Homecoming had its world premiere at the toronto international film. In a power pairing, julia roberts and meryl streep are in talks to star for the weinstein company in the bigscreen adaptation of the tracy letts pulitzer and tonywinning play august. Meryl streep and julia roberts confirmed for august. Julia roberts admits she was nervous to work with meryl. On a pretty frequent basis, hollywood pairs two of its acting greats for a spectacle of performance. I love julia roberts, so i was going to like this movie no matter what.
Once again meryl streep commands the screen, even if her character is totally obnoxious and unlikeable. I had a chance to view it during a film festival and was excited that i got a ticket to. Julia roberts is an american actress and producer who made her acting debut in the 1987 directtovideo feature firehouse. Osage county is a 20 american tragicomedy film directed by john wells.
The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of meryl streep, julia roberts, ewan mcgregor, chris cooper, abigail breslin, benedict cumberbatch, juliette lewis, margo martindale, dermot mulroney, and julianne nicholson as a dysfunctional family that re. Yet will the academy show the film as much love as its stars have been showing each other. Meryl streep rules as the mother of all dysfunctional screen moms in the long awaited screen adaptation of the pulitzerwinning play august. Extras jerry penacoli sat down with julia roberts to talk about her new drama, august. The starstudded film adaptation of the acclaimed play hits theaters nov. Osage county, and being consumed by her role as meryl streeps daughter. Directed by john wells the company men, the film has one of the most impressive dramatic casts in recent memory. Including oprah winfrey in the butler, meryl streep and julia roberts in august. Julia roberts, meryl streep, and the new class of alist actresses on tv.
It happens during a dinner scene when roberts lunges at streep and tackles her to the ground while trying to taking. Julia fiona roberts born october 28, 1967 is an american actress and producer. Whether they are blockbusters, indie films, or that new comedy. Meryl streep and julia roberts finally collide in august. She has great comic timing, and always goes just far enough for the laugh, and usually not too far that it feels staged or unnatural.
Osage county, and being consumed by her role as meryl streep s daughter. Osage county, cate blanchett and sally hawkins in blue jasmine, june squibb in nebraska, kristin scott thomas in only god forgives, and julianne moore in carrie. Julia roberts, jennifer garner, meryl streep, more movie. Osage county actors will play mother and daughter in film adaptation of tracy lettss pulitzer prize. Julia roberts, nicolas cage, meryl streep, paul giamatti, zach tyler eisen, regina king, bruce campbell, lily tomlin yet another cgi animation bestowing life lessons on the nations young. Meryl streep, dermot mulroney, julia roberts uk release. Meryl streep plays violet weston, the cantankerous oklahoma matriarch who, on becoming a widow, assembles her extended family for the funeral weekend. Ten yearold lucas likes to torment ants, until resident ant wizard zoc nicolas cage shrinks him to their size and teaches him to live as part of the. En film om meryl streeps og julia roberts imponerende. Meryl streep, julia roberts, ewan mcgregor, benedict cumberbatch,margot. Julia roberts and meryl streep were both nominated for an oscar for this movie. Pairing tracey letts pulitizer prize and tony awardwinning play with an outstanding ensemble cast ranging from awardsnominated veterans to rising young starsmeryl streep, julia. Osage county already has a heavyweight pedigree in julia roberts and meryl streep, who are playing the two lead roles in the adaptation of the broadway drama.
Meryl streep and julia roberts lead an allstar cast in darkly comic family drama august. Streeps performance alone makes this film worthwhilein recent years she has really shown her great talent as a comedian adaptation, devil wears prada, this film. Margo martindale, is marvellous,sam shepard and ewan mcgregor super in tiny but vital support roles and a. Osage county, starring heavyhitters meryl streep and julia roberts in john wells adaptation of. August osage county trailer 1 20 meryl streep, julia. Meryl streep wasnt in attendance at this mornings packed press conference for august. With amy adams, meryl streep, chris messina, stanley tucci. With meryl streep, dermot mulroney, julia roberts, juliette lewis. But with two stars like meryl streep and julia roberts attached, you knew the weinstein co. She made her breakthrough the following year by starring in the comingofage film mystic pizza 1988.
But julia roberts is an able antagonist in her strongest performance since brockovich. It is produced by george clooney, grant heslov, jean doumanian, and steve traxler. Streep plays violet weston, a woman unraveled after her. She has won three golden globe awards, from eight nominations, and has been nominated for four academy awards for her film acting. Julia roberts tackles meryl streep in new movie, didnt. For her supporting role in the comedydrama steel magnolias 1989, she received the golden globe award for best supporting actress. However i will admit it is not my favourite movie of hers.
Nomination miglior attrice protagonista a meryl streep. August osage county trailer 1 20 meryl streep, julia roberts movie hd n oklahoma, in august, beverly weston shepard, is a poet with a drinking problem while his wife, violet streep. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of meryl streep, julia roberts. Critically acclaimed on release, most of the plaudits went to meryl streep, but in fact the strongest performance from a raft of strong female actors in this film is julia roberts, tough love in action, emotional, honest and heartfelt. Just to watch the two is worth watching this movie.
The men in the film have little to say other than chris cooper who is the only guy will both balls and morality. Meryl streep heads a fine ensemble cast let down only by dowdy direction in this adaptation of tracy lettss play. Meryl streep was also nominated for an oscar for her role in this film. Meryl streep has been cast as pillpopping matriarch violet weston, and julia roberts will play her complicated adult daughter barbara in august. Beverlys wife, violet, soon makes her wobbly, cackling entrance in the person of meryl streep. Julia roberts, meryl streep, sam shepard, juliette lewis and ewan mcgregor head the cast of august. Following the death of their father, a group of women return to see their mother meryl streep, who subjects them to harsh criticism. So seeing streep and roberts, at this part of their careers, specifically, play these roles in this film is a treat.
Playing mother and daughter, meryl streep and julia roberts spar and squabble in the trailer for august. Julia childs story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger julie powells 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in childs first book. While the two women reportedly got along on the set, the original ending was a shot of meryl alone after shed been abandoned by her daughter. It was written by tracy letts and based on his pulitzer prizewinning eponymous play. Meryl streep and julia roberts keep it in the family in. All of julia roberts movies ever, ranked by critics insider. And the film s castincluding meryl streep as the patriarchs cancerstricken, painkilleraddicted wife, julia roberts as their bitter eldest daughter, and. A look at the lives of the strongwilled women of the weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Nomination miglior attrice non protagonista a julia roberts.