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Jun. 15, 2008 8:33 AM ET (AP)
Actors: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters
Synopsis: Longing to discover the identity of her true father before she exchanges her wedding vows, the daughter of a once-rebellious single mother secretly invites a trio of paternal candidates to her upcoming wedding in this feature adaptation of the beloved stage musical. Independent-minded single Read More
Actors: Liu Ye, Aidan Quinn, Meryl Streep, Blair Brown, Chi Peng
Synopsis: Inspired by actual events, director Chen Shi-Zheng's socially conscious psychological drama follows the journey of an ambitious Chinese scientist working towards his Ph.D. in America, only to be marginalized to the extent that he ultimately loses his way. All Liu Xing (Liu Ye) ever wanted was to Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
Synopsis: When the principal (Meryl Streep) of a Bronx Catholic High School accuses a popular priest (Philip Seymour Hoffman) of pedophilia, a young nun caught in between the feuding pair become hopelessly swept up in the ensuing controversy. John Patrick Shanley adapts his own play for the screen under the Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Aishwarya Rai
Synopsis: THEATER OF WAR Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and her Children is widely regarded as one of the most important plays of the 20th Century and a powerful, punishing statement of protest against the grim folly of war. Brecht's drama is often staged in Europe, but it has rarely been given major Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci
Synopsis: Nora Ephron adapts Julie Powell's autobiographical book Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen with this Columbia Pictures production starring Amy Adams as an amateur chef who decides to cook every recipe in a cookbook from acclaimed celebrity chef Julia Child (played by Read More
Actors: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Peña, Andrew Garfield
Synopsis: Robert Redford directs this dramatic tale of intersecting lives that weaves together the stories of an idealistic professor's attempts to inspire a privileged student, a former student of the teacher who is wounded behind enemy lines in Afghanistan, and a congressman whose interactions with a Read More
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard, Omar Metwally
Synopsis: The director of the Academy Award-winning 2006 crime drama Tsotsi returns to the helm with this tale of a Middle East CIA operative who begins to have doubts about his latest assignment after witnessing the interrogation of a suspected suicide bomber by secret police. When Egyptian-born chemical Read More
Actors: Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy
Synopsis: As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago, one she kept secret all their lives. In vivid flashbacks, the Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep
Actors: Annette Bening, Jill Clayburgh, Gwyneth Paltrow, Meryl Streep
Actors: Tony Kushner, Oskar Eustis, Maurice Sendak, William Kushner, Marcia Gay Harden
Synopsis: Documentary filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the rich life of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner in a film that traces Kushner's career from his 2001 play Homebody/Kabul through his 2004 collaboration with Maurice Sendak on a revised version of Brundibar. A trip to Kushner's hometown Read More
Synopsis: Greg MacGillivray's Hurricane on the Bayou offers images of the natural beauty of New Orleans, as well as footage of the devastation the city suffered after Hurricane Katrina. The soundtrack is full of some of the most famous names in the city's rich musical history, and the film is narrated by Read More
Actors: Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Zach Tyler Eisen
Synopsis: A kid who hates ants finds himself living among the six-legged critters in this computer-animated comedy-adventure. Lucas Nickle (voice of Zach Tyler Eisen) is a ten-year-old boy whose family has just moved to a new town, and Lucas isn't enjoying it much -- he hasn't made any friends yet, his big Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier
Synopsis: Lauren Weisberger's best-selling novel about a young woman who stumbles into the hectic worlds of high fashion and publishing comes to the big screen in this comedy. Andrea "Andy" Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is a bright young woman from the Midwest who has just graduated from college and wants to work Read More
Actors: Garrison Keillor, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, John C. Reilly, Woody Harrelson, Virginia Madsen, Maya Rudolph
Synopsis: Acclaimed filmmaker Robert Altman (Short Cuts, Nashville) brings National Public Radio stalwart Garrison Keillor's long-running radio program to vivid life on the big screen in a intricately woven backstage fable centering on the final performance of a fictionalized version of his variety show. As Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman, Bryan Greenberg, Jon Abrahams, Zak Orth
Synopsis: Two women get a new and unusual perspective on the doctor/patient relationship in this romantic comedy. Rafi Gardet (Uma Thurman) is a woman in her mid-thirties who has recently gone through a messy divorce. Rafi has been seeing an analyst, Lisa Metzger (Meryl Streep), as she struggles to get back Read More
Synopsis: Meryl Streep narrates this documentary which examines the facts behind the worldwide scandal of child labor. It is estimated that 246 million children work full-time jobs, most logging long hours for meager pay in nations where poverty forces parents to put their youngsters to work. Adding to this Read More
Actors: Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Kara Hoffman, Shelby Hoffman, Jude Law
Synopsis: The best-selling series of subversive children's books from author Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) come to the screen in this black comedy for the whole family (and how often do you get to see one of those?). The Baudelaire siblings -- gadget freak Violet (Emily Browning), bookworm Klaus (Liam Aiken Read More
Actors: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight
Synopsis: Jonathan Demme directed this updated remake of John Frankenheimer's 1962 cult favorite The Manchurian Candidate, a pioneering examination of political conspiracy and psychological reconditioning. Major Bennett Marco (Denzel Washington) and Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber) are two soldiers Read More
Actors: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk, Patrick Wilson, Ben Shenkman
Synopsis: The epic HBO miniseries Angels in America is directed by Mike Nichols and written by the play's author, Tony Kushner. This six-part drama is adapted from the two full-length award-winning plays (Part I: The Millennium Approaches and Part II: Perestroika) originally performed on Broadway in 1993. Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Toni Collette
Synopsis: Three women, separated by a span of nearly 80 years, find themselves weathering similar crises, all linked by a single work of literature in this film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham. In 1923, Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) is attempting to start work on her Read More
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Cara Seymour
Synopsis: The creative team behind Being John Malkovich -- director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman -- return with this equally offbeat comedy, in which Kaufman himself becomes the leading character. Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) is a gifted but profoundly neurotic screenwriter who, after the Read More
Synopsis: Filmmakers Phillip B. Kunhardt III, Nancy Steiner, and Peter W. Kunhardt explore the eternal struggle for liberty in America while simultaneously illuminating the hypocritical underlying factors that undermined the colonist's bold "experiment in freedom," in a revealing documentary featuring the Read More
Actors: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt
Synopsis: Based on the 1969 short story Super-Toys Last All Summer Long, by Brian Aldiss, this science fiction fantasy bears similarities to Pinocchio (1940) and originated as a long-gestating project of director Stanley Kubrick that passed to his friend Steven Spielberg after Kubrick's death. Haley Joel Osment Read More
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Gene Hackman, Meryl Streep, Forest Whitaker
Synopsis: A documentary about the iconic career of actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood, Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows traces its subject's work from his earliest days in Hollywood to his award-winning (and career-salvaging) films of the 1990s. Directed by Bruce Ricker, who also made the lauded jazz Read More
Synopsis: Actress Meryl Streep narrates this four-part series about America's development of its public school systems since 1770. Each video includes interviews with past teachers, students, and parents as it reflects on how different educational programs have benefited various communities. Diary excerpts Read More
Synopsis: Directors: Clint Eastwood profiles the acclaimed actor, director, and Hollywood icon. Eastwood has entertained generations of people, moving successfully back and forth between acting and directing. Here, Eastwood discusses his more commercial directing projects, such as Unforgiven, The Bridges of Madison County Read More
Synopsis: Directors: Wes Craven profiles the acclaimed horror movie director best-known for A Nightmare on Elm Street and the Scream series. The mind behind cult classics The Hills Have Eyes and Swamp Thing, young Craven had an impressive knack for turning low-budget scripts into entertaining films with Read More
Synopsis: The year 2000 represented two major anniversaries in the life of the great violinist Isaac Stern: his 80th birthday and his 40th year as president of Carnegie Hall, the venue that he helped save from imminent demolition in the 1960s. Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso commemorates these and other Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Cloris Leachman, Gloria Estefan
Synopsis: After devoting his career to such horror films as Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Last House on the Left, director Wes Craven makes a dramatic change of pace with this inspiring drama about a teacher who helps change the lives of her students. Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras (Meryl Streep) Read More
Synopsis: Leonardo da Vinci painted only three portraits of women, and only one of those has a place in the Western Hemisphere. Ginevra de Benci, by Leonardo da Vinci, is perhaps the most prized painting in the National Gallery of Art collection. In this documentary, narrated by actress Meryl Streep, the Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan
Synopsis: Irish director Pat O'Connor helmed this adaptation of Brian Friel's 1990 play which won three Tony awards in addition to UK Olivier and Evening Standard awards. Friel's portrait of five Irish sisters takes place in 1936 on a Donegal farm. The unmarried Mundy sisters are barely surviving. Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham
Synopsis: Carl Franklin directed this family drama adapted from the 1995 novel by former New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen about a young woman who goes back home to take care of her dying mother. In 1987-88, independent Ellen Gulden (Renee Zellweger), a Harvard grad, is working on a New York Magazine Read More
Synopsis: Originally broadcast on PBS, this Voices and Visions episode concentrates on William Styron and his works. He is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie's Choice. Nat Turner generated controversy for Styron's fictional portrayal of the interior life of the Read More
Synopsis: A story from children's author Kevin Henkes -- whose tales, illustrated with sketches of friendly mice, offer gentle but important lessons about understanding others and yourself -- comes to life in this animated video. Chrysanthemum tells the story of a little girl with a very big name; she Read More
Synopsis: As actor, director, and executive producer, Sydney Pollack has been involved with some of Hollywood's most acclaimed works including Tootsie, Out of Africa, and Three Days of the Condor. This video profile highlights his life and career. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More
Crew: Executive Producer
Actors: Meryl Streep, Fred Ward
Synopsis: When the youngest son of a rural Midwestern family is diagnosed with epilepsy just as their insurance is set to run out, his mother dedicates her life to the illness and all of its potential treatments. Eventually she comes across the ketogenic diet, a method of limiting carbohydrates and protein Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong, Julia Weldon, Alfred Molina
Synopsis: Director Barbet Schroeder and screenwriter Ted Tally adapted the novel by Rosellen Brown into this intriguing drama that, while heavily criticized for a third-act revelation that is something of a cop-out, nevertheless features -- typically of Schroeder's work -- compelling performances, domestic Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn
Synopsis: Two sisters try to set their familial differences aside -- one in hopes of saving her own life -- in this drama with comic accents. Bessie (Diane Keaton) has lived in Florida for the past 20 years, where she's been caring for her chronically ill father Marvin (Hume Cronyn) and her Aunt Ruth (Gwen Read More
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss
Synopsis: Utilizing archival footage, personal interviews and film clips, This compilation film, recounts the colorful history of and pays tribute to one of Hollywood's most enduring studios, Universal Studios. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak, Jim Haynie
Synopsis: The Bridges Of Madison County is one of those rare examples of a movie improving on the book it was based on. Adapted from the monster, if purple-prosed, best seller by Robert James Waller, the film tells the simple story of an Iowa housewife, Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep), who meets a Read More
Synopsis: With stunning portrayals of the sea in all its forms, this documentary explores the oceans of Earth as if they were living beings. From clips of heavy weather Coast Guard drills off the Oregon coast to close-up underwater scenes of humpback whales, The Living Sea stuns viewers with its beauty. Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, John C. Reilly
Synopsis: In a change-of-pace role designed to prove that she could carry high-concept genre films as well as character-driven dramas, Meryl Streep headlined this fast-paced adventure as Gail, a whitewater rafting guide. For a vacation, Gail is accompanying her son Roarke (Joseph Mazzello) and workaholic Read More
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas
Synopsis: Bille August directed this film version of the Isabel Allende novel, featuring a cast that includes Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, and Glenn Close. The story is a sweeping and brooding melodrama, spanning generations and filled with violence, revenge, and telekinesis. The tale begins in South America Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Ogilvy
Synopsis: High-concept director Robert Zemeckis applies his usual polish -- helped by an equally adept cast -- for this surprisingly gruesome and extremely funny black comedy. The film begins with narcissistic actress Madeline (Meryl Streep) stealing the latest in a series of potential fiancées, wimpy Read More
Synopsis: Meryl Streep narrates this wonderful Christmas program with carols and beautiful artwork. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: In this holiday video, Meryl Streep reads the title poem, and the Christ Church Cathedral Choir, pianist George Winston, and the Edwin Hawkins Singers perform Christmas carols. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Buck Henry
Synopsis: Albert Brooks wrote, directed, and stars in this philosophical comedy about a man having a hard time making a case for himself in the afterlife. When advertising executive Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks) finds himself in a fatal car crash minutes after taking delivery on a new BMW, he's whisked away Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner
Synopsis: Mike Nichols lends some comic structure to Carrie Fisher's best-selling confessional novel concerning a woman's struggles with drug addiction and mother-daughter rivalry (subjects Fisher admits to understanding all too well). Meryl Streep, in her most full-blown comic performance up to that point Read More
Synopsis: This ecological documentary focuses on the area along the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This 100-mile area of wilderness, replete with wildlife, is under threat as the oil and gas industries fight to drill in the same area. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: A cast of celebrities gathered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Earth Day. It is an entertaining special that points out the crisis state of our planet's environment. It provides scientific facts and detailed analysis. The show provides ways in which everyone can participate in saving the Read More
Actors: Meryl Streep, Roseanne, Ed Begley, Jr., Linda Hunt, Sylvia Miles
Synopsis: Susan Seidelman directed this loose adaptation of Fay Weldon's novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil concerning the extreme revenge exacted by a dumpy housewife on her philandering husband. Mary Fisher (Meryl Streep) is a best-selling romance novelist of the manner of Danielle Steel or Jackie Collins Read More
Actors: Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Bruce Myles, Nick Tate
Synopsis: A barely recognizable Meryl Streep plays the real-life Lindy Chamberlain, who for a long period in the early 1980s was the most hated woman in Australia. While visiting the Ayers rock monument in the Outback with her husband Michael (Sam Neill), Lindy notices a dingo creeping into the tent where Read More
Synopsis: Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre profiles the career of celebrated director/producer Harold Clurman. A man known for his passionate commitment to working with actors, Clurman devoted his life to the theatrical arts, serving not only as a director and producer, but as a respected critic as well. Read More
Synopsis: Beatrix Potter's tale of a jealous cat and a poor tailor is animated by David Jorgensen and features narration by Meryl Streep and music by The Chieftains. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Ba