tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post1568249533763526672..comments2024-03-28T21:19:42.625-05:00Comments on Word on the Streep: Recasting 1987: "Anna"Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-57420415802254851402020-09-27T17:48:21.938-05:002020-09-27T17:48:21.938-05:00I first heard of this film while watching the Osca...I first heard of this film while watching the Oscar ceremony for 1987 in early 1988. I'd just moved to Sydney to go to university, and even though I'd already sniffed out every cinema from the big chains to the little arthouse screens, I'm pretty sure 'Anna' never made it to these shores and I've never thought to seek it out online, which I will certainly do.<br /><br />We have some restrictions to streaming here. I could not watch 'Crimes of the Heart', for example, but I'll try to find 'Anna'. <br /><br />Another well-thought-out choice Jeff! Loved the mini gallery of Meryl playing 'ugly'... that half-completed perm in 'Heartburn' was hilarious! and everyone loved the (very) faded flapper singing 'He's Me Pal!'.<br /><br />For 1988 I'm also plumping for the Marquise de Merteuil in 'Dangerous Liaisons'. Streep also looks a lot more like the real Dian Fossey than Sigourney Weaver (not that that's always the main criteria... look at how she portrayed Lindy Chamberlain!) so a turn on 'Gorillas in the Mist' would have really worked.<br /><br />I can also imagine Streep in the Kelly McGillis role as the attorney in 'The Accused', although with a rewrite expanding the emotional stakes for that role. There has always been talk that she was in the running for it (as was Jane Fonda, apparently). The role of Kathryn Murphy could have been an extension of those "gritty realism" roles for women in their thirties and forties that I mentioned in your post on 'Agnes of God', so it's interesting to see what a missed opportunity they were by 1988. There would have been a stack of actresses more apt than McGillis, who was only riding high on the strength of 'Top Gun'. The key female production team on 'The Accused' would also have been a big draw for Streep.<br /><br />Michael Burgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718312125832719092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-34942851277233506632020-09-26T10:27:30.863-05:002020-09-26T10:27:30.863-05:00Again I've never watched this but will have to...Again I've never watched this but will have to now! I know of it obviously because of the Oscar nomination (and the "notorious" campaign ran by Kirkland).<br /><br />My two main reasons for choosing "Fatal Attraction", apart from it being an iconic role are that it would be interesting to watch Meryl play someone breaking down and losing control in front of us and also because the movie was a massive hit.<br />For many years "Out Of Africa" was Meryl's biggest box office hit and I would like to see her in at least a couple of splashy 80s movies.<br /><br />You definitely got a hit in with "Romancing The Stone", who knows what you have planned next!<br /><br />I consider Meryl's performance in "A Cry In The Dark" to be her top 5 ever so I'll be sorry to lose it but if I can place my guess for 1988 I say "Gorillas In The Mist" - a great role, social issue and location shoot. <br /><br />My personal choice would of course be "Dangerous Liaisons", as I've banged on about here before! CJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937312863597687063noreply@blogger.com