Things better left unsaid

March 13, 2009

Bonding Amid Blood Splatters: Two Sisters and Their Messy Lives
By A. O. Scott

I’m thinking of a movie. Wait, don’t tell me, it’s on the tip of my tongue. It takes place in Albuquerque. There’s a beat-up old van, a lot of family dysfunction, a cute kid, a get-rich-quick scheme that doesn’t quite work out as planned. Alan Arkin is the grandpa. The title? Something about “Sunshine.”

No, not that one. “Little Miss Sunshine” came out in 2006. Why on earth would I be reviewing it now? I’m wondering that myself. A better title for the movie I am supposed to review — for the record, it’s “Sunshine Cleaning,” directed by Christine Jeffs from a script by Megan Holley — would be “Sundance Recycling,” since the picture is less a free-standing independent film than a scrap-metal robot built after a shopping spree at the Park City Indie Parts and Salvage Warehouse.

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Streep leaves no 'Doubt' with 'tooth and nail' acting

By Mairi Mackay

LONDON, England (CNN) -- If you had to describe one Hollywood actress as "heavyweight" Meryl Streep would be a pretty strong contender for the title.

Over 30 years in the movie business the actress has pulled no punches, receiving an incredible 15 Oscar nominations, and winning twice, for "Sophie's Choice" in 1982 and "Kramer Vs. Kramer" in 1979.

Even so, "Doubt" director John Patrick Shanley says was knocked sideways by Streep's "tooth and nail" performance in his Oscar-nominated drama, "Doubt," describing himself as "quite astonished."

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So, Youtube in a fit of pique or whatever decided to clean house on a lot of stuff, including some of the promotional material from Miramax for the movie: Doubt. I don't believe in having the material available at one website only to see it deleted on another... and since I'll never remember where the original website is, I've collected everything back together from the Miramax site and loaded it.

Doubt [Folder]
http://www.sendspace.com/folder/x6urqs

Amy Adams and John Patrick Shanley at the Apple Store [folder]
http://www.sendspace.com/folder/l5kxsh

Charlie Rose (PBS) Interview (mp4) [folder]
http://www.sendspace.com/folder/gx0lk3

Clips (video clips) [folder]
http://www.sendspace.com/folder/nrkf67

Images (jpg) [folder]
http://www.sendspace.com/folder/r0jxlz

Q&A with Larry Kasdan [folder]
http://www.sendspace.com/folder/km4vis

Soundbites [folder]
http://www.sendspace.com/folder/fmpnkg

Mmm... Meryl talking about Doubt with BWW's Eddie Varley

http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.cfm?colid=37422

the flv is... loaded http://www.sendspace.com/file/75o3vu

BWW TV: DOUBT: In Conversation with Meryl Streep

by Eddie Varley

Last month, BroadwayWorld.com's own Eddie Varley flew to Los Angeles to attend the press junket for the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt.

Meryl Streep, who stars in the film as the stern Sister Aloysius, sat down with BroadwayWorld.com to discuss the riveting film, the power of the story and how she came about winning the role.

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Oh! Meryl in both sides of the Actress category :D

"Doubt," "Frost/Nixon" and "Mamma Mia!" Among Golden Globe Nominees

By Andrew Gans
December 11, 2008

Brooke Shields, Elizabeth Banks, Terrence Howard, Rainn Wilson and Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Jorge Camara announced the nominations for The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards Dec. 11 at The Beverly Hilton.

Three films each earned five nominations apiece: "Doubt" and "Frost/Nixon," which are both based on the stage plays of the same name, and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

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