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...Little Knife Music. Streep, an old Eli who studied acting at the Yale School of Drama, was presented with a gold pudding pot, and was also granted custody of one of the burly "chorus girls" who surrounded her-a send-up substitute for the kid she lost to Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs. Kramer. "I hope my son never turns out like this," cracked Streep good-naturedly, stroking the Harvard lad's muscled shoulder...
Shipley Munson '80, Club president, and David I. Levi '80, president of Hasty Pudding Theatricals, awarded Streep a small, gold-plated pot in recognition of her acting achievements. Streep most recently starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in "Kramer vs. Kramer...
...that the couple's attorneys in the film are the least appealing characters since the Wicked Witch of the West, but that the courtroom scenes are legally out of date. Meryl Streep, playing a restless housewife trying to find fulfillment, has walked out on her marriage to Dustin Hoffman, a hustling young Manhattan adman, leaving him with their young son; 18 months later she wins custody of the child despite the husband's devotion to the boy during her long absence. In the real world, psychiatrists or psychologists would have testified, the judge would have at least interviewed...
...parents are able to work out details harmoniously, a hedge that can be tough for a warring couple to jump. If nothing else, an amicable joint-custody agreement usually costs less than a full-scale battle for sole custody; few lawyers blinked at the moment in Kramer when Dustin Hoffman was told that his legal bill would be at least...
...there is a single strength to Kramer, it is the acting. Dustin Hoffman (Ted) turns in one of the best performances of his career. Hoffman's strength lies in his research technique; when he agrees to a role, he studies the part, lives with people who resemble his character and compulsively perfects the nuances of the character. In Kramer, his strategy pays off. Hoffman's Ted Kramer is extraordinarily realistic, at once the ambitious young executive and the confused but loving father. His attention to detail and brilliant voice control--fast and agitated, quiet and pained--combine to add touches...