Meryl Streep – Tribute

Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Natasha Richardson,Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close

Director: Lojos Koltai

Writer: Susan Minot, Matthew Michael Carnahan

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As Ann lays bedridden, living the last days of her life, she begins to hallucinate and relive the weekend that changed her life forever – the weekend when she was invited to be the maid of honour.

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Trivia provided by The Internet Movie Database:

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• According to The Hollywood Reporter (9/14/06): “director Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation (2003)) had been in preliminary discussions to direct, and Oscar-winning actress Ellen Burstyn was discussed for the lead role, but those deals never developed.”

• Mamie Gummer plays the younger version of her real-life mother Meryl Streep, while Natasha Richardson plays daughter to her real-life mother Vanessa Redgrave.

• Keira Knightley was considered for the role of young Ann Grant Lord, but she was filming her last scenes of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) and finishing the shooting of Atonement (2007).