Sep 06, 2012 at 63 years old streep is as witty as she is talented. The film under discussion is hope springs, a comedydrama in which she stars alongside tommy lee jones as one half of a middleaged couple. Apr 09, 2012 the first image has arrived for the film giving us a look at streep and her costar tommy lee jones. Meryl streep appears on hope spring panel with tommy lee. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones at the top of their. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones dish on hope springs. For once you start watching hope springs, you will soon realise quite a different film is coming at you. Hope springs bluray with meryl streep and tommy lee jones. Tommy lee jones and meryl streep play it a bit too straight in this comedy drama about a fiftysomething couple in marriage guidance, writes philip french. His second collaboration with meryl streep, hope springs, is exactly what you expect in both good and bad ways. Kay meryl streep and arnold tommy lee jones are a devoted couple, but decades. Aug 08, 2012 the chance to watch meryl streep or tommy lee jones is often all the encouragement the otherwise reluctant moviegoer needs to risk the kitsch pleasures of mamma mia. After 31 years of marriage, kay meryl streep still loves her husband arnold tommy lee jones. Not because of its contents, it couldve been far more intellectually executed to create something fresh, but it falls down to the sunday afternoon category.
And meryl streep obviously took heed, as she laughed off the pain of an injured hand to appear on a panel in new york to promote her latest film hope springs alongside tommy lee jones today. Apr 25, 2012 tommy lee jones is often funny, unbeknownst even to him, the way he barks orders and his nononsense with acting. May 19, 2011 tommy lee jones is the latest actor to join the cast of great hope springs. Meryl streep enhances the emotional frustration and innocence, although at times i found her to be overacting. Tommy lee jones to duel with meryl streep and steve carell in. Looking razorsharp as they sit side by side on a couch in a four seasons suite, acting greats meryl streep and tommy lee jones come across. Hope springs film opening has stonington buzzing hartford. Bernard feld, a wellknown couples therapist charged with guiding the soames back into a. Hope springs 2012 trailer hd meryl streep tommy lee jones. Aug 08, 2012 this film image released by columbia pictures shows tommy lee jones as arnold soames, left, meryl streep as kay soames and and steve carell as dr. Check him out in the good old boys with sissy spacek. The film features an ensemble cast including meryl streep, kevin kline, tommy lee jones, woody harrelson, lily tomlin, garrison keillor, virginia madsen, john c. He can play the dashing hero or the deranged villain.
I think we were both doing plays at the public theater. Tommy lee jones was excellently cast as the grumpy closed minded husband. The homesman is a slowmoving and somewhat pointless film. The oscar winners portray a longmarried couple struggling to regain the spark in david frankels romantic dramedy. Braver still for the actors cast for such a project to be big, big names. I was ready for a good western and the cast immediately caught my attention hilary swank, tommy lee jones and meryl streep.
Meryl streep and tommy lee jones are both ivy leaguers who broke into hollywood in the 1970s and went on to become academy award winners. Sep 15, 2012 tommy lee jones and meryl streep play it a bit too straight in this comedy drama about a fiftysomething couple in marriage guidance, writes philip french. Tommy lee jones is the latest actor to join the cast of great hope springs. Since last year, meryl streep has been part of a film called great hope springs. This gem of a film stars meryl streep and tommy lee jones as kay and arnold, a midwestern couple with two grown children. Meryl streep plays kay and tommy lee jones plays arnold, her husband. Meryl streep, tommy lee jones, steve carell its brave for a big hollywood studio to finance a movie about middleage people, played by middleage actors. But hes never had quite as many opportunities to trot out various shadings of thunder and constipation as he does in hope springs as arnold soames. I cannot think of any film in which tommy lee jones or meryl streep gave a more astonishing performance. Watch hope springs online stream full movie directv. Jan, 2020 in dramas, he can be powerful and intense.
Directed by david frankel, meryl streep and steve carell are poised to star in the film that centers on a longtime couple. Tommy lee jones and meryl streep get marriage counselling. The classically beautiful meryl streep was her new jersey high schools homecoming queen and always compassionate and willing. Aug 08, 2012 the oscar winners portray a longmarried couple struggling to regain the spark in david frankels romantic dramedy. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones strike sparks in hope springs.
Tommy lee jones, in contrast, came from rural texas, where even in youth, his face seemed to mirror his hardscrabble environment, carved with lines like a peach pit. The first image has arrived for the film giving us a look at streep and her costar tommy lee jones. Aug 01, 2012 a midlife dramedy, the film features meryl streep, tommy lee jones and steve carell, and offers a warm story about relationships. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones for hope springs special 3m meryl streep and tommy lee jones talk with patrick stoner about their preferences for camera shots when working on films like hope. Now tommy lee jones is reportedly the first in line to play the other half of the couple. He can carry a film as a lead or stand out as part of an ensemble. Deadline told you back in march that tommy lee jones was looking good to star as meryl streeps husband in the david frankeldirected great hope springs, and. The screenplay by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. This weeks latest release is from director david franklel the devil wears prada, marley and me and reunites him with meryl streep in this dramatic comedy, hope springs. Hope springs is a 2012 american romantic comedydrama directed by david frankel, written by vanessa taylor and starring meryl streep, tommy lee jones. Hope springs brings meryl streep and tommy lee jones together as a couple in a longtime marriage thats gone dry. Hope springs official trailer in theaters 88 youtube.
In the 2014 western the homesman, tommy lee jones is hired to accompany a group of women across dangerous territory to the care of his hope springs costar meryl streep. Wie beim ersten mal mit meryl streep tommy lee jones. Jul 23, 2012 at first glance, they would seem the unlikeliest of couples. The film, a rehab job on a beached marriage, displays the most tender.
Married more than 30 years, their relationship has been ossified by age, domestic routine and a sea of unspoken hurts that crest like a tsunami between. Hearing of a renowned marriage counselor steve carell in the town of great hope springs, kay manages to persuade her stubborn mate to attend a retreat with her. Meryl streep, tommy lee jones hope springs is oscar. Apr 26, 2012 now the two have teamed up with streeps the devil wears prada director david frankel for hope springs, a film that follows a middleaged. The homesman is a 2014 historical drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones. Hope springs is a 2012 american romantic comedydrama directed by david frankel, written by vanessa taylor and starring meryl streep, tommy lee jones, and steve carell. Aug 03, 2012 it was such a touching, funny, sad, moving, wise film and the acting by all was outstanding. Hope springs by david frankel david frankel, meryl streep. Aug 08, 2012 meryl streep, tommy lee jones and steve carrell are excellent and break new emotional and acting ground for all three master actors. Kay meryl streep and arnold tommy lee jones are a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones are such great actors, and in this movie, they play so well together.
He is one of the most versatile actors around with many superb films to his name. Even when meryl streep and tommy lee jones butt heads in david frankels hope. At first glance, they would seem the unlikeliest of couples. As kay soames in hope springs, streep has formidable help in her cohort tommy lee jones plays her curmudgeonly, stubborn husband arnold. And the public theater used to be a library, i think, because it has labyrinthine hallways and spaces. Longmarried couple kay meryl streep and arnold tommy lee jones love each other, but after so many years together, kay feels the need to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. I kept watching mainly because i thought it had to get better.
Rounding out the films heartfelt, humorous and surprisingly poignant onscreen trio is steve carell as dr. The homesman, written and directed and starring tommy lee jones tells the story of mary bee cuddy hilary swank a spinster who takes on the responsibility of bringing three insane women to iowa where they can be taken care of. Hilary swank and tommy lee jones impress in a unique western meryl streep, john lithgow, and james spader costar in a brutal but riveting tale that deconstructs the. And meryl streep obviously took heed, as she laughed off the pain of an injured hand to appear on a panel in new york to promote her latest film. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones for hope springs flicks. The movie made me think about my entire life, and it made me reflect upon my parents marriage, too. The chance to watch meryl streep or tommy lee jones is often all the encouragement the otherwise reluctant moviegoer needs to risk the kitsch. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones are a longmarried couple in hope springs. Directed by david frankel, meryl streep and steve carell are poised to. Meryl streep calls hope springs costar tommy lee jones 50. Hope springs sees meryl streep and tommy lee jones.
With lily tomlin, meryl streep, woody harrelson, john c. A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of americas most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys dusty and lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones get it on in hope springs. Aug 23, 2012 for once you start watching hope springs, you will soon realise quite a different film is coming at you. It was nominated for a golden globe and won a peoples choice award.
This film image released by columbia pictures shows tommy lee jones as arnold soames, left, meryl streep as kay soames and and steve carell as. Meryl streep, tommy lee jones and steve carrell are excellent and break new emotional and acting ground for all three master actors. Even during the brainnumbing summer movie season, there are some things you never expect to see at the multiplex. The word for both meryl streep and tommy lee jones is simply courageous. It was such a touching, funny, sad, moving, wise film and the acting by all was outstanding. A storm cloud, or perhaps digestive discomfort, is always brewing on tommy lee jones face. At 63 years old streep is as witty as she is talented. The film under discussion is hope springs, a comedydrama in which she stars alongside tommy lee jones as. Kay meryl streep and arnold tommy lee jones are a devoted couple, but decades of.
Meryl streep and tommy lee jones in hope springs telegraph. Quaint stonington borough plays a supporting role in the meryl streep and tommy lee jones moviehope springs, which opens wednesday, as the fictional seaside. Kay meryl streep and arnold tommy lee jones are a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left kay wanting to spice things up and. Tommy lee going to a couples therapy session run by. Rent hope springs 2012 starring meryl streep and tommy lee jones on dvd and bluray. Here are tommy lee jones best movies, according to rotten tomatoes. Now the two have teamed up with streeps the devil wears prada director david frankel for hope springs, a film that follows a middleaged.
Even when meryl streep and tommy lee jones butt heads in david. Tommy lee jones to star in great hope springs collider. Should people who are no longer young and slim and unwrinkled talk so much about. Meryl streep is her usual reliable selfalert, committed, analytical, making every minute count. But it is really tommy lee jones who surprises and thrills, matching his costar moment by moment. I heard somebody describe him in this movie as 50 shades of grumpy. Tommy lee jones is often funny, unbeknownst even to him, the way he barks orders and his nononsense with acting. Stars meryl streep, tommy lee jones, steve carell, and jean smart. The oscarwinning stars of this film play kay and arnold, a couple with 31 years of marriage under the belt.
Streep stars as kay, a housewife whose marriage to taciturn, grumpy tax specialist arnold tommy lee jones has grown stale and passionless after several decades they dont even sleep in the same bed anymore. A midlife dramedy, the film features meryl streep, tommy lee jones and steve carell, and offers a warm story about relationships. More comedic drama than midlife romantic comedy, rather literally. She saves or spares the life of george briggs tommy lee jones and enlists him on her arduous five week journey. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones offer audiences a new sort. Rent hope springs 2012 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Wie beim ersten mal meryl streep, tommy lee jones trailer.
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