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Sophie's Choice (1982) -- Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust...
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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   10,536 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Alan J. Pakula (writer)
William Styron (novel)
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Release Date:
8 December 1982 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.
Plot:
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling... more | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 10 nominations more
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(33 articles)
Their Best Role: Meryl Streep
 (From Cinematical. 18 November 2009, 9:02 AM, PST)

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Best Performance Ever more (105 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Meryl Streep ... Sophie Zawistowski

Kevin Kline ... Nathan Landau

Peter MacNicol ... Stingo
Rita Karin ... Yetta
Stephen D. Newman ... Larry Landau
Greta Turken ... Leslie Lapidus
Josh Mostel ... Morris Fink
Marcell Rosenblatt ... Astrid Weinstein
Moishe Rosenfeld ... Moishe Rosenblum
Robin Bartlett ... Lillian Grossman

Eugene Lipinski ... Polish Professor

John Rothman ... Librarian
Joseph Leon ... Dr. Blackstock
David Wohl ... English Teacher
Nina Polan ... Woman in English Class
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sophie's Choice (Australia)
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Runtime:
150 min | Canada:157 min (Ontario)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Meryl Streep did the final choice scene in one take and refused to do it again, saying that as a mother, she found it too painful and emotionally draining. Years later, Streep appeared on Oprah Winfrey's show and the choice scene was shown. Meryl seemed very uncomfortable while the clip was playing and she revealed that she had in fact never watched the scene back until that very moment. more
Quotes:
Nathan Landau: Don't you see, Sophie? We're dying. more
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47 out of 57 people found the following comment useful.
Best Performance Ever, 10 February 2005
10/10
Author: dakridge from Washington, DC

Meryl Streep's performance as Sophie is simply the finest performance ever captured on film. Period. The subtlety and depth with which she reveals Sophie's wounds are simply spellbinding. She is at once radiantly beautiful, yet deeply wounded. She is charming, yet vulnerable. She is someone you want to love, yet someone whose pain keeps you at a distance.

This film takes the viewer on an intense emotional journey. Anyone, but especially anyone who is a parent, would have to be an emotional rock to not be absolutely haunted by this story. As much as I have studied and pondered the Holocaust, this film has connected me to those events more emotionally than I have ever been before.

This film, and Ms. Streep's performance, are a gift to humanity.

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