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Here's what a conversation with Meryl Streep would look like with the sound off: Talking. Distracted head shake from Sophie's Choice. More talking. Sideways glance into the middle distance from Kramer vs. Kramer. Another, longer set of words. Wearied blink--The French Lieutenant's Woman. Pause. Statement. Huge wicked giggle. It's as if an International Fragile Female Parade collided with a clown car at an intersection. Listen to Streep long enough, and you can see every character she has ever played. But none of them...
...STAR Meryl Streep is not a star. A legend, but not a star. At least not in the business sense. Everyone acknowledges her talent, but very few can be relied on to turn out for a movie just because she's in it. Her last film, Prime, sank without a trace. At least one of her two new films--A Prairie Home Companion, a gentle comedy based on Garrison Keillor's radio show--will be lucky to draw much of a crowd--and it has Lindsay Lohan...
Being lots of other people is what Streep does. Mike Nichols, who has known her for 25 years, tells of a panic attack he had during the making of Silkwood, their first film together. "I knew that the Silkwood Meryl was the real Meryl, no question about it," he says. "And then I saw a screening of Sophie's Choice, and I said, 'Who the f___ is that? She's absolutely real! Which...
...Dangerous Lady" (Virginia Madsen) in a white trenchcoat, who is actually the Angel of Death, come to claim "The Axeman" (Tommy Lee Jones), who is present to administer the coup de grace to the program. There are a number of subplots in the film, in the best of which Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin play singing sisters, once promising, now more than a little forlorn...
...turn out.” After one major success (“Gosford Park”) and one major dud (“The Company”), this one should put director Robert Altman back on the map. Oh right, and Lindsay Lohan is in it. Any combination of Meryl Streep and Lindsay Lohan has to be entertaining. Nuff said.Superman ReturnsDue Out: June 30Many seem to be revving up to see the third and final insIf people are disappointed that Spider-Man is a no-show this year, there’s another superhero who could fill his place...