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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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Meryl Streep - news / articles
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Streep and Tatum to sing at Carnegie Hall -
16 March 2012
-Meryl Streep and Channing Tatum are set to show off their singing skills at Sting's upcoming Rainforest Fund benefit.-The Hollywood stars will be joined by Sir Elton John, James Taylor, Rosanne Cash and Jennifer Hudson at the annual event on 2 April (12) at New York'
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Streep takes Oscar to women's conference -
11 March 2012
-Meryl Streep took her Best Actress Oscar to a conference in New York on Saturday (10Mar12) for her star turn introducing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.-The actress won her third Academy Award last month (Feb12) for playing former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
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Streep slammed for forgetting Thatcher in acceptance speech -
28 February 2012
-One of Margaret Thatcher's former aides has criticised Meryl Streep for failing to mention the ex-Prime Minister in her Oscars acceptance speech.-The Hollywood icon walked away with her third Academy Award after winning the Best Actress prize at Sunday's (26Feb12) ce
Meryl Streep - what members say
review by from LIVERSEDGE
28 October 2004
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Sophies World 28 July 2004
review by A customer from London, England
Realism with the sound turned down 12 August 2004
Meryl Streep - filmography
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The Iron Lady - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Anthony Head
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
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Two-time Oscar-winner Meryl Streep steps into the role of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in this biopic from director Phyllida Lloyd (MAMMA MIA!), and screenwriter Abi Morgan (TSUNAMI: THE AFTERMATH, BRICK LANE). Lloyd depicts the elderly Dame Thatcher replaying key moments in her life, ..read more »
 
68%
from 64 members
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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.
67%
from 24,796 members
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It's Complicated - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: John Krasinski, Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin
Director: Nancy Meyers
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Writer/director Nancy Meyers (What Women Want, Something's Gotta Give, The Holiday) directs Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in It's Complicated, a comedy about love, divorce and everything in between.
Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/..read more »
65%
from 180 members
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: George Clooney, Bill Murray, Meryl Streep
Director: Wes Anderson
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A wily fox uses his formidable cunning to outsmart three feeble-minded farmers who resort to extreme tactics to protect their chickens in director Wes Anderson's animated adaptation of the popular Roald Dahl children's book. George Clooney supplies the voice for Mr. Fox, with Meryl Streep, Bill ..read more »
67%
from 27,993 members
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It's Complicated
(2009)
Starring: John Krasinski, Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin
Director: Nancy Meyers
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Writer/director Nancy Meyers (What Women Want, Something's Gotta Give, The Holiday) directs Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in It's Complicated, a comedy about love, divorce and everything in between.
Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/..read more »
71%
from 1,166 member
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Julie and Julia - Blu-ray
(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.
70%
from 4,283 members
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Julie and Julia
on DVD
(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.
70%
from 28,699 members
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: George Clooney, Bill Murray, Meryl Streep
Director: Wes Anderson
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A wily fox uses his formidable cunning to outsmart three feeble-minded farmers who resort to extreme tactics to protect their chickens in director Wes Anderson's animated adaptation of the popular Roald Dahl children's book. George Clooney supplies the voice for Mr. Fox, with Meryl Streep, Bill ..read more »
68%
from 7,528 members
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Mamma Mia! - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski
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 »
67%
from 4,684 members
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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 Dominic ..read more »
68%
from 57,921 members
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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 »
57%
from 5,323 members
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Rendition - Blu-ray
(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 »
67%
from 2,658 members
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Dark Matter
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Ye Liu, Aidan Quinn
Director: Shi-Zheng Chen
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Based on actual events, a Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics.
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from 86 members
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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 »
58%
from 23,308 members
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Ant Bully - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Alan Cumming, Zach Tyler Eisen
Director: John A. Davis
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A young boy learns the importance of teamwork and gains self-confidence in this animated feature written and directed by John A. Davis (JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS), and based on the book by John Nickle. Misfit Lucas (Zach Taylor Eisen) doesn't have any friends and suffers daily at the hands of the ..read more »
64%
from 480 members
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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 »
67%
from 69,962 members
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The Ant Bully
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Alan Cumming, Zach Tyler Eisen
Director: John A. Davis
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A young boy learns the importance of teamwork and gains self-confidence in this animated feature written and directed by John A. Davis (JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS), and based on the book by John Nickle. Misfit Lucas (Zach Taylor Eisen) doesn't have any friends and suffers daily at the hands of the ..read more »
66%
from 11,970 members
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The Devil Wears Prada - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt
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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from 2,252 members
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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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from 18,898 members
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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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from 335 members
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The Manchurian Candidate - HD
(2004)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Jonathan Demme updates the original 1962 John Frankenheimer classic with plenty of new paranoid twists: This time a sinister Halliburton-style corporation is behind the brainwashing of a Gulf War hero turned vice presidential nominee, Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber). Shaw's old unit commander Ben ..read more »
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from 428 members
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The Manchurian Candidate
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Director: Jonathan Demme
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U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Washington) can't sleep at night - and he doesn't want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoon's ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), who won the Medal of Honor for saving Marco's crew. But at ..read more »
62%
from 68,049 members
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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 »
63%
from 6,208 members
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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 »
63%
from 29,176 members
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The Hours - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Allison Janney
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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from 50 members
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The Hours
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Allison Janney
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 »
63%
from 22,813 members
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Ginevra's Story
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Meryl Streep
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Ginevra de Benci, the first portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, is both haunting and hypnotic. This magnificent and mysterious painting conceals a multitude of secrets. Utilizing the potential of x-ray analysis, infrared reflectography and the power of computer technology, this program delves beneath ..read more »
56%
from 56 members
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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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from 1,335 member
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Dancing At Lughnasa
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke
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 »
63%
from 1,455 member
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First Do No Harm
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Fred Ward, Meryl Streep, 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 »
65%
from 434 members
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Marvin's Room
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, 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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from 1,986 member
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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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from 28 members
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The Living Sea - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Meryl Streep
Director: Greg MacGilivray
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The Living Sea takes you to the world's oceans, traveling to Palau, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Alaska, Nova Scotia and the Red Sea. Explore the mysterious depths and come face to face with life-sized humpback whales when you dive into "The Living Sea." Swim with thousands of golden jellyfish and ..read more »
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from 7 members
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The Bridges Of Madison County
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Annie Corley, Walter Slezak
Director: Clint Eastwood
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The brief, illicit love affair between an Iowa housewife and a post-middle-age freelance photographer is chronicled in this powerful romance based on the best-selling novella by Robert James Waller. The story begins as globetrotting National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid journeys to ..read more »
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from 8,024 members
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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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from 1,777 member
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The River Wild
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello
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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from 4,292 members
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Death Becomes Her
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Michelle Johnson, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke
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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from 8,261 members
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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?
65%
from 65 members
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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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from 1,564 member
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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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from 619 members
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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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from 1,218 member
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Ironweed
(1987)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep
Director: Hector Babenco
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A schizophrenic drifter spends Halloween in his home town after returning there for the first time in decades.
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from 77 members
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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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from 961 members
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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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from 7,194 members
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Out Of Africa - Blu-ray
(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 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) is a ..read more »
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from 22 members
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Falling In Love
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, 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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from 2,111 members
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Silkwood
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Director: Mike Nichols
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Based on a true story, Silkwood begins and ends with Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep) driving along a lonely road in 1974, heading to a meeting with a New York Times reporter to deliver evidence of negligence at the Kerr-McGee Plant in Cimarron, Oklahoma. The balance of the film flashes back to Karen'..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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The year is 1947. Aspiring southern author Stingo (Peter MacNichol) heads to New York to seek his fortune. Moving into a dingy Brooklyn boarding house, Stingo strikes up a friendship with research chemist Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline) and Nathan's girlfriend, Polish refugee Sophie Zawistowska (Oscar-..read more »
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from 5,160 members
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Leo McKern, Meryl Streep
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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from 2,754 members
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Kramer vs Kramer - Blu-ray
(1979)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry
Director: Robert Benton
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Joanna Kramer, a Manhattan housewife, can no longer face life with her husband Ted. She walks out leaving her son Billy in Ted's charge. Ted has to adjust his life and face up to his new found responsibilities. Just as he starts to find his feet, Joanna returns, intent on fighting for custody of ..read more »
78%
from 525 members
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Kramer vs Kramer
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry
Director: Robert Benton
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Robert Benton's Oscar-winning adaptation of Avery Corman's bestseller takes on contemporary problems of divorce and shifting gender roles, as a jilted husband learns how to be a nurturing father. Manhattan housewife Joanna Kramer (Meryl Streep) walks out on her workaholic ad man husband Ted (Dustin ..read more »
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from 9,536 members
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Manhattan
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway
Director: Woody Allen
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On the heels of Annie Hall, the Oscar-winning romantic comedy that rocketed Woody Allen to the front ranks of American filmmakers, Manhattan continued Allen's romantic obsessions in a slightly darker, more pessimistic vein. Allen stars as Isaac Davis, a TV comedy writer sick of the pap he is forced ..read more »
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from 14,149 members
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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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One of several 1978 films dealing with the Vietnam War (including Hal Ashby's Oscar-winning Coming Home), Michael Cimino's epic second feature The Deer Hunter was both renowned for its tough portrayal of the war's effect on American working class steel workers and notorious for its ahistorical use ..read more »
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from 32,889 members
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Holocaust
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1978)
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 Deer Hunter - Blu-ray
(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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The Deer Hunter - HD
(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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Meryl Streep facts
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...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 ...
