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#26

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 12/23/07 at 11:29am

Thanks for that link, tazber! I cannot wait. I love 70s Streep!

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#27

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 12/23/07 at 12:10pm

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#28

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 12/23/07 at 12:15pm

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

Updated On: 12/23/07 at 12:15 PM

#29

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 12/23/07 at 12:16pm

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#30

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 12/23/07 at 9:23pm

No one has mentioned her supporting role in "Julia" with Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave.

Based on Lilian Hellman's memoir - which turned out to be a total blatant lie!

#31

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 12/23/07 at 9:54pm

Yes someone did:

"I first remember her from The Deer Hunter and I think that in that same year, or the year before, she had a very small role in the film Julia."

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#32

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 12/23/07 at 10:08pm

I am a huge fan of Meryl so I was surprised when I read that Katherine Hepburn was not a fan of hers. She sited the reasons pointed out in PAB's first reply. I love her though and her great sense of humor.

#33

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 12/24/07 at 1:59am

On imdb.com it says she was Hepburn's least favorite screen actress (of Streep's generation I assume).
Then again, I believe Bette Davis considered her her successor.
She mentions in the KRAMER V. KRAMER documentary that she was working in MANHATTAN at the time she did KRAMER and at the same time was also doing THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. What a wonderful versatile woman!
Regarding what someone said about Kate Jackson being the original Johanna. I didn't know Meryl was actually supposed to play Phyllis and then was bumped up to Johanna Kramer when Jackson had to bow out.

#34

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 12:32pm

Updated release info for Holocaust - out 5/27
Holocaust

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#35

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 12:35pm

Meryl became a star the moment she took her first breath.

#36

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 12:49pm

Holocaust was an extraordinary miniseries. Streep, Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, James Woods and a WONDERFUL Tovah Feldshuh. It is only surpassed by Roots, imo. I will never forget watching it...it aired in the spring and my mother had a huge and beautiful gardenia plant on top of the television...it smelled like heaven...but to this day, the smell of a gardenia fills me with such sadness.

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#37

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 12:52pm

More on her years at Yale: Supposedly she went straight from Yale to Lincoln Center, with no "actors showcase" or anything.

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#38

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 12:53pm

I have never seen it, but i am very excited to. I know it's heavy stuff, but I kinda feel like it's required viewing.

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#39

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:03pm

We've seen alot of this since, taz...Schindler's List, Playing for Time (another holocaust telemovie that is great), but this was a first for television for it's horrifying portrayal of what happened in the ghettos and camps. It was replayed a few years ago on cable, and I messed up the taping, so didnt keep it. Thanks for letting us know about the dvd release!

and yes, required.

#40

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:14pm

". . . it aired in the spring and my mother had a huge and beautiful gardenia plant on top of the television...it smelled like heaven...but to this day, the smell of a gardenia fills me with such sadness."

Doodle - that's one of the more eloquent things I've seen posted on this site. Thank you.

#41

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:41pm

Thanks, DG. You know...every spring I try to grow gardenias, and they always die early.

(That might be profound, if it weren't for the fact that I simply over-water them.)

#42

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 2:06pm

Taz, thanks for letting us know about the release date. I will definitely getting this the second it comes out.

#43

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 2:14pm

I remember seeing Meryl Streep being trumpeted all over the place as America's Greatest Actress when she was first hitting it big, she was on the cover of every goddamn magazine and got nominated every time she opened her mouth to speak. It was the same kind of push they tried to give to Matthew McConaughey, remember how he was going to be the next Paul Newman?

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#44

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 2:51pm

Tell me you're NOT comparing Meryl Streep to Matthew McConaughey.

#45

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 2:59pm

I dont remember anyone saying that about him...was this just after his starmaking turn in the remake of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"?

#46

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 3:09pm

God, no, I'm comparing the buildups they got. There was a huge campaign to make him a star, around the time of that Grisham thing he was in, A TIME TO KILL I think it was. It soon became terribly evident that little Matthew McCan'tAct was a living joke.

Updated On: 4/3/08 at 03:09 PM

#47

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 3:11pm

Holocaust, Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophies Choice brilliant....

She-Devil, Death becomes Her......excellent.

SO much talent......

(picture from Sophie's Choice)

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#48

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 3:15pm

I remember Matthew's press attack - and as I recall, it was based primarily on his physical resemblance (most notably, his eyes.) They tried the same thing a few years later with Josh Lucas.

Another comparrison made was Brad Pitt to Robert Redford, especially during A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT.

#49

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 3:36pm

And recently, there has been chatter about Pitt starting to look (at least clothes-wise) like Robert Redford.
Robert, Is That You?

#50

re: When Did Meryl Streep Become A Star?

Posted: 4/3/08 at 6:10pm

Has anyone else seen Meryl in the trippy yet good "Alice at the Palace" with Debbie Allen and Michael Jeter? It's bizzare, but Meryl gives one helluva performance.

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