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NEW TRAILER FOR "DARK MATTER"
Posted: 2008-02-29 | Source: Webmaster

First Independent Pictures has launched a new theatrical trailer for "Dark Matter", which will release US theaters on April 11, 2008. The trailer is way different than the first one that was published last year due to its original release and features a bunch of new Meryl scenes as well. It can be watched below, screencaps are in the Image Library.

APPEARANCES PICTURES COMPLETED! (1991-1978)
Posted: 2008-02-24 | Source: Webmaster

Here comes a big update as the Appearances section of the Image Library has been completed with event pictures ranging from 1991 to 1978. These are way too many to list, so click the previews below and browse through the new albums of award ceremonies, film festivals, premieres and much more! Enjoy the new uploads.

"RIBBON OF SAND", NARRATED BY MERYL STREEP, AIRS FEBRUARY 25
Posted: 2008-02-24 | Source: Webmaster

At once exaltation and elegy, RIBBON OF SAND profiles the famed Outer Banks of North Carolina and the transitory islands doomed to disappear. Ribbon of Sand was written, produced and directed by award-winning environmental filmmaker John Grabowska. Actress Meryl Streep interprets the writings by Rachel Carson, and Academy Award winner Todd Boekelheide composed an original orchestral score for the film. Rather than focusing only on the barrier islands, Ribbon of Sand examines all the interrelated elements of the coastal ecosystem, from the vast coastal plains to the shallow sounds. Offshore, the thin strips of barrier island sand rise just above sea level, the sound side rimmed with salt marsh grasses, the ocean side with low dunes that bear the brunt of fierce wave action. "Ribbon of Sand" premieres Monday, February 25, 2008. Check Local Listings to see when it is airing on your local PBS station.

"RENDITION" DVD CAPTURES
Posted: 2008-02-21 | Source: Webmaster

Added 250 DVD captures of Meryl's performance in "Rendition" to the Image Library with many thanks to Anke! The film is available on DVD since February 19 in the US, so if you haven't seen it be sure to get your copy! :-)

APPEARANCES PICTURES (1996-1992)
Posted: 2008-02-19 | Source: Webmaster

Updatd the Image Library with appearances pictures ranging from 1996 to 1996. The new albums feature Meryl at award ceremonies, film premieres (for "The Bridges of Madison County", "The River Wild" and "The House of the Spirits"), international promotional visits, as well as benefit fundraisers. Enjoy the new pictures.

STREEP FILM ABOUT CAMPUS VIOLENCE GETS RELEASE DATE
Posted: 2008-02-16 | Source: Webmaster

Article courtesy Globe and Mail: A Meryl Streep movie about a Chinese graduate student studying in the United States who turns violent has secured an American release date in New York after being postponed following last year's deadly Virginia Tech shootings, its distributor said yesterday, just hours after another American student went on a campus rampage in Illinois that left five dead. Dark Matter, which also stars Liu Ye, one of China's rising stars, will debut in New York on April 11 and be released elsewhere after that, said Gary Rubin, president of First Independent Pictures. Rubin said the film, directed by Chinese-born director Chen Shizheng, had been scheduled for release last year, but producers and investors shelved it "out of respect for the Virginia Tech incident." Additionally, the film has a new theatrical poster as well that can be viewed at The Cinematical.

ROY SCHEIDER, 1932 - 2008
Posted: 2008-02-11 | Source: Webmaster

Actor Roy Scheider, best-known for his role as the police chief and reluctant shark hunter in 'Jaws,' has died. He was 75. Scheider began his acting career on the stage in Shakespeare plays before winning film roles, most famously in Steven Spielberg's Jaws, the 1975 film that launched the summer blockbuster. Scheider made more than 40 films with his first major role coming as a pimp alongside Jane Fonda in Klute, also in 1971. Marathon Man followed in 1976 as did character roles through the 1990s, including in the thriller "Still of the Night" with Meryl Streep and the spy film Russia House with Sean Connery. He also appeared on the television series SeaQuest DSV as the captain of a futuristic submarine.

"HOLOCAUST" 30th ANNIVERSARY TO RELEASE ON DVD, MAY 27
Posted: 2008-02-06 | Source: Webmaster

The following news come from a press statement released by CBS DVD and Paramount Home Entertainment: An original TV dramatization of one of the most monstrous crimes in world history - the slaughter of 6 million Jews by the Nazis. Dramatically and definitively, the story covers an entire

decade, the eventful years from 1935 to 1945. HOLOCAUST focuses on the tragedy and triumph of a single family - the Weiss family. Their story is told in counter-poise to that of another fictional family, that of Erik Dorf, who portrays a Nazi aide to Germany's infamous Heydrich. Starring a brilliant international cast and filmed on location in Berlin and Vienna. Running time for this DVD package is 7 hours and 44 minutes. Video is in the original Full Frame, and audio specs and pricing isn't available just yet. Neither is the package art or extras (if any), but stay tuned for more information closer to its release.
Edit: The following addition to the "Holocaust" DVD release was posted today by

tvshowsondvd.com: This will be a 3-disc set, and we're told by our retailer contacts that no information has been provided by the studio about bonus material, so they don't expect to see any included. However, the packaging artwork has become available, and it features a very nice picture of Meryl Streep in the center, with James Woods on the right and Michael Moriarty on the left.

BENFIT OF THE "DOUBT"
Posted: 2008-02-06 | Source: Webmaster

Here comes a first article on the making of "Doubt" by The Daily News, the online version features pictures from the set as well, altough none with Meryl: Movie crews were in Bedford-Stuyvesant last week shooting scenes for the film version of John Patrick Shanley�s Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Doubt." The film stars Meryl Streep as a nun who becomes concerned about the relationship between one of her students and a priest played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. In previous Brooklyn-related roles, Streep won a Best Actress Oscar for "Sophie�s Choice," which was set in Flatbush, and Hoffman won Best Actor for playing Truman Capote, who lived in Brooklyn Heights. Shanley also qualifies as a Brooklyn movie notable. He won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for "Moonstruck," which was filmed in Carroll Gardens and Brooklyn Heights. Though scenes were shot at Nostrand Ave. and Halsey St. last week, the film is actually set in the Bronx, where filming has also been going on in recent weeks. The full article can be read here.

WHY MERYL STREEP IS THE QUEEN OF HOLLYWOOD
Posted: 2008-02-04 | Source: Webmaster

Article courtesy the Daily Telegraph: The star of 'Plenty' is the most consistently engaging actress in the movies, says Marc Lee. Watching Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd, Billy Wilder's lacerating love letter to Hollywood, it's easy to overlook the fact that this forgotten star descending into wild-eyed madness in her mausoleum of a mansion is only 50 years old. Almost six decades on, it seems that the movie industry remains just as convinced that once an actress hits her half-century she is over the hill. Above-the-title actors of a certain age abound these days - Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Harrison Ford were all born in the '40s or earlier - but where are the mature women with enduring box-office appeal? Susan Sarandon (61), Helen Mirren (62) and Judi Dench (73) have had their moments, and 67-year-old Julie Christie is Oscar-nominated this year. However, none has been as consistently engaging - or more garlanded - than Meryl Streep, who will be 59 in June. You can read the full article in the press archive or online at The Daily Telegraph.