Meryl Streep commenting that she played it on "automatic pilot". She performed the role of Katherine in "The Taming of the Shrew" for Shakespeare in the Park, and also played a supporting role in "Manhattan" (1979) for Woody Allen. Streep later said that Allen did not provide her with a complete script, giving her only the six pages of her own scenes, and did not permit her to improvise a word of her dialogue. In the drama "Kramer vs. Kramer", Streep was cast opposite Dustin Hoffman as an unhappily married woman who abandons her husband and child. Streep thought that the script
Woody Allen want these $100 million pictures that make $500 million." In April 2008, he began filming "Whatever Works", a film focused more toward older audiences, starring Larry David, Patricia Clarkson, and Evan Rachel Wood. Released in 2009 and described as a dark comedy, it follows the story of a botched suicide attempt turned messy love triangle. "Whatever Works" was written by Allen in the 1970s, and the character played by David was written for Zero Mostel, who died the year "Annie Hall" came out. Allen was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001. "You Will