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
Paris Manhattan Allen, not the voice of the Poster, gives her personal advice, which happens to be exactly what Alice considered doing anyway. The film was released in Germany on October 4, 2012. Reviews for "Paris Manhattan" have been mixed. Boyd van Hoeij of "Variety" noted its similarity to Woody Allen's own 1972 film "Play It Again, Sam", stating that "This update-cum-ripoff might be aiming for witty and romantic, but it's mostly a hollow, rambling effort leavened with some stargazing". Paris Manhattan Paris-Manhattan is a French feature film, which premiered on April 2, 2012 at the Festival of French Cinema in Australia.