1985 | Directed by Fred Schepisi |
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Susan Traherne has been irreparably changed by her wartime experiences as a Resistance fighter.
She sets out in the post-war world to make her way to what she wants, no matter who is hurt,
or how. Based on David Hare's play. |
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| ADDITIONAL CAST & CHARACTERS |
Meryl Streep
Charles Dance
Sam Neill
Tracey Ullman
Sting |
... Susan Traherne
... Raymond Brock
... Lazar
... Alice Park
... Mick |
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Meryl Streep, Entertainment Weekly, March 2000
"For a while, there was a feeling that if a character ever said more than three sentences in a
row, it was anathema. It was like theater, boring, nobody'll listen to it. Now, I don't really
love the work of Quentin Tarantino, but he did show that you could... have people plowing
through pages of words, and still be dark, compelling, and filmically valid. 'Plenty' was loaded
with words. And her passion, the size and fury of her frustation, were so compelling to me. It's
a wordy movie, but I did it because of a speech that I wanted to say. I just wanted to say,
'I would stop, I would stop, I would stop f***cking talking if I every heard anybody else say
anything else worth f***ucking stopping talking for!"
Meryl Streep, More Magazine, December 2002
"I got to kiss Sting; that was a big deal! I was such a fan of his and I got to tell him that
'Every Breath You Take' is a perfect song."
Sir John Guilgud, Options Magazine, June 1985
"[Meryl] had one hysterical, emotional scene which she repeated in rehearsals and in takes
at least 50 times. She never flinched or changed a thing. She improved, if anything,
her selectivity. She seemed completely in control of her emotions and of her pace
and timing and reactions to other people. It was remarkable."
Many critics dismissed the movie as being just a filmed version of David Hare's stage play. In fact Hare re-wrote about 60 percent of the material for the film.
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Features: Conversation with F. Schepisi
Video: Widescreen, Color
Languages: English (Dolby)
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DVD Release: April 16, 2002
Region Code: 1
Distributor: Anchor Bay
ASIN: B00005OCJZ
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