Messages From The Heartland

[jstephens9]

You've seen it Jack? I love it too! It's so inspiring. She ended up teaching thousands of kids the violin over the years. And I loved the very brief cameo of Joshua Bell at the end of the movie. I think he's so cute and he's an excellent violinist.

Yes I have David. It is an absolutely great movie and like you say very inspiring. Movies like that are my kind of movies.

[David In Indy]

I don't think I've seen that one. She was brilliant in "Sophie's Choice" (I thought). What else has she done? I haven't seen any of the recent ones. I used to get her and Glenn Close mixed up a little. Glenn Close was in "The Big Chill" a movie I've seen many times because I love the house and the music and the idea of getting together with old friends, altho not the idea of sharing loved ones.  

The Big Chill is another one of my favorite movies. Meryl Streep starred in The River Wild. She just made a new movie called Doubt. I'm looking foward to seeing that one. She also starred in Silkwood. Another excellent movie. That was also based on a true story. She was in Kramer vs Kramer too I think. I can't think of all the different movies right now.

[David In Indy]

God, how could I forget about Mama Mia!

From IMDb......

Untitled Nancy Meyers Project (2009) (pre-production)
Julie & Julia (2009) (post-production) .... Julia Child


Doubt (2008) .... Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Mamma Mia! (2008) .... Donna Sheridan
... aka Mamma Mia! The Movie (UK: promotional title) (USA: promotional title)
... aka Mamma Mia! (Germany)
Lions for Lambs (2007) .... Janine Roth
Rendition (2007) .... Corrine Whitman
Evening (2007) .... Lila Ross
... aka Spuren eines Lebens (Germany)
Dark Matter (2007) .... Joanna Silver
The Ant Bully (2006) (voice) .... Queen
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) .... Miranda Priestly
The Music of Regret (2006) .... The Woman
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) .... Yolanda Johnson
Prime (2005) .... Lisa Metzger
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) .... Aunt Josephine
... aka Lemony Snicket - Rätselhafte Ereignisse (Germany)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) .... Eleanor Shaw
"Angels in America" .... Ethel Rosenberg / ... (6 episodes, 2003)
    - Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger (2003) TV episode .... The Rabbi/Hannah Pitt/Ethel Rosenberg/The Angel of Australia
    - Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly (2003) TV episode .... The Rabbi/Hannah Pitt/Ethel Rosenberg/The Angel of Australia
    - Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News (2003) TV episode .... The Rabbi/Hannah Pitt/Ethel Rosenberg/The Angel of Australia
    - Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro (2003) TV episode .... The Rabbi/Hannah Pitt/Ethel Rosenberg/The Angel of Australia
    - Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving! (2003) TV episode .... The Rabbi/Hannah Pitt/Ethel Rosenberg/The Angel of Australia
      (1 more)
"Freedom: A History of Us" .... Abigail Adams / ... (4 episodes, 2003)
    - Democracy and Struggles (2003) TV episode .... Margaret Chase Smith
    - Independence (2003) TV episode .... Abigail Adams
    - Liberty for All (2003) TV episode .... Mary Easty
    - Yearning to Breathe Free (2003) TV episode .... Mother Jones
The Hours (2002) .... Clarissa Vaughan
Adaptation. (2002) .... Susan Orlean
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) (voice) .... Blue Mecha
... aka A.I. Artificial Intelligence (USA: poster title)


"King of the Hill" .... Aunt Esme Dauterive (1 episode, 1999)
    - A Beer Can Named Desire (1999) TV episode (voice) .... Aunt Esme Dauterive
Music of the Heart (1999) .... Roberta Guaspari
Chrysanthemum (1999) .... Narrator
One True Thing (1998) .... Kate Gulden
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) .... Kate 'Kit' Mundy
...First Do No Harm (1997) (TV) .... Lori Reimuller
Marvin's Room (1996) .... Lee
Before and After (1996) .... Dr. Carolyn Ryan
The Bridges of Madison County (1995) .... Francesca Johnson
"The Simpsons" .... Jessica Lovejoy (1 episode, 1994)
    - Bart's Girlfriend (1994) TV episode (voice) .... Jessica Lovejoy
The River Wild (1994) .... Gail Hartman
The House of the Spirits (1993) .... Clara del Valle Trueba
... aka Åndernes hus (Denmark)
... aka A Casa dos Espíritos (Portugal)
... aka Das Geisterhaus (Germany)
Death Becomes Her (1992) .... Madeline Ashton
Defending Your Life (1991) .... Julia
Postcards from the Edge (1990) .... Suzanne Vale


She-Devil (1989) .... Mary Fisher
Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife (1989) (V) .... Storyteller
Evil Angels (1988) .... Lindy Chamberlain
... aka A Cry in the Dark (International: English title) (USA)
The Tailor of Gloucester (1988) (V) .... Narrator
Ironweed (1987) .... Helen Archer
Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1987) (V) (voice) .... Storyteller
Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1987) (V) (voice) .... Storyteller
Heartburn (1986) .... Rachel Samstat
Out of Africa (1985) .... Karen Blixen
Plenty (1985) .... Susan Traherne
Falling in Love (1984) .... Molly Gilmore
Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit (1984) (V) .... Storyteller
Silkwood (1983) .... Karen Silkwood
Sophie's Choice (1982) .... Sophie Zawistowski
... aka Sophie's Choice (Australia)
Still of the Night (1982) .... Brooke Reynolds
Alice at the Palace (1982) (TV) .... Alice
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) .... Sarah / Anna


Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) .... Joanna Kramer
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) .... Karen Traynor
Uncommon Women... and Others (1979) (TV) .... Leilah
Manhattan (1979) .... Jill Davis
The Deer Hunter (1978) .... Linda
"Holocaust" (1978) TV mini-series .... Inga Helms Weiss
... aka Holocaust: The Story of the Family Weiss (USA: alternative title)
Julia (1977) .... Anne Marie
The Deadliest Season (1977) (TV) .... Sharon Miller
Secret Service (1977) (TV) .... Edith Varney

[David In Indy]

Before and After was a really good movie too. I love Liam Neeson. Both of them were good in that movie.

[jstephens9]

The Big Chill is another one of my favorite movies. Meryl Streep starred in The River Wild. She just made a new movie called Doubt. I'm looking foward to seeing that one. She also starred in Silkwood. Another excellent movie. That was also based on a true story. She was in Kramer vs Kramer too I think. I can't think of all the different movies right now.

Yes definitely The Big Chill and the soundtrack too. Oh and Silkwood...........absolutely wonderful.......even Cher was in that movie.

[David In Indy]

Yes I have David. It is an absolutely great movie and like you say very inspiring. Movies like that are my kind of movies.

They are my kind of movies too! I felt like rejoicing at the end of Music of the Heart. I always feel like standing up and clapping. I know that sounds stupid, but that's the kind of feeling I get.

[injest]

The Big Chill is another one of my favorite movies. Meryl Streep starred in The River Wild. She just made a new movie called Doubt. I'm looking foward to seeing that one. She also starred in Silkwood. Another excellent movie. That was also based on a true story. She was in Kramer vs Kramer too I think. I can't think of all the different movies right now.

Death Becomes Her?

[jstephens9]

She's in Mama Mia.........I didn't know that. I have been wanting to get that movie anyway. I remember Abba and when I was in NYC I wanted to see that play too and Jersey Boys, but as many times as I have been to NYC never saw a Broadway play.

[David In Indy]

Yes definitely The Big Chill and the soundtrack too. Oh and Silkwood...........absolutely wonderful.......even Cher was in that movie.

Yup! And Kurt Russell!

I LOVE Cher!! Even when I was little! Back then I thought I liked her because she is Native like me. Later I found out ALL gay men love her. So maybe that's what it was all along! I really don't know. But I've loved Cher for a long time.

[David In Indy]

She's in Mama Mia.........I didn't know that. I have been wanting to get that movie anyway. I remember Abba and when I was in NYC I wanted to see that play too and Jersey Boys, but as many times as I have been to NYC never saw a Broadway play.

You haven't seen Mama Mia Jack? Oh go buy the DVD right now!! That's an order young man!

I have the DVD. I saw the Broadway version 12 times... including once in New York City!! You must must MUST see it! Especially if you are a Meryl Streep fan. She has a major role in it!