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Meryl Streep
Mary Louise Streep - born 22 June 1949, in Summit, New Jersey
Wise words: "I try to lead as ordinary a life as I can. You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing."
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8 September 2009
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-Fifteen Oscar nominations in 30 years! It’s no wonder that Meryl Streep takes award ceremonies in her stride these days. Seeing as how she’s lost on no less than 13 of those occasions she’
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Streep's tribute to mum in new film -
5 August 2009
-Meryl Streep honoured her late mother's memory in a new movie role - basing her portrayal of U.S. culinary queen Julia Child on her mum.-
-The Doubt star plays Child in film Julie & Julia - but instead of just watching old tapes of the cookery icon at work, she decid
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Streep blasts Pollack for unleashing lion in Out of Africa -
30 July 2009
-Meryl Streep has blasted late director Sydney Pollack for unleashing a lion on her while shooting Oscar-winning film Out Of Africa - following years of denials from the filmmaker.-
-Streep was assured the beast would be tethered while she fought it off with a whip, d
Meryl Streep - what members say
Meryl Streep - filmography
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Doubt
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Director: John Patrick Shanley
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Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality and authority.
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Julie and Julia
(2009)
Starring: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Jane Lynch
Director: Nora Ephron
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The film follows Powell, a government employee who decides to cook her way through legendary cook Julia Child's classic cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year's time out of her small Queens kitchen. Powell blogs her daily experiences, gaining a loyal following along the way.
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Due for release on 11th January 2010
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Julie and Julia - BLU-RAY Version
(2009)
Starring: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Jane Lynch
Director: Nora Ephron
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The film follows Powell, a government employee who decides to cook her way through legendary cook Julia Child's classic cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year's time out of her small Queens kitchen. Powell blogs her daily experiences, gaining a loyal following along the way.
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Due for release on 11th January 2010
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Mamma Mia!
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
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Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world.
Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried and ..read more »
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Mamma Mia! - BLU-RAY Version
(2008)
Starring: Julie Walters, Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
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MAMMA MIA became a West End smash when it hit London back in late nineties. With a story framed around the music of the Swedish pop band Abba, crowds loved its raucous, dance party vibe. Now it comes to the silver screen, with some truly delightful performances from the likes of Meryl Streep and ..read more »
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Rendition - BLU-RAY Version
(2007)
Starring: Omar Metwally, Reese Witherspoon, Aramis Knight
Director: Gavin Hood
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Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon star in this timely thriller about a woman whose husband is kidnapped and taken to a foreign prison because he is suspected of being a terrorist. Gavid Hood, director of Academy Award winner TSOTSI, helms this film that also features Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep, ..read more »
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Evening
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Lajos Koltai
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A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters, Constance and Nina. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman. Harris is the man Ann loves in the ..read more »
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Lions for Lambs
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise
Director: Robert Redford
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Two determined students as a West Coast University, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Pena), follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley (Robert Redford), and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in ..read more »
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The Devil Wears Prada
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier
Director: David Frankel
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Adding an extra dimension to Lauren Weisberger's bestselling novel, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA showcases Meryl Streep's knack for combining humour and sadness. While likely inspired by notorious VOGUE editor Anna Wintour, Streep's Miranda Priestly (head of Runway magazine) is entirely her own creation. ..read more »
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Prime
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman, Bryan Greenberg
Director: Ben Younger
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A career driven professional from Manhattan (Uma Thurman) who is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst (Meryl Streep).
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The Manchurian Candidate
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep
Director: Jonathan Demme
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U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Washington) cant sleep at night
and he doesnt want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoons ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), who won the Medal of Honor for saving Marcos crew. But ..read more »
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King Of The Hill - Season 4
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Segall
Director: Mike Judge
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Mike Judge scored another hilarious hit with this animated series, following the enormous popularity of BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD. Judge himself voices the main character, Hank Hill, around whose family the series revolves. A working-class everyman who strives to stay true to his staunch morals, Hank ..read more »
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Angels In America
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson
Director: Mike Nichols
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In transferring Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play to the small screen, director Mike Nichols has crafted a profound, ambitious masterpiece. The film follows a sprawling group of characters as they navigate their way through the cutthroat New York City of the 1980s, when AIDS began to rear ..read more »
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Adaptation
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper
Director: Spike Jonze
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Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald ..read more »
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The Hours
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Allison Janney, Meryl Streep
Director: Stephen Daldry
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Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women joined in ..read more »
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Dancing At Lughnasa
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack
Director: Pat O'Connor
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A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men - the boy's long-lost father, who is off to Spain to fight the war against Franco, and an elderly uncle who has "..read more »
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One True Thing
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Meryl Streep, William Hurt, Renee Zellweger
Director: Carl Franklin
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An investigative reporter whose sole aim in life is her career is called home to an emergency. Taking time out she leaves New York, her job and her boyfriend and moves in with her parents in Pennsylvania. Still intending to work on her recent story about a US Senator, she finds herself following a ..read more »
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First Do No Harm
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Fred Ward, Seth Adkins
Director: Jim Abrahams
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In this alternately heartbreaking and uplifting drama inspired by actual events, a small town Midwest family discovers that their youngest son suffers from epilepsy. Left without hope after their insurance runs out, the mother presses on, studies everything she can find about the illness, and, ..read more »
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Before And After
(1996)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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The idyllic life of Carolyn and Ben Ryan (Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson) is shattered in an instant when the girlfriend of their teenage son, Jacob (Edward Furlong), is found brutally murdered. Jacob was the last person to see her alive, and he quickly becomes the prime suspect in the case. Worse ..read more »
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Marvin's Room
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton
Director: Jerry Zaks
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Upon receiving a call from her leukemia-stricken sister after not speaking with her for two decades, a devil-may-care single mother packs up her two sons--one, a rebellious teen who has spent time in a mental institution--and heads to Florida to reunite with her ailing sibling and their bedridden ..read more »
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The Bridges Of Madison County
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Robert Kincaid is a romantic drifter on his way to photograph an historic covered bridge for National Geographic magazine. When he stops at a farmhouse to ask directions, he meets Francesca Johnson, whose passionate nature has long been denied. Their innocent friendship evolves into a tender, ..read more »
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The House Of The Spirits
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons
Director: Billie August
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Based on Isabel Allende's novel and set in a South American country beset by constant turmoil and bloody power struggles, this film follows three generations of the Truebas family from the 1920s through the 1970s. Just as the nation around them is at odds with itself, the family painfully and ..read more »
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The River Wild
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn
Director: Curtis Hanson
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Gail (Meryl Streep), a former river guide, plans a white-water rafting trip to celebrate her son Roarke's (Joseph Mazzello) birthday and patch up her troubled marriage to her workaholic husband Tom (David Strathairn). As the family begins their river adventure, they meet Wade (Kevin Bacon), a ..read more »
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Death Becomes Her
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Madeline is gaining more wrinkles than screen roles. Her friend, Helen, loses her fiance to Madeline and subsequently doubles her weight. Finally, there's Madeline's husband, Ernest, a plastic surgeon who spends his nights drunk and cursing the day he met his wife. Enter a beautiful enchantress who ..read more »
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Defending Your Life
(1991)
Starring: Albert Brooks, Michael Durrell, Meryl Streep
Director: Albert Brooks
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When Daniel, is killed in a car accident, he finds himself in 'Judgement City' and at a hearing about his life. Will his defence attorney be able to convince the judges that Daniel has done enough to earn his place on a higher plain of existence - or will he be consigned to another stint on Earth?
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Postcards From The Edge
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Dennis Quaid, Shirley MacLaine
Director: Mike Nichols
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An actress with a drug and alcohol problem, recovering from a near fatal overdose, accepts a minor role in a film on the condition that she lives with a responsible person during her rehabilitation. That 'person' is her mother, a big star from the 50's who sees herself in her daughter. Both must ..read more »
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She-Devil
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley Jr.
Director: Susan Seidelman
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Ruth is a wife and mother who does anything to please her husband. When she discovers that he is having an affair with a romance novelist, however, she demands revenge. She is transformed into a She-Devil!
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A Cry In The Dark
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Nick Tate
Director: Fred Schepisi
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Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star in this documentary style film adaptation of the true story of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, an Australian couple who lived the nightmare of losing their infant daughter during a family camping trip. When Lindy (Streep) spies a dingo nearby, authorities launch a ..read more »
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Heartburn
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Maureen Stapleton
Director: Mike Nichols
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Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel chronicling the breakup of her marriage to investigative journalist Carl Bernstein (ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN) is adapted for the big screen by director Mike Nichols and solidly acted by Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Rachel Samstat (Streep) is Ephron's stand-in,..read more »
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Out Of Africa
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer
Director: Sydney Pollack
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Adapted from Isak Dinesen's novel, OUT OF AFRICA, this film plaintively tells the story of two troubled adults who meet and fall in love in the African wilderness. Karen Blixen-Flecke (Meryl Streep) is a modern woman, caught in the shortcomings of a practical marriage. Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) ..read more »
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Plenty
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman
Director: Fred Schepisi
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A courageous and impulsive young Englishwoman returns home after fighting in the French Resistance to encounter the apathy of post war England.
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Falling In Love
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, George Martin
Director: Ulu Grosbard
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Acting fireworks are on display as Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep play Frank Raftis and Molly Gilmore, two everyday people who meet by chance on a commuter train bound for New York and fall desperately in love--despite the fact that they are both married. The stellar supporting cast includes Diane ..read more »
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Silkwood
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Director: Mike Nichols
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Mike Nichols's film is based on the tragic true story of Karen Silkwood, an employee of an Oklahoma plutonium plant who tries to raise public awareness about dangerous conditions at the site. Meryl Streep stars as the title character. The movie received five Academy Award nominations, including ..read more »
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Sophie's Choice
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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Faithfully adapted from Willian Styron's best-selling novel, Alan J. Pakula's handsome production charts the course of an eccentric and intense love triangle in 1947 Brooklyn, New York. Meryl Streep won an Academy Award for her carefully nuanced performance and perfect accent as Sophie, a Polish ..read more »
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Leo McKern
Director: Karel Reisz
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In this dramatic film, director Karel Reisz and screenwriter Harold Pinter adapt the complex romantic novel by John Fowles, THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN. Set in 1867, Sarah Woodrough (Meryl Streep), a beautiful young woman, is condemned by society and driven into a deep melancholy because of her ..read more »
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Manhattan
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway
Director: Woody Allen
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MANHATTAN is Woody Allen's glorious love letter to the city that he was born to make films about. Woody plays Isaac Davis, a twice-divorced TV writer having a relationship with 17-year old Tracy, a high school student played by Mariel Hemingway. Isaac's best friend, Yale (Michael Murphy), is having ..read more »
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Kramer vs Kramer
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry
Director: Robert Benton
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Returning home late from work one night, a career-obsessed Ted Kramer is told by his wife, Joanna, that she is leaving him. After a lifetime of being somebody's wife, she's going off to find herself, leaving Ted to care for their six-year-old son. Ted, while trying to hold down his job, gets to ..read more »
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan
(1979)
Starring: Alan Alda, Meryl Streep, Barbara Harris
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
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Rising politician Joe ... Full DescriptionTynan (Alda) is having serious difficulty juggling his career and his family. In particular, he is experiencing a growing number of problems with his loving, neglected wife. An affair with beautiful lobbyist Karen Traynor (Meryl Streep) further ..read more »
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The Deer Hunter
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage
Director: Michael Cimino
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This epic look at the Vietnam War and its effects told through the lives of a tight knit group of friends from a Pennsylvania town was Michael Cimino's second film and established him in the pantheon of American directors. Complex and emotionally raw performances from Robert De Niro and Meryl ..read more »
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Ant Bully - BLU-RAY Version
Starring: Julia Roberts, Zach Tyler, Nicolas Cage
Director: John A Davis
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An all-star cast--including A-list stars such as Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep--lend their voices to The Ant Bully, from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker John A. Davis (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) and producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (The Polar Express). Social misfit Lucas gets ..read more »
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Holocaust
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Meryl Streep, James Woods, Tom Bell
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
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An original TV dramatisation of one of the most monstrous crimes in world history the slaughter of 6 million Jews by the Nazis. Dramatically and definitively, the story covers an entire decade, the eventful years from 1935 to 1945. HOLOCAUST focuses on the tragedy and triumph of a single family the ..read more »
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The Manchurian Candidate
to Watch Now
(2004)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Run time: 129 minutes
Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerize a whole new generation of audiences in Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme's "The Manchurian Candidate." As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards ..read more »
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28 October 2004
...This film is fantastic. Meryl Streep has passed away and her two children piece together a time in her life. How two people cross paths so unexpectantly and at once fate ...
Sophies World 28 July 2004
