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
1979 National Society of Film Critics Awards 2. Barbara Harris – "The Seduction of Joe Tynan"<br> 3. Jane Alexander – "Kramer vs. Kramer"<br> 3. Barbara Barrie – "Breaking Away" 1. Steve Tesich – "Breaking Away"<br> 2. Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman – "Manhattan"<br> 3. Robert Benton – "Kramer vs. Kramer"<br> 4. Jerzy Kosinski and Robert C. Jones – "Being There"<br> 5. Blake Edwards – "10" 1. Caleb Deschanel – "The Black Stallion" and "Being There"<br> 2. Vittorio Storaro – "Apocalypse Now" and "Agatha"<br> 3. Néstor Almendros – "Kramer vs. Kramer"<br> 4. Gordon Willis – "Manhattan" 1979 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 14th National Society of