of Sarah and Charles, go, during the shooting of the film, through a relationship that runs parallel to that of their characters.
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Ironweed (1987) Hector Babenco, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Drama
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she’s sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it’s not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.
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