#1Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 2:36pm
According to a member on ATC. http://talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1771636
With Mike Nichols directing.
If true, can we say YAWN?? Streep again??
#2re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 2:38pmI'll yawn when Streep stops delivering amazing performances. While, yes, I'm sure other actresses would have done a fantastic job...with Streep I'm always guaranteed a layered and powerful performance.
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#2re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 2:47pm
If EVER an original cast should do the movie, it's this one!
But I guess that ain't gonna happen, so I am fine with Streep but Roberts, NO NO NO NO!
Roscoe
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#3re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 2:47pm
In re: Dame Meryl, I started yawning about twenty years ago.
Julia Roberts? Jesus.
And directed by Mike Nichols? Meh.
Looks like I can save another $12.
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#4re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 2:50pmI have to wonder, Roscoe, what the point of your posting here is... it seems your all posts are just variations of "I don't like that".
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#5re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 2:52pmSince when have you liked anything, Roscoe? You think that disliking everything makes you holier-than-thou. It just makes you look foolish and transparent.
#6re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 2:53pm
Meryl Streep would not have been my top choice for Violet but I've yet to see her deliver a less than impressive performance with Nichols behind the camera.
Now Julia Roberts as Barbara though? That's insanely boring! She possesses none of the strength and drive that the role needs. Laura Linney or Toni Collette would have been a gazillionth times better.
I had predicted Mike Nichols before, not surprised to hear he is directing this, and I think he'll do a great job with it.
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#7re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 2:53pm
I'm as allowed to post a lack of interest in something as others are to post on how joyous and perfect things are.
Don't like my posts, feel free to not read them. Really, resorting to personal attacks because you don't like the tenor of my postings is beside the point.
As to the matter at hand, I'd much rather see Jessica Lange as Violet, maybe with Jonathan Demme directing. And Laura Linney would be excellent instead of the Roberts.
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"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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Updated On: 9/11/09 at 02:53 PM
#8re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:02pmI agree that Laura Linney would be a terrific choice for Barbara.
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#9re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:04pmA poster on here recently called roscoe "the Eeyore of BroadwayWorld." And I have to agree.
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:12pm
At least I was posting on the topic at hand. Does it say anything anywhere about how all postings must be all sweetness and light and joy everlasting?
Here, if you insist---
Meryl's just the best EVER! LOL! 
And Julia Roberts is so great she'll be the best EVER TOO! And with Mike Nichols directing this'll be as good as DOUBT, which was just the best movie ever so this will now be the best movie ever!
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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#11re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:20pm
Nobody I know on this board says that. Everyone has different comments per thread. Some threads people like and other threads people don't.
And your "nice" comment makes you look like an ass.
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#12re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:27pm
He gets like that when he doesn't listen to the Passing Strange cast recording for extended periods of time.
Once he does, he gets happy again!
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#13re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:30pmI love Roscoe.
Roscoe
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#14re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:43pm
I always keep the spirit of PASSING STRANGE within me. The glory of STEW shall protect me from you naysayers.
So say nay, you jackals! I post with my head held high, trusting in the One Pure Faith of STEW ALMIGHTY to lay waste to those who would oppose me!
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"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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#15re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:46pm
I'll be shocked if I find myself seeing this movie. Why would I want to taint the stage memories?
I think Meryl is wonderful, but even though it's business it still grates my nerves that actreses who are as good or better work their butts off creating the parts and then she does the film and gets all the wide acclaim.
It may be reality, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.
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Updated On: 9/11/09 at 03:46 PM
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Roscoe
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#16re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:51pm
Rudy2, shame on you for posting in such a negative manner. Suggesting that anyone can be as good as or better than Meryl Streep is BLASPHEMY!! How dare you question the divinity of Meryl Streep!!!!!!
Please report to the Meryl Streep Attitude Re-Adjustment Center, where you can be re-educated to the worship of the One True Artist Of Stage And Screen, La Divina Streep.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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#17re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:52pm^ I like you.
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#18re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 5:01pm
As long as Meryl doesn't screw up Violet like she did Sister Aloysius, I'm fine. She is, without a doubt, our greatest living actress and all of her performances are masterfully done (barring "Doubt"). There is not a question in my mind that she can certainly turn on the scariness that Violet needs, but also the maternal aspects that are also needed to make Violet three-dimensional.
As for Julia... nah. Loved her in "Erin Brokovich" and "Pretty Woman." Everything else? Nah. All wrong. ESPECIALLY for Barbara. Maybe Helen Hunt? Haven't seen her around.
And Mike Nichols I'm not so sure about. His films, while great, are a little too slow-moving. "August" should move at breakneck speed. It's a rollercoaster and Mike Nichols is more of a ferris wheel.
#19re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 5:14pmIt's hard to believe Julia Roberts (or Helen Hunt) ever being convincing as daughter to Meryl Streep. I wouldn't write it off, though.
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#20re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 5:54pm
Please no Julia Roberts!
My dream cast for a movie would include:
Cloris Leachman - Violet
Cate Blanchett (or Allison Janney) - Barb
Tony Collette - Ivy
(and that's all I got so far)
#21re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 5:59pmCloris Leachman is wayyyyyyyyyy too old. While Estelle Parsons is as well, it's easier to overlook that onstage than onscreen. Cloris LOOKS too old and IS too old. Meryl is age-appropriate.
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#22re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 6:01pmWhile Meryl didn't immediately come to mind, I'm very intrigued. Laura Linney was my pic for Barbara, as well! And I think Toni Collette is WAY too old for Ivy. Isn't Ivy supposed to be like early 30's...?
#23re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 6:02pmI would love Sissy Spacek and Toni Collette to team up for the film.
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#24re: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the August:OC movie??
Posted: 9/11/09 at 6:10pm
Ivy is in her 40s. It says her exact age in the play (45?), but I forget. So I don't think Toni Collette would be too old.
Maybe Glenn Close as Vy? Sissy Spacek is another interesting choice. I love Meryl to death, but I just can't picture her at all... even though she pretty much can do anything.
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