At first glance, they would seem the unlikeliest of couples. In this new movie, tommy lee jones plays an omaha accountant named arnold who wont have sex with his wife kay, a sixtysomething everywoman played by a very likeable meryl streep. Aug 10, 2014 the executioners song 1982 tommy lee jones eli wallach full length movie director. May 18, 2014 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. A strongwilled woman recruits a loathsome drifter to help transport three insane women across the unforgiving nebraska territories so that they may find sanctuary with a compassionate minister and his wife in this drama directed and cowritten by tommy lee jones. Frankel has definitely got a gift for mining his characters mannerisms and actions for comedy, and in hope springs we laugh because kays trembling expression as she tries to seduce her husband is so relatable, or arnolds underhisbreath wincing over what the good doc recommends is so believable. Why geezers are getting it on the last taboo like the seniors meryl streep and tommy lee jones play in hope springs, more and more older. Frances becomes an actress and has some strong success in new york, but her refusal to bend her convictions and her outspoken but sometimes naive political expressiveness cause her difficulties, especially after she accepts a hollywood contract. Tommy lee jones and meryl streep are arnold and kay in hope springs. When she hears of a renowned couples specialist steve carell in the small town of great hope springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of. 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. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Rounding out the films heartfelt, humorous and surprisingly poignant onscreen trio is steve carell as dr. Hope springs tells the story of 60somethings kay streep and arnold jones, an omaha couple whove been married for 30 years and have two grown kids now out of the house.
The word for both meryl streep and tommy lee jones is simply courageous. The executioners song 1982 tommy lee jones eli wallach full. I got the movie because of all three stars, steve carral, mery and tommy. A movie that has meryl streep and tommy lee jones playing a married couple trying to bring the spark back in their marriage. They travel to maine to see highpriced marriage counselor steve carell. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones talk with patrick stoner about their preferences for camera shots when working on films like hope springs. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones star in hope springs, a relationships movie for the over50s. A storm cloud, or perhaps digestive discomfort, is always brewing on tommy lee jones face.
Wie beim ersten mal meryl streep, tommy lee jones trailer. Tommy lee jones was born in san saba, texas, the son of lucille marie scott, a police officer and. This telefilm, which premiered in february, is based on the play of the same name by cormac mccarthy and starred jones and samuel l. Hilary swank, tommy lee jones shine in the homesman the. At 63 years old streep is as witty as she is talented. Tommy lee jones has signed up to the comedy great hope springs the men in black star will play meryl streep s husband in the film, which revolves around the. Im sitting down with meryl streep and tommy lee jones to talk about sex.
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, the tightly wound omaha accountant roped into the embarrassment of a week of intensive marriage therapy in maine by his longneglected wife kay meryl. In the critically acclaimed boxoffice hit, streep, 63, and tommy lee jones, 65, play kay and arnold soames, a middleclass couple from nebraska attempting to breathe new life into their 31year. Roadside attractions the devout mary is touched by their plight and cannot be. Meryl streep calls hope springs costar tommy lee jones 50. A midlife dramedy, the film features meryl streep, tommy lee jones and steve carell, and offers a warm story about relationships. It was nominated for a golden globe and won a peoples choice award. Feld, murmuring thoughtful, opraheseque banalities from his chair, and kay. 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.
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. Rent hope springs 2012 starring meryl streep and tommy lee jones on dvd and bluray. 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. Meryl streep on the drama of marriage in hope springs. Most recently jones directed the sunset limited for hbo. 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. Hope springs married for 31 years, meryl streep and tommy lee jones are so deep in a rut it could be groundhog day.
Hope springs eternal in hope springs, kay meryl streep and arnold tommy lee jones seek out a couples therapist steve carell to try to. As kay soames in hope springs, streep has formidable help in her cohort tommy lee jones plays her curmudgeonly, stubborn husband arnold. Bloopers from the movie hope springs, starring meryl streep, tommy lee jones and steve carell. Based on julia quinns bestselling novels, this series unfolds in the sexy, lavish and competitive world of regency london high society. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones are kay and arnold, emptynesters in a nonsexual rut. Aug 08, 2012 hope springs brings meryl streep and tommy lee jones together as a couple in a longtime marriage thats gone dry. Meryl streep takes tommy lee jones to bed in hope springs. The film under discussion is hope springs, a comedydrama in which she stars alongside tommy lee jones as one half of a middleaged couple. Tommy lee jones and meryl streep get marriage counselling. Hope springs brings meryl streep and tommy lee jones together as a couple in a longtime marriage thats gone dry. The film begins in omaha, and i will mind my manners, because the last. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones star in hope springs.
A love story of sorts no, make that out of sorts hope springs ranks as one of the most desolate feelgood. Kay meryl streep and arnold tommy lee jones are a devoted couple, but decades. Arnold, a decreasingly lovable grump, has to be bullied into going with kay to couplestherapist dr bernard. The film tells the story of claim jumper george briggs jones, whose. Watch hope springs starring meryl streep in this drama on directv. She saves or spares the life of george briggs tommy lee jones and enlists him on her arduous five week journey. An overlysimplified plot outline for a lovely, sweet, funny, sad, quiet movie that allows the casts acting talents to shine. Rent hope springs 2012 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. A love story of sorts no, make that out of sorts hope springs ranks as one of the most desolate feelgood films you will ever see. Born mary louise streep in 1949 in summit, new jersey, meryl s early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera.
Tommy lee jones has joined steve carell and meryl streep in great hope springs. The angst and emotion of a struggling middleaged couple is portrayed on screen effortlessly. Meryl streep plays kay and tommy lee jones plays arnold, her husband. Nov 09, 2019 but not until tommy lee jones gorgeous looking but dramatically inert 2014 western the homesman has meryl been given such a tiny, thankless role. 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. A totally throwaway waitress role goes to the eversparkling frances. 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. Sheknows brings you this exclusive clip from hope springs, the new comedy starring meryl streep and tommy lee jones about getting your burntout love life back on track. 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. Four and a half stars out of five tommy lee jones directed, cowrote and stars in this westerndrama film set in the 1850s midwest about a spinster and a drifter transporting three women, driven mad by the hardships of the time, across the country.
Sep 06, 2012 meryl streep and tommy lee jones star in hope springs, a relationships movie for the over50s. Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independentminded mary bee cuddy, who in turn employs lowlife drifter george briggs to assist her. Sep 11, 2014 for his directorial debut, tommy lee jones brings us the homesman, based on glendon swarthouts novel of the same name. Aug 23, 2012 hope springs with meryl streep and tommy lee jones. Hope springs,starring meryl streep and tommy lee jones, is an unusually intelligent cut at the relationship game. Thats the case for kay streep and arnold jones, who have marriage down to a dull science. Bernard feld, a wellknown couples therapist charged with guiding the soames back into a. Marshal samuel gerard in the 1993 thriller film the fugitive. Braver still for the actors cast for such a project to be big, big names. The classically beautiful meryl streep was her new jersey high schools homecoming queen and always compassionate and willing. To finance the homesman, a 1850s western drama playing in competition at this years cannes film festival, tommy lee jones turned to some of his closest friends. Streep and jones play a middleaged couple, who attend a week of intensive marriage counseling to try to bring back the intimacy missing in their relationship. He has received four academy award nominations, winning best supporting actor for his performance as u.
May 19, 2011 the film, also starring steve carell, will be directed by david frankel. More comedic drama than midlife romantic comedy, rather literally. They dont make movies like this, about people my age, where their love life matters. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Meryl streep, tommy lee jones, steve carell, david frankel. Tommy lee jones born september 15, 1946 is an american actor, director, producer and screenwriter. It costars hilary swank, miranda otto, grace gummer and sonja richter. Gag reel from the movie hope springs, starring meryl streep, tommy lee jones and steve carell. 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 star in the horseman. One of the most acclaimed and accomplished actors in hollywood, academy award winner tommy lee jones brings a distinct character to his every film. Stolid and oblivious arnold, an omaha accountant, doesnt seem. 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. Meryl streep, who also happens to be gummers mother presiding over tidy parsonages with gardens of roses. Tommy lee jones and meryl streep play it a bit too straight in this comedy. Hope springs with meryl streep and tommy lee jones.
For years, philosophers have asked, if meryl streep acts in a movie and doesn. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones dish on hope springs. Even when meryl streep and tommy lee jones butt heads in david frankels hope. Meryl streep and tommy lee jones are such great actors, and in this movie, they play so well together. Aug 08, 2012 kay meryl streep and arnold tommy lee jones have been married for 31 years, and the juice has long gone out of their marriage. Rocky hill, ct the sony pictures film, directed by the same man as the devil wears prada, opened wednesday, featuring hollywood stars meryl streep, tommy lee jones and steve carell. Meryl streep plays kay in this movie whilst tommy lee jones plays kay in. Should people who are no longer young and slim and unwrinkled talk so. When she hears of a renowned couples specialist steve carell in the small town of great hope springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of.
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. Tommy lee jones, eli wallach, christine lahti, rosanna arquette. Watching streep attempt to spice things up in her troubled marriage with selfhelp books and counseling almost makes up for the uncomfortable pairing of streep and tommy lee jones as husband and wife. Tommy lee jones rustles up fine feminist western, homesman. The director and one star of the new netflix movie. Watch hope springs online stream full movie directv. Tommy lee jones will star alongside meryl streep and steve carell in great hope springs, the mandate comedy being directed. When you first read the script, what was your reaction. The movie playing before them is french, which arnold notes is better. Kay works parttime at the local coldwater creek, and arnold is an accountant accustomed to routine and matters of a practical nature rather than the heart. Meryl streep enhances the emotional frustration and innocence, although at times i found her to be overacting. Frances farmer, a precocious seattle teenager, takes unpopular social and political positions, to the mixed reactions of her parents. Meryl streep calls hope springs costar tommy lee jones. Kay meryl streep and arnold tommy lee jones have been married for 31 years, and the juice has long gone out of their marriage.
His second collaboration with meryl streep, hope springs, is exactly what you expect in both good and bad ways. Even when meryl streep and tommy lee jones butt heads in david frankels hope springs, sparks fly. Hope springs by david frankel david frankel, meryl streep. Streep reunited with prada director david frankel on the set of the romantic comedydrama film hope springs 2012, costarring tommy lee jones and steve carell. Recognize the connecticut town in new movie hope springs.
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