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...Academy must have been on automatic pilot to make such choices as William Hurt, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep and even Cher, all of whom have been nominated countless times in the last few years...
...father was." And it's mysteriously touching near the end, when she wistfully tells one of her many lovers, "There's no one who'll have me." While Haner lacks the expertise necessary to explore all of the aspects of such an immensely complex character (the movie needed Meryl Streep to do it), she brings most of Susan's personality to the stage with an impressive and undeniable force...
Actors seem to agree. Julius Caesar is in rehearsal with Al Pacino and Martin Sheen, each working for $400 a week. Papp is lining up Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline for Much Ado About Nothing, perhaps at the open-air Delacorte Theater in Central Park, where he regularly mounts a summer season. And A Midsummer Night's Dream, whose opening last week officially launched the series, features F. Murray Abraham (Oscar winner for Amadeus), Elizabeth McGovern (Ragtime, Ordinary People) and Carl Lumbly (TV's Cagney and Lacey...
...this one. Not even with Hollywood's premier actor-stars, Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, as Francis and Helen. And not even with Kennedy writing the screenplay. He must have known that the novel's sour, allusive poetry -- part James Joyce, part James T. Farrell -- would get lost in translation to the screen. He must have realized that Francis' life is significant not for what he does but for what he dreams and fears. But a movie like this, which concentrates on mundane plot, can only show, not reveal. As directed by Hector Babenco (Pixote, Kiss of the Spider Woman...
Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep go hobo in the drab Ironweed. -- Woody Allen gets serious about family life in September...